Hamburg's Engelsaal theatre

Reopened in 2004, Hamburg's repertoire theatre of light entertainment has a claim to be regarded as one of the most beautiful venues in the city. It offers a daily varying programme of well known operettas and musical revues.

Hamburg's Engelsaal is the city's oldest private theatre. Its programme includes stirring operettas like 'Heimweh nach St. Pauli' ('Homesick for St. Pauli'), 'Maske in Blau' ('Mask in Blue') and 'Der Bettelstudent' ('The Student Beggar'), as well as popular revues like 'Das macht die Berliner Luft' ('It's the Berlin Air'), 'Komm ein bisschen mit nach Italien' ('Take a Little Trip to Italy') and 'In einer kleinen Konditorei' ('In a Little Patisserie').

The Engelsaal Theatre was opened by the legendary Widow Hantje in 1809 at the Hotel de Rome of which she was the proprietress. Popular pieces and musical farces were performed. After her, the Tütje family took over the theatre. In 1842 the concession was acquired by C.M. Schwarzenberger, who thereupon founded the Thalia Theatre. In 1920 the building was remodelled and the Engelsaal closed. The house subsequently fell into ruins, and it was not until 1997 that it was renovated on the basis of private investment and rediscovered as a theatre.

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