[Kay Link] Home. The presidential department (Präsidialdepartement) of the city of Zürich and the Opernhaus parent company elected two new managing directors and an artistic advisory panel for the 2003/04 season as a new beginning. In addition, Eynar Grabowsky initiated numerous thematic series like "Bernhard-Apéro"[2], The Bernhard Theater was organized as an Aktiengesellschaft according to Swiss law in 1978. Supported by Czerwenka-Grabowsky, a collecting society of the former Grabowsky squad people failed in July 2000. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. "Ambience,, Schauspieler" Rudolf Bernhard, a Swiss actor and comedian, founded at the former "Grand Café Esplanade" (built by J. Pfister Picault in 1925) the Rudolf-Bernhard-Theater … Search. The Bernhard-Theater Zürich or Bernhard Theater is a theatre in German-speaking Switzerland situated at Sechseläutenplatz in Zürich. Tickets are sold on the box office of the Opernhaus. Rudolf Bernhard or Rudolf Bernhard Conrath (26 March 1901 – 21 October 1962) was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions. [14] For that reason, Hanna Scheuring, a Swiss actress known for her roles as cast of Fascht e Familie and Lüthi und Blanc, was appointed as the new director of the operations of the Bernhard Theater in October 2014,[15] and she revitalized the so-called Bernhard-Apéro events. On 26 March 1925 Bernhard premiered as a master of ceremonies and with Berlin songs on Küchlintheater Basel. The ensemble comprised among others Ernst Bölsterli, Walburga Gmür, Bernard's wife Lisa Lienbach, Peter W. Staub and Willi Stettner; as guests appeared among many others Heinrich Gretler, Emil Hegetschweiler,[1] Alfred Rasser,[2] Schaggi Streuli and Fredy Scheim. Die Welt als Theater : Künstlichkeit und Künstlertum bei Thomas Bernhard. [13], Since August 2004, when the former management also failed, the premises are hired out for various occasions,[2] but the past years the label Bernhard-Theater Zürich again has been increased used for theater guest performances. [1] He also became popular by numerous radio appearances and radio broadcasts of "Bunte Abende" from the Bernhard-Theater, as well as various roles in Swiss and German films. [1], The ensemble later included popular Swiss actresses and actors, among them Jörg Schneider,[3][4] Paul Bühlmann,[5] Inigo Gallo,[6] Ursula Schäppi, Ruedi Walter,[7] Margrit Rainer,[8] Ines Torelli, Erich Vock and others, as well as the popular "Bernhard-Littéraire",[9] and the "Bernhard-Apéro" that was re-established by Hanna Scheuring. [16], Scheuring, for example, modernized the Volkstheater program with performances by stand-up comedians from Germany and Switzerland, who have a monthly guest appearances. [6] Inigo Gallo,[7] Ursula Schäppi, Ruedi Walter,[8] Margrit Rainer,[9] Ines Torelli, Erich Vock and others. As a result, following lengthy disputes between director, the various boards of directors and other stakeholders, the theater's rental agreement was terminated by the Opernhaus company, initially at the end of 1998 and compounded to the end of July 2000. The Bernhard-Theater is an entertainment theater that housed in its early years guest performances and productions (spoken theater and music theater), initially having an own ensemble to establish a new workplace for the entertainment theater in Zürich. Bernhard's common partners were, next to his wife Lisa Lienbach, especially Pulmann, Willi Stettner and Ernst Bölsterli. Despite considerable public success, the management failed again. The theater was founded by and named after Rudolf Bernhard in 1941. Oktober 2020 als eine der Massnahmen gegen die Ausbreitung des Coronavirus Veranstaltungen mit mehr als … From the late 1940s, at the beginning of the season, the ensemble went yearly on tour in Switzerland, while the parent company held guest performances. [2] The large hall can also be rented for events, conferences, openings etc. The Bernhard-Theater is an entertainment theater that housed in its early years guest performances and productions (spoken theater and music theater), initially having an own ensemble to establish a new workplace for the entertainment theater in Zürich. In 1941 Berhard founded the Bernhard-Theater Zürich. On the other hand, the theater also played in-house productions or guest performances, musicals and operettas, and contrived chanson evenings, drag shows, as well as farces and boulevard theater with popular actors (Willy Millowitsch, Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, Horst Tappert) from Germany, and also children's and youth plays. [3], After the death of Bernhard in 1962 his widow handed over the management of the theater to the brothers Eynar and Vincent Grabowsky, resulting in a gradual diversification of the board: for one thing established Swiss German language (dialect) comedies and revues and dialect adaptations of farces (among others by Jörg Schneider) starring Paul Bühlmann,[4][2] Jörg Schneider,[5][2] and "Bernhard-Littéraire". Rudolf Bernhard,[1] a Swiss actor and comedian, founded at the former "Grand Café Esplanade" (built by J. Pfister Picault in 1925) the Rudolf-Bernhard-Theater which premierred on 19/20 December 1941. See 38 photos and 4 tips from 198 visitors to Bernhard Theater. In 1929 Bernhard married Lisa Lienbach, a Swiss dancer and actress. [1], The popular folk actor with the distinctive elongated face, large dark eyes, the high forehead and a mouth with remarkably big teeth, founded in the Café Esplanade his own theater – the Bernhard-Theater Zürich at the present Sechseläutenplatz plaza in Zürich,[1] which opened on 19/20 December 1941. Das Bernhard Theater Zürich im Internet. This is a revival of the "Bernhard-Apéro", and Leuenberger is according to Scheuring the perfect host. The interior of the theater has been unchanged, especially the tables where drinks are served, now is supplemented by a bar called "Bar Café Bernhard". It focused to a younger audience with productions, guest performances and new event formats (shows with celebrity presenters), but also successful Bernhard productions (Bernhard-Littéraire) and farces and comedies of Hans Gmür and Charles Lewinsky starring popular actors like Vock and Walter Andreas Müller. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. The ensemle performed farces and comedies in the Swiss German language. Bernhard spoke his roles in the otherwise highly German farces, with a few exceptions, always in Basel German dialect. Since the early 1930s Bernhard participated mainly in farces, including on tour together with Fredy Scheim. In 1941 Berhard … These include, for example, productions such as "Cabaret" on occasion of the theater's 75th anniversary in December 2016. [2], In 1961/63 it also housed the Zürcher Märchenbühne which annually produces a fairy tale for children during the winter months, starring among others Vincenzo Biagi, Paul Bühlmann, Inigo Gallo, Walter Andreas Müller, Bella Neri, Margrit Rainer, Jörg Schneider, Peter W. Staub, Schaggi Streuli, Ines Torelli, Erich Vock and Ruedi Walter. Born in Basel, Canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland as Rudolf Bernhard Conrath, he attended Realschule and worked as optician in his father's business, then as a canvasser of ads. [2], Among other stage actors, Trudi Roth who was popular as Martha Aebersold in the Swiss comedy serial Fascht e Familie,[10] starred in about a dozen plays, musicals and farces on Bernhard-Theater between 1965 and 2001. Vincent Grabowsky was replaced by his sister Bernadette Czerwenka-Grabowsky at the end of 1998, and after failed restructuring proceedings in January 1999 the Bernhard-Theater AG went bankrupt. Tanja Stenzl and Andreas Kotte (publisher): Theater am Neumarkt. In: This page was last edited on 25 August 2020, at 15:37.