Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb [Zagreb]
type: Item
label: Croatian National Theatre In Zagreb @nl
label: Chorvatské národní divadlo v Záhřebu @cs
label: Teatro nazionale croato di Zagabria @it
label: Teatro nacional de Croacia de Zagreb @es
description: Theatre building in Zagreb, Croatia
description: Zagreb @nl
alternative label: Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
EUTA building identifier: 1449
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Croatia
City: Zagreb
GPS: Point(15.97 45.8095)
Wikidata source: Q268151
opening date: 1895-10-14T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 139451
theatrEurope table: HST_0175
context: No heritage stage machinery On 14 October, 1895, the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I himself opened this theatre, a wonderful building by the Viennese architects Fellner & Helmer. Apart from the now modern stage, the building has been entirely preserved.
context: Busts of important Croatian poets and a composer guard the exterior. The Viennese painter Alexander Demetrius Goltz created the paintings on the ceiling of the auditorium, whereas the ceiling of the foyer was decorated later by Ivan Tisov, in 1911. The impressive curtain from 1895, named The Reformation of of Croatian Literature and Art, is by the painter Vlaho Bukovac.
Capacity: 715
Address: Trg Republike Hrvatske 15, 10000, Zagreb
Web: www.hnk.hr
architectural style: Neoclassical architecture
architect: Ferdinand Fellner
architect: Hermann Helmer
The European Route of Historic Theatres: Adriatic Route
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q183864
Carthalia ID: 424
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1894-1895 as Königlich Kroatisches Landes- und Nationaltheater by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer after 14 years of local political dispute over plans and location of the new theatre. Opened 14 Oct 1895 with Ivan Zajc's opera Nicola Subic Zrinsjski in presence of the Austrian Kaiser Franz Josef I. 1200 seats. 1952 building of an underground air-raid shelter. 1965-1969 interior modernization by Prof. Raschiza (inlcuding conversion of the 1952 shelter into a buffet). 800 seats.