Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
The city's main stage for opera, dance and drama, in a 1960s building on the Rond-point Schuman.
The theatre was built for the millennium of the city of Luxembourg and opened in 1964 with a design by the French architect Alain Bourbonnais. Its long glazed foyer and cantilevered canopy face the Rond-point Schuman at the edge of the Limpertsberg district, and the building was among the first modernist public works in the country. A thorough refurbishment completed in 2003 renewed the stage machinery and auditorium while keeping the original architecture.
Together with the Théâtre des Capucins in the old town it forms the Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, the municipal theatre company. The Grand Théâtre has a main auditorium seating around nine hundred and a smaller studio stage, and presents opera, dance and spoken drama in several languages. Much of the programme consists of co-productions and touring work from European companies, alongside pieces created in the house.
Highlights
- Modernist 1964 building by Alain Bourbonnais
- Main auditorium of about 900 seats plus a studio stage
- Opera, dance and drama programmed in several languages
- Run jointly with the Théâtre des Capucins
