National Theater Belgrade
| National Theater Belgrade | |
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| Address: | Francuska 3 |
| City: | Belgrade |
| Coordinates: | 44 ° 49 '0 " N , 20 ° 27' 38" E |
| Architecture and history | |
| Opened: | 1869 |
| Spectator: | 700 + 300 places |
| Architect: | Aleksandar Bugarski |
| Internet presence: | |
| Website: | www.narodnopozoriste.rs |
The National Theater in Belgrade ( Serbian : Народно позориште у Београду / Narodno Pozorište u Beogradu ) was founded in the second half of the 19th century and is located on Republic Square in Belgrade . With the construction of this object and the implementation of Josimović's regulatory plan from 1867 for the city in the moat, the conditions for the formation of today's most important Belgrade Square, the Trg republike, were created. The National Theater, which was built in 1868, accompanied the fate of its own people and the state, went through many phases of building and art development and remained as a symbol of Serbian culture, tradition and clergy. Today three art ensembles work under its roof - opera, drama and ballet.
history
In 1851 the idea of a permanent theater was first born in Belgrade and the committee “Lovers of National Education” ( Serbian - Cyrillic Љубитељи народне просвете ) was founded. A first construction site on Zeleni Venac was selected, but due to the swampy subsoil, the foundation work was stopped shortly after it began. Remnants of it can still be found on site and parts of the walls, from which stones were also taken to build the new theater building near the Istanbul Gate. The interruption at Zeleni Venac did not discourage the committee: they turned to Prince Mihailo Obrenović III for help . of Serbia. So in 1863 the National Theater was created again, so to speak.
Full of enthusiasm after a performance of the Serbian National Theater from Novi Sad (at that time the capital of Serbian culture in Austria-Hungary ) in Belgrade (at that time the capital of the Principality of Serbia ), Prince Mihailo invited the director Jovan Đorđević , the theater in Belgrade as an institution - seven years after the latter founded the Novi Sad Theater. He actually came with half of his acting troupe.
construction
Prince Mihajlo commissioned Aleksandar Bugarski, Belgrade's most important architect in the 19th century, to build it. This took the Scala in Milan as a model. The opening took place on October 30, 1869.
The building was redesigned and expanded between 1919 and 1922, with the architect Josif Bukavac giving the facade its current neo-baroque appearance, in particular by accentuating it with two corner towers. There are stairwells in them. 1964/65 was redesigned again, this time the auditorium, but this was reversed from 1986 to 1989 in order to restore the previous shape from 1922. Since 1983 the theater has been classified as a "cultural monument of greatest value".
List of directors
With one exception, the National Theater has so far only been headed by male directors.
| director | from | to |
|---|---|---|
| Jovan Đorđević , 1st term | November 1, 1868 | January 5, 1871 |
| Đorđe Maletić | January 5, 1871 | December 11, 1871 |
| Milan A. Simić , 1st term | December 11, 1871 | October 22, 1875 |
| Jovan Đorđević, 2nd term | October 22, 1875 | April 1, 1877 |
| Milorad Popović Šapčanin , 1st term | April 1, 1877 | November 12, 1877 |
| Milan A. Simić, 2nd term | November 12, 1877 | March 5, 1880 |
| Milorad Popović Šapčanin, 2nd term | March 5, 1880 | August 15, 1893 |
| Nikola Petrović , 1st term | August 15, 1893 | July 14, 1900 |
| Branislav Nušić | July 14, 1900 | January 14, 1902 |
| Jovan Đ. Dokic | January 15, 1903 | May 15, 1903 |
| Dragomir Janković | May 15, 1903 | July 30, 1906 |
| Nikola Petrović, 2nd term | July 30, 1906 | November 29, 1906 |
| Mihajlo Marković | November 29, 1906 | July 17, 1909 |
| Milan Grol , 1st term | July 17, 1909 | March 31, 1910 |
| Milorad Gavrilović | March 31, 1910 | December 30, 1919 |
| Milan Grol, 2nd term | September 1, 1911 | July 28, 1914 |
| Milutin Čekić | December 1, 1918 | August 5, 1919 |
| Milan Grol, 3rd term | August 5, 1919 | February 28, 1924 |
| Milan Predić , 1st term | March 1, 1924 | November 11, 1924 |
| Velimir Živojinović Masuka | November 11, 1924 | August 21, 1925 |
| Milan Predić, 2nd term | August 21, 1925 | August 14, 1933 |
| Dragoslav Ilić | August 14, 1933 | February 21, 1935 |
| Branislav Vojnović | February 21, 1935 | September 28, 1939 |
| Milan Predić, 3rd term | October 13, 1939 | June 26, 1940 |
| Momir Veljkovic | July 26, 1940 | August 1, 1941 |
| Jovan Popović | August 1, 1941 | December 30, 1944 |
| Milan Predic | January 1, 1945 | April 30, 1947 |
| Velibor Gligorić | July 1, 1947 | August 30, 1950 |
| Milan Bogdanović | September 1, 1950 | March 31, 1962 |
| Gojko Miletić | July 1, 1962 | February 29, 1972 |
| Velimir Lukic | June 15, 1972 | April 16, 1990 |
| Vida Ognjenović | April 16, 1990 | 1993 |
| Aleksandar Berček | January 21, 1993 | May 10, 1997 |
| Nebojša Bradić | April 16, 1997 | July 13, 1999 |
| Željko Simić | July 13, 1999 | October 2000 |
| Ljubivoje Tadić | December 12, 2000 | March 31, 2005 |
| Dejan Savic | March 31, 2005 | November 23, 2007 |
| Predrag Ejdus | November 23, 2007 | November 11, 2009 |
| Božidar Đurović | October 22, 2009 | 4th October 2012 |
Current
Today the theater houses three artist ensembles under its roof, drama, opera and ballet. Around 150,000 visitors see around 600 performances per year. The performances take place in two auditoriums: Belgrade Square - main stage with 700, and Rasa Plaovic stage with 300 seats.
Web links
- Internet presence of the theater (Serbian / English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emilijan Josimovic - Beograd, 1867. In: www.staribeograd.com. Retrieved September 28, 2015 .
- ↑ Theater database
- ^ List of directors on the Belgrade National Theater website
