Croatian National Theatre, Varaždin
 Croatian National Theatre building in Varaždin | |
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| Address | Augusta Cesarca 1 Varaždin, Varaždin County Croatia |
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| Type | national theatre |
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The Croatian National Theatre (Croatian: Hrvatsko narodno kazalište u Varaždinu), commonly referred to as HNK Varaždin, is a theatre located in Varaždin.
History
[edit]The history of theater in Varaždin dates back to 1637, with the Jesuit school performances held at the local grammar school.[1] These productions were predominantly in Latin and German language.[1] Between 1788 and 1873, 30 theatrical performances were organized in Varaždin, taking place in both private and public spaces.[2]
The theatre building, designed by Viennese architect Hermann Helmer, was completed in 1873.[3] The theater in Varaždin was the third theatre building in Civil Croatia.[2] The first professional Croatian theater ensemble was formed in 1898 under the management of the Croatian Drama Society, led by historian Ivan Mičetić.[3] The Permanent City Theater as an institution was officially established in 1915, featuring both a drama and an opera ensemble.[2] This institution was active until 1925.[3] Between 1907 and 1942 Varaždin served as the secondary base for the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek.[1] The city theatre was also used for marking special occasions of the city Gymnasium later in the interwar period.[4] After World War II in Yugoslavia, the professional National Theater "August Cesarec" was established, with support from the Slavonian regional authorities.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Miklošić, Mateja (2017). Prikaz početaka varaždinskog kazališta u Varaždinskim vijestima (Master's thesis thesis). University of Zagreb, Department of Croatian Studies. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ a b c Stanislav Tuksar. "Institucionalizacija moderne građanske glazbene kulture u civilnoj Hrvatskoj u 19. stoljeću" [Institutionalization of Modern Bourgeois Music Culture in 19th-Century Civil Croatia]. Arti musices (in Croatian). 54 (2): 275–288.
- ^ a b c n.a. (23 March 2023). "Croatian National Theater: HNK Varaždin (including 2025 program)". Expat in Croatia. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ Horvat 2012, pp. 113–116.
Sources
[edit]- Horvat, Siniša (2012). "Krešimir Filić – profesor u varaždinskoj Gimnaziji" [Krešimir Filić – a lecturer at Varaždin Gymnasium]. Papers of the Institute for Scientific Research Work in Varaždin (in Croatian) (23). Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. ISSN 1848-7890. Retrieved 27 July 2024 – via Hrčak.