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Many of Croatia's leading artists have worked at the theatre. Its first manager and dramatist was the Greek–Croatian poet Dimitrija Demeter, a leading activist of the Croatian national revival movement, with Ivan Zajc as first conductor. Jakov Gotovac was the theatre's opera conductor from 1923 to 1958.
Croatian National Theatre (Croatian: Hrvatsko narodno kazalište) is the official name of several state-funded theatre houses in Croatia. Each one is commonly referred to by the Croatian-language initialism HNK. The four theatre houses in biggest cities (Zagreb, Split, Rijeka and Osijek) are considered premier theatre and opera houses in the ...
The company has toured extensively within Croatia, and since 1986 has performed on the summer stage of Zagreb's Opatovina Park (known as Zagreb’sHistrion Summer Festival) The Histrion building started life as a cinema (Olimp, Kozara and Apolo) and is famous for being the place that presented the first sound motion picture in Croatia in 1929.
Originally called the “Social House,” the National Theatre building in Sarajevo was constructed in 1897 based on designs by Karel Pařík. [11] It officially opened on January 2, 1899, with a production of Medea by Franz Grillparzer, performed by the Croatian National Theatre from Zagreb, with Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević reading the prologue.
The performances have toured widely, both within Bosnia and Herzegovina and internationally in countries like Croatia, Slovenia, Sweden, and Albania. [ 6 ] The center also organizes the annual comedy festival Smijeh je lijek (“Laughter is the Best Medicine”), in its 23rd year as of 2024, to bring joy and humor to audiences in Sarajevo. [ 8 ]
[2] [3] It is also the oldest private theatre for young audiences in Croatia. [4] [5] In 1996, the first Croatian president Franjo Tuđman awarded the founders Vitomir Lončar and Ivica Šimić with the Order of Danica with the figure of Marko Marulić for special merits to culture. [3] In 2009, the theatre received the City of Zagreb Plaque ...
Amadeo Theatre and Music Company started its activities in the summer of 2000 in the atrium of the Croatian Natural History Museum at Upper Town in Zagreb, Croatia.Between 1797 and 1834, that same building was the founding place of the first Croatian public theatre called Amadeo's theatre, named after its founder, the Hungarian count Anton Amade de Varkony, who was also a notable county ...
Zagreb Puppet Theatre (Croatian: Zagrebačko kazalište lutaka) was founded in 1948 by the City of Zagreb, and is the oldest professional Croatian puppet theatre. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The theatre is geared primarily towards children, which has also performed abroad [ 3 ] and has participated in charitable work. [ 4 ]