Madlenianum Opera and Theatre

Madlenianum Opera and Theatre
Old House of Madlenianum Opera and Theatre
Madlenianum Opera and Theatre
Location within Belgrade
Address Glavna Street, 32
Location Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia
Coordinates 44°50′44″N 20°24′39″E / 44.84556°N 20.41083°E / 44.84556; 20.41083Coordinates: 44°50′44″N 20°24′39″E / 44.84556°N 20.41083°E / 44.84556; 20.41083
Owner Zepter International
Type Theatre
Capacity 524
Construction
Opened 25 December 1997 (1997-12-25)
General contractor Madlena Zepter
Website
operatheatremadlenianum.com
Location within neighborhood

Madlenianum Opera and Theatre is an opera house and theatre located in Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia. It is the first privately owned opera and theater company both in Serbia and in Southeast Europe.[1] It is located in Belgrade, Serbia, and was founded on 26 January 1999, by Madlena Zepter, wife of Philip Zepter, Serbian businessman. The name Madlenianum derives from Madlena Zepter's name.

History

It is situated in the Old city core of Zemun, which is Spatial Cultural-Historical Units of Great Importance of Serbia. The Theatre houses opera, ballet, concert programs, drama and musical repertoire.

Madlenianum was officially founded on 25 December 1997 and it is located in the building that previously housed the second stage of the National Theatre of Serbia. After seven years of work and five different stages of reconstruction, a completely refurbished, reconstructed and conceptually enriched edifice opened its doors to the public on 19 April 2005.

Productions

As of February 2013, the following operas, musicals and plays outside of the standard repertoire were produced at the Madlenianum.[2] Premieres marked with "*" are still in the repertory.

NameAuthor, Composer,
Choreographer		PremiereIn repertory
to date
Opera Il matrimonio segretoDomenico Cimarosa1999
Orpheus in the UnderworldBallet by Krunislav Simić1999
Opera The Rape of LucretiaBenjamin Britten1999
Opera Il signor BruschinoGioachino Rossini2000
Opera Die KlugeCarl Orff2000
Opera The two widowsBedřich Smetana2001
Nijinsky - Golden birdBallet by Krunislav Simić2001
LiederabendGustav Mahler, Ballet by Duška Sifnios and Vladimir Logunov2002
TriptychBallet by Ramón Oller2004
TeslaMiloš Crnjanski2005
Icy FireflyVladan Radoman2005
Opera The tales of HoffmannJacques Offenbach2005
Don QuixoteMikhail Bulgakov2005
Prometheus boundAeschylus2006
Wolfgang AmadéBallet by Renato Zanella2006
Opera Così fan tutteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart2006
QuartetRonald Harwood2006
Frida KahloSanja Domazet2006
*
Burlesque on the GreekAndrej Hing2007
Musical Les MisérablesClaude-Michel Schönberg2007
The Lady from Maxim's (La Dame de chez Maxim)Georges Feydeau2008
Opera The Diary of Anne FrankGrigory Frid2008
The bereaved family (Ožalošćena porodica)Branislav Nušić2008
The Scent of Rain in the Balkans (Miris kiše na Balkanu)Gordana Kuić2009
*
Cat on a hot tin roofTennessee Williams2009
Opera The Mandrake (La Mandragola)Ivan Jevtić2009[3]
*
Wait for me in heaven my loveFernando Arrabal2010
*
Opera Rita
Opera Angélique		Gaetano Donizetti
Jacques Ibert		2010[4]
Indian summerIvan Sergeyevich Turgenev2010
Breakfast at Tiffany’sTruman Capote2011
*
Celebrating of loveBallet by Aleksandar Ilić2011
*
North fairy taleEdvard Grieg's Peer Gynt, Ballet by Staša Zurovac2011
*
Greta Garbo’s secret (Tajna Grete Garbo)Miro Gavran2012
*
Two Serbian ballets Ballad of the stray moon
Two Serbian ballets The vallet's broom		Dušan Radić, Ballet by Aleksandar Ilić
Miloje Milojević, Ballet by Aleksandar Ilić		2012
Musical RebeccaMichael Kunze, Sylvester Levay2012
*
Opera for kids Kopriva, koprivaMilan T Ilić2013
*
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See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Madlenianum Opera & Theatre at Sauter
  2. ↑ Official website, main page in English Archived 1 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Comic opera "Mandragola"
  4. ↑ "Rita" i "Anželika" u Madlenianumu (in Serbian)
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