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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Theater am Karntnertor or Karntnertortheater (English: Carinthian Gate Theatre) was a prestigious theatre in Vienna during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Its official title was Kaiserliches und Konigliches Hoftheater zu Wien, the Imperial and Royal Court Theater of Vienna . The theater was built in 1709 to designs by Antonio Beduzzi on a site near the former Karntnertor, on the grounds of the present Hotel Sacher. The expenses of building the theater were borne by the City of Vienna, and was intended (as Eva Badura-Skoda notes) to be frequented by the Viennese population of all classes. However, at the command of the Emperor, the first performances were of Italian opera, an elite form of entertainment. In 1711 the theater was redirected to its original purpose when it was placed under the direction of Josef Stranitzky, who put on a variety of entertainments, often embodying a German version of the Italian commedia dell'arte. The theater was managed by Stranitzky's widow after his death.

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