Launch of the Competition for the Upper Palace Gardens

117 years ago, a theater project of international significance was launched in Stuttgart: the construction of what is now the opera house on the Upper Palace Gardens, known as the Littmann-Bau. With the launch of the realization competition for its renovation, modernization, and expansion, a new chapter now begins in the history of the world's largest three-genre theater.

Competition Announcement

The Littmann-Bau: The historic appearance of this landmark is to be preserved. Photo: Photography: Matthias Baus Stuttgart

The preliminary jury meeting on October 6, 2025, at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Photo: ProWST Stuttgart

Urban planning connections to the future cultural mile and to the public space around the Eckensee, as well as towards the Königin-Katharina-Stift, are to be established. Photo: City of Stuttgart

Max Littmann's competition project from 1908. In: The Stuttgart Opera. 75 Years of the Littmann-Bau. Staatstheater Stuttgart (Ed.), Stuttgart 1987, p. 21. Ill.: Staatstheater Stuttgart