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Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin in Zagreb

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky EUGENE ONEGIN Friday, February 26 2016 at 19.30 Director: Róbert Alföldi Conductor: Nikša Bareza Like most Russian composers from the period of Romanticism, even the greatest among them, Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky based some of his stage works on the works … Continue reading

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Premiere of Le Nozze di Figaro in Zagreb

The premiere of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro is scheduled for Saturday, February 6, 2016. The conductor is Natalie Murray Beale, stage director Mauricio García Lozano, the set designer is Jorge Ballina, the costume designer is Eloise Kazan, … Continue reading

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Frédéric Verrières’ Opera “Mimi” with Croatian singers in Zagreb

On Monday, January 18, 2016. Frédéric Verrières’ opera Mimi conducted by Ivan Josip Skender and Darijan Ivezić and directed by Guillaume Vincent shall return to the CNT in Zagreb. The following performances are scheduled for January 19, 20 and 21, … Continue reading

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Giuseppe Verdi’s Les Vêpres Siciliennes performed for the first time in Croatia

The Zagreb Opera has performed  on Thursday November 5, 2015 at 7 p.m. The premiere was held on October 24, 2015 and it was the first ever held performances of this opera in Croatia, This really unique score presents the loved Verdi … Continue reading

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Wagner’s “Lohengrin” in Croatia

Richard Wagner Lohengrin Conductor Nikša Bareza Director Kurt Josef Schildknecht March 2015 Wagner’s Lohengrin, partly a fairy-tale, partly a historical myth and partly a tragic love story, raises a serious issue: can absolute trust and unconditional love exist in a … Continue reading

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Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

Gioachino Rossini The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia) Rossini’s most popular opera is considered the best comic opera ever. The libretto was written by Cesare Sterbini, following Le Barbier de Seville, the first part of the Figaro trilogy … Continue reading

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The opera Eugene Onegin at the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb

On Tuesday, January 13 and 14, 2015  the CNT Opera performed P.I. Tchaikovsky’s famous opera Eugene Onegin with Niksa Bareza as conductor and in the stage direction of Michał Znaniecki who is also the costume designer. Luigi Scoglio is the set … Continue reading

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The contemporary opera “Mimi after Paris” in Zagreb

On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 the Zagreb opening night of the contemporary opera Mimi shall take place. This free adaptation of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème is a co-production of the Parisian theatre Bouffes du Nord and the Croatian National Theatre … Continue reading

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“Hänsel und Gretel” in Croatia

Engelbert Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel From Thursday, December 4, 2014, one of the best works of the German composer Engelbert Humperdinck, opera Hansel and Gretel, is back on the repertoire. The librettist is Adelheid Wette after the famous story of … Continue reading

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