Royal Danish Theatre

Royal Danish Theatre
Det Kongelige Teater
	The theatre seen from Kongens Nytorv
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Address	Kongens Nytorv; Copenhagen; Denmark
Type	National theatre
Capacity	1,600 seats
Construction
Opened	1874; 147 years ago
Architect	Vilhelm Dahlerup
Website
	http://www.kglteater.dk/

The Royal Danish Theatre (RDT, Danish: Det Kongelige Teater) is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The theatre was founded in 1748, first serving as the theatre of the king, and then as the theatre of the country. The theatre presents opera, the Royal Danish Ballet, classical music concerts (by the Royal Danish Orchestra, which dates back to 1448), pop stars, and drama in several locations.

The Royal Danish Theatre organization is under the control of the Danish Ministry of Culture, and its objectives are to ensure the staging of outstanding performances that do justice to the various stages which it controls.

Performing arts venues[]

The Old Stage is the original Royal Danish Theatre built in 1874.
The Copenhagen Opera House (Operaen), built in 2004.
Stærekassen (New Stage) is an Art Deco theatre adjacent to the main theatre. It was used for drama productions. It is no longer used by the Royal Theatre.
Royal Danish Playhouse is a venue for "spoken theatre" with three stages, inaugurated in 2008.

Cultural references[]

The Royal Theatre on Kongens Nytorv is a central location in the 1978 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang Sees Red (from 1:16:58).^[1]
The Royal Theatre is the location of several important scenes in the 2015 drama film The Danish Girl where Einar (Eddie Redmayne) begins to acknowledge his feminine side.^[2]

References[]

^ "Film 8 Olsen Banden ser rødt / Die Olsenbande sieht rot". olsenbande-homepage.de (in German). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^ "Tour The Danish Girl locations". visitdenmark.dk. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

External links[]

Official website (in English)
Official website (in Danish)
- Skuespilhuset
- The Royal Danish Theatre and HC Andersen

[1] "Film 8 Olsen Banden ser rødt / Die Olsenbande sieht rot". olsenbande-homepage.de (in German). Retrieved 8 October 2017.

[2] "Tour The Danish Girl locations". visitdenmark.dk. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

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Royal Danish Theatre	Old Stage Stærekassen Copenhagen Opera House Royal Playhouse
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Royal Danish Theatre

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Performing arts venues[]

Cultural references[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

Construction
*Det Kongelige Teater*
The theatre seen from Kongens Nytorv
Wikimedia \| © OpenStreetMap
Address	Kongens Nytorv Copenhagen Denmark
Type	National theatre
Capacity	1,600 seats
Opened	1874; 147 years ago (1874)
Architect	Vilhelm Dahlerup
Website
http://www.kglteater.dk/