Foldout plans are included in this general history, plus 18th-century staff lists
and performance chronologies with casts. Name index.Stuttgart
The Komödienhaus opened in 1674, was renamed Hoftheater in 1815, and burned in
- Grosses und Kleines Haus opened in 1912, sustained little damage in World
War II, and was renovated for reopening in 1984 as Grosses Haus, home of the
Stuttgarter Staatsoper. - Gonnenwein, Wolfgang, ed. Die Oper in Stuttgart: 75 Jahre Littmann-Bau.
Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1987. 368p. ISBN 3-4210-6379-6.
ML1729.8 .S82 S86.
Not seen.
See also Yorke-Long (#87).
Weimar
The city’s Hoftheater had a number of distinguished directors and conductors, among
them Goethe, Liszt, Hummel, von Bülow, and Richard Strauss. Its golden age is re-
counted in:
- Huschke, Wolfram. Musik im klassischen und nach-klassischen Weimar,
1756–1861.Weimar: Böhlaus, 1982. 240p. ML284.8 .W34 H96.
A narrative history, with valuable reference features: chronology of all perfor-
mances 1848–1858, general musical chronology 1756–1861, table of Mozart
performances (280 of them) 1791–1817, etc. Bibliography of about 200
entries, name index, 36 plates. The book is updated by: - Bartels, Adolf. Chronik des Weimarischen Hoftheaters 1817–1907.Weimar:
Hof- Buchdruckerei, 1908. xxxvi, 375p. PN2656 .W4 B3.
A chronology with dates and casts of local premieres. Indexes of composers,
authors, and titles.
Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország; French: Hongrie; German: Ungarn)
- Kertész, Iván. A Magyar Állami Operaház. Budapest: Magyar Állami Opera-
ház, 1975. 64p. ML1725.8 .B82 O63.
A narrative account with color photographs of the opera house, dating from
1884; it was formerly known as the Magyar Királyi Operaház (Royal Opera).
Without index, chronologies, or other reference features. Text is in five lan-
guages.
2415.A Budapesti Operaház 100 éve.Budapest: Zenemu ̋kiadó, 1984. 592p.
Not seen, but a summary English translation appeared in New Hungarian
Quarterly25 (1984): 194–206; 26 (1985): 194–200. It is a narrative of opera
in Budapest before the construction of the new house (the first opera was
staged in 1784), with emphasis on the earlier Nemzeti Szinház; then a chroni-
cle of new productions in the new building (no casts), with a list of the regular
singers and their seasons; good illustrations. This was the celebration book for
450 Opera