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Opera and Operetta in the Late Nineteenth-Century Zagreb National Theatre: Composers, Librettists, and Themes – A Comparison

The article is based on the repertoire of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb in the period from 1863 (when the first musical stage works were performed) to 1902 (the second closure of the opera). The list of performed operas and operettas has been made after the book Repertoar hrvatskih kazališta (The Repertoire of Croatian theatres), and enclosed to the text. The topics analized in the article are as follows: the repertoire, the social situatuon in Zagreb at the time of the foundation of the national theatre and soon followed by the foundation of the opera ensemble, the translation of the libretti, the role, the presence, and the choice of foreign operas and operettas in the relation to the domestic/national ones, on the attitudes of opera directors etc. These activities of the opera house have been articulated into four cronological periods: 1) 1863-1870, i.e. prior to the foundation of the opera ensemble, when operettas have been performed, 2) 1870-1889: the first activity of the opera, 3) 1889-1895: the period during the first closure of the opera, 4) 1895-1902: the second period of the opera, until its second closure. Conclusions on the preferences of theatre directors on the one hand and audiences on the other are drawn on the basis of the established findings. Some graphs with the statistics of performed works and their authors during these four periods are attached to the article.

national theatre, opera, operetta, Zagreb, 19th century, Ivan Zajc, repertoire

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