The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre ( cs, Národní divadlo moravskoslezské; NDM) is a professional theatre company based in

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in the Czech Republic. It is one of ten opera houses in the country, and the largest theatre company in the

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. The NDM has two permanent theatres, the

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and the Jiří Myron Theatre. The company was registered in 1918, and the theatre was first opened to the public on 19 August 1919.

Artistic output

The theatre consists of four artistic companies: drama, opera, operetta/musical, and ballet. Each year the theatre stages 16–19 premieres and just under 500 performances. The current director of the theatre is Jiří Nekvasil, and the artistic directors of the four companies are Jakub Klecker (opera), Vojtěch Štěpánek (drama),

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(ballet), and Gabriela Petráková (operetta/musical).

Names

* 1919: National Moravian-Silesian Theatre ( cs, Národní divadlo moravsko-slezské; NDMS) * 1941: Czech Moravian-Silesian Theatre ( cs, České divadlo moravskoostravské; ČDMO) * 1945: Provincial Theatre of Ostrava ( cs, Zemské divadlo v Ostravě; ZDO) * 1948: State Theatre of Ostrava ( cs, Státní divadlo v Ostravě; SDO) * 1995: National Moravian-Silesian Theatre ( cs, Národní divadlo moravskoslezské; NDM)

List of directors

* Václav Jiřikovský (1919–1923) * František Uhlíř (1923–1926) * Miloš Nový (1926–1930) * Ladislav Knotek (1930–1939) * Karel Jičínský (1939–1939) * Jan Škoda (1940–1942) * Jiří Myron (1942–1946) * Stanislav Langer (1946–1948) * Antonín Kurš (1948–1952) * Drahoš Želenský (1952–1953) *

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(1954–1956) * Vladislav Hamšík (1956–1971) * Zdeněk Starý (1971–1988) * Dalibor Malina (1989–1991) * Ilja Racek (1991–1998) * Luděk Golat (1998–2009) * Jiří Nekvasil (since 2010)

References

* {{coord missing, Czech Republic Moravian-Silesian Region Theatres in Ostrava Music venues in the Czech Republic Theatres completed in 1918 Music venues completed in 1918 Opera houses in the Czech Republic