Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet
The Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet (
Slovene National Drama Theatre in Ljubljana (Slovensko narodno gledališče and has about 50 dancers. Since 2013, its director has been the lawyer Peter Sotošek Štular, and its artistic director the opera stage director Rocc
(Rok Rappl).
Both SNG and SNT are used. (One is the initials of the name in English; the other is the Slovene initials.)
History
The history of opera in Slovenia goes back to Giuseppe Clemente de Bonomi's Il Tamerlano in 1732. Operas were at first staged in the
Ljubljana Drama Theatre
.
In 1918, the company was enlarged with its own orchestra and a professional ballet group.Mozart, etc.[6]
See also
- Maribor Slovene National Theatre (SNG Maribor)
- Nova Gorica Slovene National Theatre (SNG Nova Gorica)
- Ljubljana City Theatre (Mestno gledališče ljubljansko, MGL)
- Slovenian Philharmonic
- Cankar Hall, Ljubljana, 10 Prešeren Street
- Križanke Summer Theatre, Ljubljana, 28 Miklosich Street
- Ljubljana Castle, Estate Hall concerts
References
- ^ Cultural policy in Slovenia Council of Europe. European Programme of National Cultural Policy Reviews, Council of Europe. Council for Cultural Co-operation - 1998 p30
- ^ Slovenia: the Bradt travel guide Robin McKelvie, Jenny McKelvie - 2008 p62
- ^ Opera, power and ideology: anthropological study of a national art p57 Vlado Kotnik - 2010 - ... two theatre companies operated in the Ljubljana Opera that had been constructed in 1892: the German Theatre and ... the Ljubljana ensemble, under the full name of the Slovenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ljubljana, ...
- ^ Ljubljana Nace Šumi - 1980 "The house was inaugurated with the tragedy Veronika of Desenice in 1892. After 1919, the theatre was transferred to the modern secessionist style building (originally meant for the German theatre).
- ^ History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe p 7 Marcel Cornis-Pope, John Neubauer - 2007 Ljubljana's theater was inaugurated in 1892 with a Slovene-language play; Slovene and German performances were to alternate, but the Slovenes boycotted the German productions and the Austrian community was forced to build its own theater ...
- ^ Repertoire Archived 2009-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
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