Staatstheater Cottbus

The State Theater Cottbus is the only state theater in Brandenburg. The four-part theater in Cottbus offers performances of its own ensembles for drama, musical theater (opera, operetta, musical), orchestra and ballet. In 2013 it had a total of over 130,000 visitors.

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The State Theater Cottbus is the only state theater in Brandenburg. The four-part theater in Cottbus offers performances of its own ensembles for drama, musical theater (opera, operetta, musical), orchestra and ballet. The Cottbus Theater owes its construction to the wishes of its citizens. A flourishing textile industry had strengthened the economic and political position of the Cottbus bourgeoisie at the turn of the century and now aroused more cultural needs. The position won should be confidently represented with a new theater. The city council decided on November 1, 1905 to build a new city theater at a cost of 800,000 marks. On October 1, 1908, it was opened with Lessing's play Minna von Barnhelm.