Damage and Renewal at the Württembergische Staatstheater, Stuttgart
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Author(s)
POLLOCK, EMILY RICHMOND
Date Issued
June 2022
Journal
Twentieth-Century Music
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Citation
POLLOCK, EMILY RICHMOND. 2022. "Damage and Renewal at the Württembergische Staatstheater, Stuttgart." Twentieth-Century Music, 19 (2).
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
AbstractThe dual theatre complex of the Württembergische Staatstheater in Stuttgart sustained serious damage during the Second World War. While the larger theatre was eventually able to be repaired, the smaller theatre was destroyed, leading to a multi-phased and controversial process to determine how best to replace it. Many of Stuttgart's citizens publicly pleaded that the smaller theatre should be reconstructed according to its original design, in order to restore its historical beauty and its integrity with the complex. The company's Intendant and numerous architects, however, took a more modern approach that manifested in a variety of proposed designs, including that by Hans Volkart, which opened in 1962. Countering the binary represented by ‘faithful reconstruction’ on one end (Vienna, Munich) and by completely modern designs on the other (West Berlin, Cologne), the case of Stuttgart perhaps serves as a better metaphor for the compromises of continuity and change in post-war culture.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Music and Theater Arts Section
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https://doi.org/10.1017/s1478572222000093
