Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka Ivan Zajc [Rijeka]
type: Item
label: Teatro nazionale croato di Fiume @it
label: Teatro Nacional de Croacia @es
label: Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka Ivan Zajc
description: Theatre building in Rijeka, Croatia
description: theater in Kroatië @nl
EUTA building identifier: 1448
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Croatia
City: Rijeka
GPS: Point(14.4447 45.3242)
Wikidata source: Q1520102
opening date: 1885-10-05T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 137735
theatrEurope table: HST_0174
context: No heritage stage machinery? This impressive building was designed by the famous Viennese architects Fellner & Helmer and opened on October 3, 1885, as Teatro Comunale.
context: Neo-renaissance on the outside and neo-baroque inside.
Web: www.hnk-zajc.hr
architect: Ferdinand Fellner
The European Route of Historic Theatres: Adriatic Route
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q187313
Carthalia ID: 420
Modern Opera Houses index: Descriptive text, III. pp. 22, 23 ; Front elevation, III. p. 23 ; Plan area, III. p. 23 ; Skeleton plan of auditorium, III. PI. opp. p. 62.
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1883-1885 as Stadttheater for the city of Fiume by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer. Opened 5 October 1885 with Verdi's Aida. Later renamed Teatro Verdi. Later renamed in honour of the Croatian composer, Ivan Zajc (1832-1914) whose statue is located in front of the theatre. 1981 renovation and alterations. 1240 seats.
IbsenStage venue id: 21942