Kroll Opera

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Kroll Opera was a progressive Berlin opera house in the Weimar Republic known for its innovative, avant-garde productions and association with prominent conductors like Otto Klemperer.

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Kroll Opera canonical 1
Kroll-Oper 1

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf opera house ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
architecturalStyle 19th-century theatre adapted for modern stagecraft ⓘ
artisticDirector Otto Klemperer ⓘ
associatedWith Otto Klemperer ⓘ
Prussian State Opera (Staatsoper Unter den Linden) ⓘ
linked to: Berlin State Opera

Weimar culture ⓘ
audience Berlin opera public ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
culturalSignificance important institution in German opera history ⓘ
symbol of Weimar-era artistic experimentation ⓘ
fate closed under the Nazi regime ⓘ
genre opera ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
inception 1920s ⓘ
knownFor association with Otto Klemperer ⓘ
avant-garde productions ⓘ
innovative staging ⓘ
modernist opera repertoire ⓘ
progressive productions ⓘ
languageOfPerformance German ⓘ
locatedIn Tiergarten, Berlin ⓘ
linked to: Tiergarten

Weimar Republic ⓘ
location Berlin ⓘ
notableCharacteristic collaboration with leading stage directors ⓘ
experimentation with lighting and scenography ⓘ
use of innovative stage design ⓘ
operatedBy Prussian State government ⓘ
politicalContext Weimar Republic ⓘ
rise of National Socialism in Germany ⓘ
programmingFocus contemporary opera ⓘ
modernist music ⓘ
politically engaged productions ⓘ
reasonForClosure hostility of Nazi authorities to modernist and avant-garde art ⓘ
significantEvent used as a venue for experimental opera in the Weimar Republic ⓘ
usedFor parliamentary sessions of the Reichstag after the Reichstag fire ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Otto Klemperer → employer → Kroll Opera ⓘ
Krolloper → hasGermanName → Kroll-Oper ⓘ
linked to: Kroll Opera