Prinzregententheater
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The Prinzregententheater is a theatre and opera house in Munich. Initiated by Ernst von Possart the theatre was built in the Prinzregentenstrasse as a festival hall for the operas of Richard Wagner, close to an area where a similar project of King Ludwig II had failed some decades before. Named after Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria the building was created by Max Littmann and opened 21 August 1901 with "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" of Richard Wagner. The house was built not unlike the Bayreuth theatre to Wagner’s specifications. An amphitheater has replaced the loges.
After the destruction of the Nationaltheater the Prinzregententheater housed the Bavarian State Opera from 1944 to 1963. Since its renovation in 1988 the Prinzregententheater (1081 seats) served also for the Bavarian Staatsschauspiel and now houses the Bavarian Theatre Academy founded by August Everding with another smaller theatre room in the same building (Akademietheater; Academy Theatre; 250 seats).
