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The Royal Danish Theatre (RDT, Danish: Det Kongelige Teater) is the national Danish performing arts institution, founded in 1748. The name also refers to the former theatre building in Copenhagen.
Det Kongelige Teater | |
 The theatre seen from Kongens Nytorv | |
| Address | Kongens Nytorv Copenhagen Denmark |
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| Capacity | 1,600 seats |
| Type | National theatre |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1874 |
| Architect | Vilhelm Dahlerup |
| Website | |
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History
editThe Royal Danish Theatre was founded in 1748, first serving as the theatre of the king, and then as the theatre of the country.[citation needed] A purpose-built venue of the same name was constructed on Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, between 1872 and 1874 to the designs of Danish architect Vilhelm Dahlerup, in association with Ove Petersen.[1]
Edvard Fallesen was the general director of the Royal Danish Theatre from 1876 until his death in 1894.[2][3]
Description
editThe term "Royal Danish Theatre" refers to both the national Danish performing arts institution, and its old purpose-built venue on Kongens Nytorv. The Royal Danish Theatre organisation is under the control of the Danish Ministry of Culture.
The theatre presents opera, the Royal Danish Ballet, multi-genre concerts, and drama in several locations.
The RDT's performing arts venues have included the following:
- 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.
- The Royal Danish Playhouse is a venue for "spoken theatre" with three stages, inaugurated in 2008.
In popular culture
edit- 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).[4]
- 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 her feminine side.[5]
See also
edit- Copenhagen Opera House
- Det Danske Teater, a former touring theatre
- Royal Danish Ballet
- Royal Danish Ballet school
- Royal Danish Orchestra
References
edit- ↑ Kappel, Thomas (24 January 1907). "Vilhelm Dahlerup – Lex". Lex (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ↑ "Edvard Fallesen". Kendtes gravsted (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ↑ Senelick, Laurence (25 January 1991). National Theatre in Northern and Eastern Europe, 1746-1900. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-24446-6. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ↑ "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.
