Castle theatre. Connecting Corridor. 체스키 크롬로프(Český Krumlov)

Castle theatre. Connecting Corridor.

체스키 크롬로프(Český Krumlov). 체코(Czech)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Castle Theater in Český Krumlov

The Castle Theatre in Český Krumlov is situated on theVth courtyard of Český Krumlov Castle behind the moat near the castle\'s west wing. It connects with the Cloak Bridge via a covered connecting corridor leading from the Masquerade Hall to the royal box of the castle theatre.

 

The first indirect information about the beginnings of theatre culture in the Český Krumlov castle come from the end of the 15th century, although the real blossoming of theatre life came during the reign of Wilhelm and Peter Wok of Rosenberg in the late 1500\'s. In 1675 Prince Johann Christian I. von Eggenberg had a theatre scene built in the so-called Deer Hall in the Krumlov castle, then in 1680 - 82 had a new and independent theatre building built on the 5th courtyard, on the site of the present theatre building. In 1765 - 1766, Josef Adam zu Schwarzenberg had the building reconstructed and equipped with new machinery and decorations. The unique mechanisms for changing the scenes and other decorations were prepared by the Viennese carpenter Lorenz Makh, while the wall paintings, ceiling mural, and curtains and wings were created by the Viennese painters Hans Wetschel and Leo Märkl.

 

The Baroque Theatre of the Český Krumlov Castle represents a Baroque stage in its mature form. The original theatre fund is preserved in both actual objects such as the building, auditorium, orchestra pit, stage, stage technology, machinery, decorations, costumes, props, lighting technology, fire extinguishers and so on, as well as in rich archival documentation such as librettos, scripts, texts, partituras, sheet music, inventories, accounts, iconographic material, and other information on theatre life in the 17th to 19th century.

 

Only one royal theatre in the world is comparable to the Krumlov Baroque Theatre, that being Sweden's Drottningholm near Stockholm from 1766. This theatre was also preserved with its original stage technology, although its decorations are from the 1780\'s and already display features of classicism. The Krumlov decorations, in contrast, emerge from the style of illusive European Baroque, the most renowned representative of such being the Italian scenographer and Viennese theatre architect Giuseppe Galli - Bibiena.

 

The Krumlov theatre was closed to the public from 1966 to 1997, and after the completion of a large part of the restoration, trial tours of the theatre officially began in September of 1997.

 

출처 : http://www.castle.ckrumlov.cz

 

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Connecting Corridor
(Between the Minorite Monastery and the Historical Parks)

 

During the reign of Wilhelm von Rosenberg there was a unique system of covered bridges and corridors. The Castle was connected with the Minorite Monastery and the Saint Claire Order Convent with the former seat of Anna Rosenberg von Rogendorf, a widow, located on the site of the presentEggenberg Brewery and its Renaissance garden with aviaries and an ornamental park. The entire mentioned corridor complex, under the Krumlov Castle roofs and the roofs of contiguous houses, has been mostly preserved up to the present.

 

Later, in the Baroque époque, huge bridges appeared even on the completely other side of the Castle Complex, this time covered by wood. They enabled the lords of Eggenberg comfortable access to the (Castle Theater) and the Upper ornamental Castle Park (Castle Gardens in Český Krumlov). The total length of covered route, between both former destinations in the Parks, is almost 900 meters. When we add the differences of heights and the fact that the Corridor between the Masquerade Hall of the Castle and the Castle Theater has three floors, it reaches nearly one entire kilometer.

 

This is more than a respectable distance, particularly when we consider that the longest dimension of the original mediaeval Krumlov town was in fortifications, on the other side of the river Vltava, a length of approximately 420 m. Here is another comparison- the famous Vasari corridor in Florence, constructed in the year 1565 to connect the Vecchio palace with the Boboli Park and the Pitti palace, runs a length of 500 meters. That one likely served as inspiration or even as a model of the progressive project of the Lords of the Rose.

 

출처 : http://www.castle.ckrumlov.cz