Name

Theater Regensburg

Legal name

Theater Regensburg, Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts

Website

https://theaterregensburg.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Theater Regensburg is a publicly-owned, multi-genre municipal performing arts institution in Bavaria, Germany, delivering approximately 700 opera, drama, dance, ballet, and youth theater productions annually across five venues to roughly 180,000 spectators with its own Philharmonic Orchestra and opera choir.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts

NAICS

Performing Arts Companies (7111), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111), Musical Groups and Artists (71113)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Theater & Performing Arts Venue Operations (Playhouses, Opera Houses) (MPAGALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Event Operations & Venue Services (Box Office, FOH/BOH, Concessions) (MPAIAFAL), Concert Halls & Music Venue Operations (Symphony Halls, Recital Venues) (MPAGALAC), Theater, Musicals & Performing Arts (THAJAFAB)

Keywords

• Performing arts venue
• Live theater productions
• Opera performances
• Philharmonic concerts
• Dance theater

Headquarters

HQ city

Regensburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Primary revenue stream from individual performance tickets across all venues. Tickets sold online, at box office, and via phone. Price categories range from 6-60+ EUR depending on performance and seating.
2. Season Subscriptions: Season ticket packages (Abo) offering discounted access to multiple performances throughout the season.
3. Merchandise and Fanshop: Sale of theater merchandise including CDs, calendars, thermo cups, umbrellas, bags, and chocolates. Items sold through the online shop.
4. Donations and Sponsorships: The theater receives funding from the city of Regensburg and the Free State of Bavaria. Additional support through partnerships like Theaterfreunden for the 'Karten für Kinder' program.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Theater Regensburg produces and stages approximately 700 live performances per year across five main venues in Regensburg, Germany, spanning opera, operetta, ballet, contemporary dance, drama, and young-audience theater. The institution operates its own ensembles for music theater, drama, dance, and Junges Theater, plus the Philharmonisches Orchester Regensburg and an opera choir. Tickets are sold via an online shop, physical box office, phone service, season subscriptions, gift vouchers, and a peer-to-peer ticket exchange, supplemented by merchandise sales and venue rentals.

Product overview

Theater Regensburg is a multi-venue performing arts institution offering a comprehensive portfolio of live performances and related services. The core offering consists of approximately 700 annual performances across five venues spanning music theater (opera, operetta), drama, ballet, dance, and young audience productions, accompanied by the theater's own Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera Chorus. The product ecosystem includes an online ticketing platform with seat selection, subscription packages, a ticket exchange marketplace, venue rentals, and a merchandise shop. The theater also operates specialized programs including The First Stage for world premieres of commissioned works, Community Theater for collaborative city projects, and Junges Theater for young audiences. Additional services include gift vouchers and voluntary climate compensation options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Ticket Shop (Webshop) Digital ticketing platform enabling customers to purchase tickets to all Theater Regensburg performances, season subscriptions, and gift vouchers online, with interactive seating chart and best-seat selection.
• Theater Performances (Music Theater, Drama, Ballet, Dance) Live staged performances including opera, operetta, ballet, contemporary dance, and drama across the institution's five primary venues, totaling approximately 700 productions each year. Available to the general theatergoing public.
• Season Subscriptions (Abo) Subscription packages bundling multiple performances at a discount, available in themed categories (e.g., Musiktheater intensiv, Schauspiel 2 plus, Wochenende, Vielfalt), sold online and at the box office.
• Ticket Exchange (Kartenbörse) Secondary marketplace where existing ticket holders can transfer purchased tickets they can no longer use to other customers at original prices only.
• Gift Vouchers Gift vouchers redeemable for any Theater Regensburg performance, delivered as high-quality print-outs by post.
• The First Stage (Uraufführungs-Programm) Program dedicated to world premieres of commissioned theater works, following the creative process from initial idea through staging and featuring contemporary playwrights and choreographers.
• Philharmonisches Orchester Regensburg The theater's resident symphony orchestra, performing standalone classical concerts and providing musical accompaniment for opera and music theater productions.
• Community Theater (Bürgertheater) Collaborative theater projects developed with city residents, welcoming participants of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to co-create community productions.
• Junges Theater (Young Audience Program) Productions and programming specifically designed for children and young audiences, including accessible performances with sign-language interpretation.
• Venue Rentals Rental of the theater's five venues (Bismarckplatz, Velodrom, Antoniushaus, Haidplatz, Junges Theater) for external events and productions.
• Merchandise (Fanshop) Theater-branded merchandise including production CDs, calendars, thermo cups, bags, umbrellas, and charity items such as chocolate for the Karten für Kinder program, sold through the online shop.
• Climate Compensation Options Voluntary donation add-on offered during ticket checkout, supporting Bavarian moors conservation or atmosfair climate programs.
• DOLLHOUSE (World Premiere Dance Production) World-premiere dance production by choreographer Andrey Kaydanovskiy exploring puppets and humanity through four life stages played in reverse, with music by Christof Dienz.
• LOB DER GERECHTEN (World Premiere Drama) World-premiere commissioned drama by Lutz Hübner and Sarah Nemitz on democratic engagement and societal consensus, set in Regensburg.
• STRAHLENDER ENGEL (Horn Concerto World Premiere) World-premiere horn concerto composed by Aziza Sadikova for the Philharmonisches Orchester Regensburg.
• CONNI SCHEISST AUF ALLES (World Premiere Young Audience Play) World-premiere play for young audiences based on the Conni children's book character, written by Hannah Haberberger.
• The Shining (European Premiere Opera) European premiere opera by Paul Moravec based on Stephen King's novel, staged in cooperation with the Regensburger Domspatzen boys' choir.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• WHAT IF (Sustainability Project)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Comprehensive sustainability initiative launched in the 2021/22 season. The project includes creating the theater's first climate balance sheet and developing action fields for systematic reduction of greenhouse gas emissions with employees.
• Regensburger DomspatzencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHistoric boys' choir partnership for opera productions. The Regensburger Domspatzen collaborated on The Shining opera production as part of the co-production agreement.
• Theaterfreunde RegensburgcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSupport organization that partnered with the theater on the 'Karten für Kinder' (Tickets for Children) subsidy program, enabling children from financially disadvantaged families to attend theater performances.
• Bürgertheater RegensburgminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity theater cooperation for productions like 'Heut is diesig', an commissioned work for the Bürger Theater Regensburg.
• Regensburger Schriftstellergruppe InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Young Authors Competition (Jungautorenwettbewerb), a collaborative event with the international writers' group in Regensburg.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Theater Nürnberg: Bavarian municipal multi-genre theater operating opera, drama, and ballet ensembles with similar scope to Regensburg; direct regional peer serving a comparable mid-sized Bavarian city.
• Staatstheater Augsburg: Multi-genre Bavarian state theater with similar municipal heritage that was also elevated to Staatstheater status in 2024. Most directly comparable in scale, geography, and institutional profile to Theater Regensburg.
• Staatstheater Stuttgart: Three-division state theater (opera, ballet, drama) with its own Stuttgart State Orchestra; comparable multi-genre operating model and similar mid-to-large scale in southern Germany.
• Nationaltheater Mannheim: Large multi-genre state theater (opera, drama, ballet, young theater) operating under the Four-Stream model with a dedicated orchestra — structurally analogous to Theater Regensburg's ensemble-driven operation.
• Volksoper Wien: Vienna's multi-genre repertory house covering opera, operetta, musicals, ballet, and youth productions — highly comparable business model and scale profile for performing arts programming.
• Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar: Multi-genre state theater in Thuringia with opera, drama, ballet, and orchestral ensembles — closely matching the institutional profile and scale of Theater Regensburg's operations.
• Theater Kiel: Multi-genre municipal/state theater in northern Germany offering opera, drama, ballet, and young theater with a dedicated philharmonic — directly comparable mid-sized German theater.

Broad incumbents

• Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin): Berlin's flagship state opera with the Staatskapelle Berlin; substantially larger but represents the tier of state-level opera institutions that compete for premieres, talent, and prestige.
• Bayerische Staatsoper (Nationaltheater München): Munich's flagship Bavarian state opera — substantially larger and the regional incumbent whose prestige, premiere pipeline, and audience pull shape the competitive landscape Theater Regensburg operates in.

Regional players

• Theater Basel: Swiss-German speaking tri-genre theater (Schauspiel, Oper, Ballett) with comparable artistic breadth across the border; not direct competition but a useful structural peer for programming and scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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