Staatstheater Kassel

It stood immediately next to the Ottoneum near the State Theatre, which is now used as a Natural History Museum and is considered one of the oldest of its kind north of the Alps.

Further buildings were constructed for use as public theatre venues, and in the 18th century the opera house was erected on Königsstraße, in which the singer Elisabeth Mara staged her first success and which was conducted by Louis Spohr.

On the orders of Kaiser Wilhelm II, a theatre was built in 1909 possessing one of the largest stages in the country and seating for an audience of over 1,450.

In 1989, an additional auditorium with 99 seats, the studio stage TIF – Theater im Fridericianum (Kassel), was erected.

The current Generalmusikdirektor (General Music Director, GMD) of the company is Francesco Angelico, since 2017.