Austin Glatthorn
@glatthorn.bsky.social
Musicologist & cultural historian, Royal Northern College of Music | Fellow, Royal Historical Society | Author, ‘Music Theatre and the Holy Roman Empire’ (CUP) | Editor, 'Eighteenth-Century Music' | Current project: 'The Cambridge History of German Opera'
I was really just lucky when I was there: right time and place to get to operate the thunder machine. Still, sounds like we had a similar experience in Gotha!
October 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I was really just lucky when I was there: right time and place to get to operate the thunder machine. Still, sounds like we had a similar experience in Gotha!
The town is absolutely lovely. I was very lucky to have visited it not that long ago (as well as @fbgotha.bsky.social and the theatre itself). Stefan Dittmayer was kind enough to give me a theatre tour and even let me operate some of the stage machinery—I was truly lucky. Can’t wait to visit again.
October 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The town is absolutely lovely. I was very lucky to have visited it not that long ago (as well as @fbgotha.bsky.social and the theatre itself). Stefan Dittmayer was kind enough to give me a theatre tour and even let me operate some of the stage machinery—I was truly lucky. Can’t wait to visit again.
Like all existing early modern mechanical theatres, it is worth seeing in action. Here’s the link to a full production of Giovanni Alberto Ristori’s coronation #opera ‘Le Fate’ (Dresden, 1736) performed during the Ekhof-Festival 2014. 3/3 youtu.be/ayYxgr-184I
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Like all existing early modern mechanical theatres, it is worth seeing in action. Here’s the link to a full production of Giovanni Alberto Ristori’s coronation #opera ‘Le Fate’ (Dresden, 1736) performed during the Ekhof-Festival 2014. 3/3 youtu.be/ayYxgr-184I
The theatre also claims to be ‘the oldest baroque theatre in the world whose stage machinery still survives and works to this day’. This video by ‘Das ist Thüringen’ shows the #theatre and its ‘baroque special effects’ backstage. 2/3 youtu.be/hba8yJ1lrQs
Barocke Spezialeffekte.
YouTube video by Das ist Thüringen
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The theatre also claims to be ‘the oldest baroque theatre in the world whose stage machinery still survives and works to this day’. This video by ‘Das ist Thüringen’ shows the #theatre and its ‘baroque special effects’ backstage. 2/3 youtu.be/hba8yJ1lrQs
Great stuff, @michelle-phillips.bsky.social!
October 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Great stuff, @michelle-phillips.bsky.social!