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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Ringtheater was a popular theater in Vienna, Austria. It was located in the First District (Bezirk I), Schottenring 7. It was destroyed in a fire in 1881, and today the site is the federal headquarters of police for Vienna. The Ringtheater was built between 1872 and 1874 by Heinrich von Forster, following plans by Emil Ritter. It opened on January 17, 1874, under the direction of Albin Swoboda, Sr. as an 'Opera Comique', antithetical to the seriousness of the Vienna State Opera, then called the Court Opera ('Hofoper'). However in September 1878, the focus was shifted to spoken plays, German and Italian opera and variety, and the name was changed to the Ringtheater . Given that the footprint of the theatre was small-and the theatre was intended to hold an audience of 1700-the architect was forced to build high, but with disastrous consequences. On December 8, 1881, a fire broke out shortly before a performance of Les contes d'Hoffmann. The Ringtheaterbrand ( Ringtheater Fire ) totally destroyed the theatre, and killed at least 384, according to official figures.

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