Градска градина, Швебиш Гмюнд

Set within the town garden that gives it its name, the Stadtgarten hall serves Schwäbisch Gmünd — a town of goldsmiths that calls itself the oldest of the Hohenstaufen foundations — as its large indoor venue for concerts, balls and civic gatherings. Grand opera on tour has been presented there, "Aida" and Puccini's "Turandot" among the titles, staged in the compressed form such halls impose: a shallow platform, a reduced pit, and voices that must carry without help.