Bernhard-Theater [Zurich]
type: Item
label: Bernhard-theater @nl
description: Theatre building in Zurich, Switzerland
description: theater in Zürich @nl
alternative label: Bernhard-Theater
EUTA building identifier: 1709
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Switzerland
City: Zurich
Wikidata source: Q115966671
GPS: Point(8.5462 47.365)
Web: www.bernhard-theater.ch
opening date: 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 209
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Named after its founder, the Swiss actor Rudolf Bernhard (1901-1962). In the course of renovations of the adjacent Opernhaus, the old Esplanade building that had housed the Bernhard-Theater since its foundation in 1934 was demolished. A new Bernhard-Theater was built on the old site from 1983-1984. Opened 27 Dec 1984 with Thornton Wilder's play Our Town. Mainly used for dialect comedies, musicals and drama guest performances. 500 seats.