Madlenianum Opera and Theatre is an opera house and theatre located in
Zemun
Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; hu, Zimony) is a municipality in the city of Belgrade. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown Belgrade. The developme ...
,
Belgrade, Serbia. It is the first privately owned opera and theater company both in Serbia and in Southeast Europe. It is located in
Belgrade,
Serbia
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, and was founded on 26 January 1999, by
Madlena Zepter
Madlena Zepter, also known as Madlena Janković, is a Serbian businesswoman and is married to Philip Zepter, a Serbian businessman.Philip Zepter
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Early years and education
Philip Zepter was bor ...
, Serbian businessman. The name Madlenianum derives from Madlena Zepter's name.
History
It is situated in the
Old city core of
Zemun
Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; hu, Zimony) is a municipality in the city of Belgrade. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown Belgrade. The developme ...
, 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 by Gordan Dragović Černogorski opera and ballet director, 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
opera
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s,
musicals and
plays
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* Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment
* Play (theatre), a work of drama
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outside of the standard repertoire were produced at the Madlenianum.
Official website, main page in English
Premieres marked with "*" are still in the repertory.
Gallery
File:Madlenianum, enterier. 3562.jpg, Madlenianum enterier
File:Madlenianum, enterier.jpeg, Madlenianum theatre hall
File:Dictionary of the Khazars ballet adaptation - Madlenianum Opera and Theatre.jpg, Ballet '' Dictionary of the Khazars''
See also
* List of theatres in Serbia
This is a list of professional and semi-professional theaters on the territory of the Republic of Serbia.
List
See also
* Serbian culture
External links
Atlas of Serbian Theatre
{{Europe in topic, List of theatres in , countries_only=y ...
Notes and references
External links
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Theatres in Belgrade
Opera houses in Serbia
Theatres completed in 1997
Music venues completed in 1999
1999 establishments in Serbia