Berlin

Theater am Nollendorfplatz - Berlin

This Berlin theatre opened as the Neues Schauspielhaus in 1905. It became an operetta theatre between 1914–27. It hosted the premieres of Walter Kollo’s Drei alte Schachteln (1917) and Eduard Künneke’s Wenn Liebe erwacht (1920) and Der Vetter aus Dingsda (1921).

Komische Oper, Berlin (interior, Jan 2015)

The auditorium of the Komische Oper in January 2015, showing the first stage set for Nico Dostal’s operetta Clivia (1933). The auditorium suffered damage in 1944–45, but was substantially restored in 1965–66 and again in 1986.

The Komische Oper, Berlin (exterior)

The Komische Oper on Behrenstrasse, Berlin. Between 1898–1933 it was fashionable and famous as the Metropol-Theater. It hosted the premieres of Gilbert's Die Kino-Königin (1913), Lehár’s Friederike (1928) and Das Land des Lächelns (1929), both starring Richard Tauber, and Straus's Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will! (1932). The exterior was destroyed by bombing in 1944–45, and the current exterior dates from 1966.

Theater des Westens - Berlin

Built in 1895–96 in Charlottenburg, this theatre was frequently used for operetta before the Second World War. In 1908, it hosted the first Berlin performances of Leo Fall’s Der fidele Bauer and Oscar Straus’s Ein Walzertraum (1907) and Der tapfere Soldat (1908).