Slovak National Theatre [Bratislava]
type: Item
label: Historická budova Slovenského národního divadla @cs
label: Edificio histórico del Teatro Nacional Eslovaco (SND) @es
description: Theatre building in Bratislava, Slovakia, opened 1886
description: theater in Bratislava @nl
alternative label: Slovak National Theatre - historical building
EUTA building identifier: 227
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Slovakia
City: Bratislava
GPS: Point(17.1101 48.1424)
Wikidata source: Q12766874
opening date: 1886-09-22T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 141992
architect: Ferdinand Fellner
architect: Hermann Helmer
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q190442
Carthalia ID: 678
Modern Opera Houses index: Descriptive text, III. pp. 22, 23 ; Front elevation, III. p. 22 ; Plan area, III. p. 22 ; Skeleton plan of auditorium, III. PL opp. p. 62.
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1885-1886 by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer as Königlich Freistädtisches Theater (in German), also known as Városi Színház (in Hungarian) and Mestské divadlo (in Slovak). Opened 22 Sep 1886 with Ferenc Erkel's opera Bánk Bán. 1200 seats. 1934 modernization of auditorium. Auditorium foundations damaged by bombs in 1944. Renovation 1949-1950. 1969-1972 extensions and modernization. Named Historická budova Slovenského národného divadla (historical building of the Slovak National Theatre) after the opening of a new National Theatre complex at another site.