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Theater is a world of fantasy and illusion, where art, music, dance, poetry, decorations, painting, sculpture are concentrated and create a synthesis that distinguishes the atmosphere of theater from everything. One feels good here, relaxes, is happy. That's why he loves theater. Our mission is to make people happy.

State Theatre

Theater is a world of fantasy and illusion, where art, music, dance, poetry, decorations, painting, sculpture are concentrated and create a synthesis that distinguishes the atmosphere of theater from everything. One feels good here, relaxes, is happy. That's why he loves theater. Our mission is to make people happy.

The building of the State Theater is his masterpiece. With its perfection, it gives the impression that this talented artist dreamed it up. The theater is built in the style of eclecticism with elements of neo-baroque and art nouveau. It is rightly considered an architectural gem recognized and admired by experts from all over Europe.

The exterior of the theater is the pride of the city, the interior provides the audience with an atmosphere of warmth, shine and luxury. In this architecture, functionality and purposefulness meet architectural beauty in perfect symbiosis.

The author gives the building an impressive, even stunning entrance area. He symbolically accentuates the entrance to an important building with magnificent three-sided stairs.

The interplay of architectural emblems and sculptural figures on the facade of the State Theater building marks the palace architecture of an important secular building. The masterful use of sign apparatuses and the control of the drawing of the sculptural decoration makes the facades lighten, especially in detail. Balustrades, terraces and arcades are decorated with rich plant decor, which gives them a lace-like character. The whole forms a multifaceted plastic facade of soft and elegant pastel color. The sculptural works are reserved for the front place on the front of the building. Figural decoration draws a theme from mythology and theater. There are statues of angels, a sculpture of geniuses of art and the completion of the sculptural program at the top of the dome is a monumental figure of Aurora -Zornička with a torch in her hand. Aurora musis amica - a friend of the muses, serves here as a symbol of favor and protection of all art.

After entering the building, the interiors keep visitors in a festive mood with their spectacular beauty. The separate layout of the building is simple, efficient and ingenious. The dominant interest of the architect Lang in the interior of the building stimulated the creation of a number of rare spaces, in which the individual effects of architectural forms and decorations play out the atmosphere, the aim of which is to control visitors with the fairytale atmosphere of the theater. The harmony of the interior culminates in the viewpoint hall. It is 16 meters high and with the optimal ratio of the layout of balconies and lodges above the viewpoint and their fine shaping, it evokes poetry of shapes and a slight spatial dizziness. The hall ends with a folded suspended rabbi ceiling sloping towards the stage. The portal for the stage opening is a richly decorated architectural focus, where a world of fantasy and illusion is to be opened to the real world spectator. The beauty of the space is complemented by the intimacy of the lodge and elements of valuable painting and sculptural decoration. The figures of theatrical muses, ancient gods, historical and theatrical scenes, all form a repertoire of decorations. They color the spaces of the theater in radiant tones and take the viewer into the world of art, fairy tales or dreams. The color of the stucco, richly toned in shades of pastel colors, enhances the rich gilding. The harmonious color matching is complemented by ruby velvet upholstery and carpets. The whole after lighting the chandelier gives the impression of a jewel.

The very course of construction of the building under the constant supervision of the inhabitants of Košice, progressed with admirable speed. In less than two years, the city prepared for 28 September 1899 a grand opening ceremony with the participation of not only government celebrities, but literally the cultural elite of the state. And those who, with their dedication, won the theater and bore the whole burden of construction, ie the general audience of the city of Košice, filled the Main Street until late at night. Happy and moved, they lovingly admired the building of extraordinary beauty, with which they will experience a new stage in history.

After 90 years of existence, the building has undergone a successful comprehensive reconstruction and is again one of the most beautiful theaters in Europe. This is also evidenced by the fact that the European Commission for the Restoration of Monuments in Brussels was one of the essential financial guarantors of the reconstruction.

And what exactly is the uniqueness of the building? First of all, the beautiful architecture of Adolf Lang is unique. When evaluating the high qualities of the original architecture, it is necessary to state the success of the reconstruction itself, which is based on respect and discipline of the authors and investors to the original values of the architecture and its unobtrusive addition of the necessary new elements. The uniqueness of the whole lies in the appropriate and high-quality combination of these two manifestations of architecture, where the old beauty is combined with the new, where the new carefully protects the old and sensitively complements the harmonious whole.

The renewed theater demonstrates itself, its historical past and its ability to be born again for a new generation.

Additional information

Transport: By foot, By bike, By car, By train, By bus
Parking: Free parking nearby, Paid parking nearby

Accepted payments: Cash
Languages: Slovak

Suitable for: Childrens, Families with childrens, Elderly, Handicapped, Young, Adults
Season: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Updated on: 31.8.2021
Source: sdke.sk

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monday - sunday:
09:00 - 22:00


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Phone: +421 55 622 1234
E-mail: sdke@sdke.sk
Website: sdke.sk
State Theatre
Hlavná 58
040 01  Košice-Staré Mesto
Region: Košický
District: Košice I
Area: Abov
 48.721804, 21.257359

Hlavná 58
040 01  Košice-Staré Mesto

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