Musiktheater im Revier

The cubic outer shell of the Large House is formed by a 4,500 square metres (48,000 sq ft) glass facade, which gives view into the interior and the cylindric casing of the auditorium and its stairways, and the two monumental sculptures by the French artist Yves Klein.

[1] The building served as a location for the 1961 film The Miracle of Father Malachia by Bernhard Wicki.

In 1968, Bernd Alois Zimmermann's work Photoptosis [de] was premiered at the Musiktheater im Revier.

[4] The first performance of Albert Lortzing's 1899 opera Regina which used the composer's original libretto took place at the MiR in 1998.

On 10 October 2003, Alexander Mullenbach's chamber opera Die Todesbrücke (The Death Bridge) saw its premiere here.