Carthalia - Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste

Country: Croatia (Hrvatska)
City: Zagreb (Agram)
Location: Trg marsala Tita (old market square)

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.

Notable world premieres:

Vatroslav Lisinski: Porin (2 Oct 1897)
Jakov Gotovac: Ero s onoga svijeta (2 Nov 1935)

Link: pubwww.srce.hr/HNK

[Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste] Front Text: "Zagreb (Agram), Kazaliste"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Zagreb to Heilbronn (Germany), 1912

[Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste] Front Text: "Zagreb, Kr. Kazaliste"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Zagreb to Budapest (Hungary), 1918

[Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste] Front Text: "Zagreb, Narodno Kazaliste - Gledaliste - Theatre National - Salle pour les spectateurs "
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

[Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste] Reverse Text: "Zagreb, Kazaliste nocu - Theater bei Nacht - Theatre at night - Théâtre, vue nocturne"
Publisher: Zadruzna Stampa, Zagreb
Size: Modern
Not sent.

[Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste] Reverse Text: "Zagreb, Hrvatsko narodno kazaliste, Vlaho Bukovac: Hrvatski preporod" [Zagreb, Croatian National Theatre, Vlaho Bukovac: The Rebirth of Croatia]
Publisher: Nip Vjesnik, Zagreb
Size: Modern
Sent: from Zagreb to Stuttgart (Germany), 1984

[Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste] Reverse Text: "Zagreb"
Publisher: Izdavac Janprom, Zagreb; T-032
Size: 17.0 x 11.8 cm
Sent: from Zagreb to Ravensburg (Germany), 2005 [without postmark]

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