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374:: (Imperial) Court Theatre). The Bundestheater Holding AG is owned by the Republic of Austria. The Holding also holds 51.1% of the Theaterservice Gmbh, which offers services in design and administrational matters. The remaining 48.9% are shared equally among the three theater houses (16.3% each).
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From 2007 to 2022, Robert Meyer headed the
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The stage is 17.2 meters wide and 19 meters deep and has a mechanic load capacity of 500 kg/m. In the middle of the stage is a turnable and liftable circular platform, around which is a turnable ring platform with an external diameter of 15 meters. There are also 3 hand-operated person trap
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became artistic director and principal conductor. Hugo Gruder-Guntram succeeded
Weingartner as artistic director. After 1929, it focused on light opera, and under Gruder-Guntram undertook a number of summer tours to
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as its music director on 31 December 2023, and the appointment of Ben
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in Vienna, Austria. It produces three hundred performances of twenty-five German language productions of opera, operetta, musicals, and ballet, during an annual season which runs from
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The orchestra pit is equipped with two electrically driven stage lifts, with a loading capacity of 500 kg/m. It is adjustable in height from 0 to 2.65 meters below stage level.
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as its next music director, effective 1 September 2022, with an initial contract of 5 years. In
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