for public performances by 1795. Many operas were staged there by the Bavarian State Opera, including the premieres of Mozart's Idomeneo in 1781 and Carl Maria von Weber's Abu Hassan in 1811. In 1831 Ferdinand Raimund gave a guest performance. Ernst von Possart staged several Mozart operas in original version during the 1890s. The Residence Theatre has been also a stage for plays. It saw the first performance of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler in 1891. On 14 June 2008, the Cuvilliés Theatre re-opened with the premiere performance of a new production of Mozart's Idomeneo, staged by Dieter Dorn, conducted by Kent Nagano. World premieres 2 October 1753, Catone in Utica by Giovanni Battista Ferrandini and Metastasio (Residence Theatre) 29 January 1781, Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Giambattista Varesco (Residence Theatre) 1 February 1782, Semiramide by Antonio Salieri and Metastasio (Residence Theatre) 27 January 1807, Iphigenie in Aulis by Franz Danzi and Karl Reger (Residence Theatre) 4 June 1811, Abu Hassan by Carl Maria von Weber and Franz Carl Hiemer (Residence Theatre) 23 December 1812, Jephtas Gelübde by Giacomo Meyerbeer and Aloys Schreiber (Residence Theatre) 9 November 1817, Teolinde by Giacomo Meyerbeer (Residence Theatre) 28 June 2000, KANON für geschlossene Gesellschaft by Ruedi Häusermann (Cuvilliés Theatre) 27 June 2002, K-projekt 12/14 by Hans-Jürgen von Bose (after Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis) (Cuvilliés Theatre) 17 July 2003, Das Gesicht im Spiegel by Jörg Widmann and Roland Schimmelpfennig (Cuvilliés Theatre) References External links Cuvilliés Theatre (Bavarian State Opera) Theatres completed in 1753 Rococo architecture in Germany Opera houses in Germany Buildings and structures in Munich Tourist attractions in Munich Baroque architecture in Munich Music venues completed in 1753 Theatres completed in 1958 Music venues completed in 1958 Munich Residenz Theatres in Munich