Theater in der Josefstadt

Major figures in musical and theatrical history connected with the house

• Ludwig van Beethoven and Richard Wagner conducted there.
• Johann Nestroy and Ferdinand Raimund were connected to the theater as actors and poets.
• Johann Strauss I performed in the Sträußelsälen.
• In 1814, Ferdinand Raimund had his Vienna debut as Franz Moor in Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller.
• In 1822, Die Weihe des Hauses composed and directed by Ludwig van Beethoven.
• In 1829 Johann Nestroy debuted as an actor with the Die Verbannung aus dem Zauberreich oder Dreißig Jahre aus dem Leben eines Lumpen.
• From 1833 to 1836 Conradin Kreutzer was the theater conductor and on 13 January 1834, his romantic opera Das Nachtlager in Granada was first performed in the theater.
• On 20 February 1834, Ferdinand Raimund's Der Verschwender'' was first performed with the poet in the role of Valentin.
• Between around 1840 and 1860, famous dancers Fanny Elssler and the Spanish Pepita de Oliva performed in the theater.
• The first German-language performance of Ferenc Molnár's Liliom with Josef Jarno in the title role on 28 February 1913 played a key role in the piece's long-lasting appeal.

  Directors (with their years of service)

• 1788 - 1812 Karl Felix Mayer
• 1812 - 1822 ?
• 1822 - 1824 Karl Friedrich Hensler
• 1824 - 1828 J. von Scheidlin
• 1828 - 1831 Carl Carl
• 1831 - 1834 Johann August Stöger
• 1834 – 1836 Scheiner
• 1837 - 1848 Franz Pokorny
• 1848 - 1865 ?
• 1865 - 1866 Johann Fürst
• 1866 - 1871 ?
• 1871 - 1877 Johann Fürst
• 1877 - 1899 ?
• 1899 - 1923 Josef Jarno
• 1924 - 1926 Max Reinhardt
• 1926 - 1933 Max Reinhardt and Emil Geyer
• 1933 - 1935 Max Reinhardt and Otto Preminger
• 1935 - 1938 Max Reinhardt and Ernst Lothar
• 1938 – 1938 Robert Valberg
• 1938 - 1945 Heinz Hilpert
• 1945 - 1953 Rudolf Steinboeck
• 1953 - 1958 Franz Stoß and Ernst Haeussermann
• 1958 - 1977 Franz Stoß
• 1977 - 1984 Ernst Haeussermann
• 1984 - 1988 Heinrich Kraus
• 1988 - 1997 Otto Schenk and Robert Jungbluth
• 1997 - 1999 Helmuth Lohner and Robert Jungbluth
• 1999 - 2003 Alexander Götz and Robert Jungbluth
• 2003 - 2004 Hans Gratzer
• 2004 - 2006 Helmuth Lohner
• 2006 - Herbert Föttinger

  Famous ensemble members

• Albert Bassermann
• Klaus Maria Brandauer
• Attila Hörbiger
• Curd Jürgens
• Fritz Kortner
• Werner Krauß
• Wolfgang Liebeneiner
• Helmuth Lohner
• Karl Merkatz
• Fritz Muliar
• Johann Nestroy
• Susi Nicoletti
• Ferdinand Raimund
• Otto Schenk
• Hans Thimig
• Paula Wessely
• Bernhard Wicki