Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazalište

Country: Croatia (Hrvatska)
City: Zagreb (Agram)
Location: Trg marsala Tita (old market square)

Built 1894-1895 as "Königlich Kroatisches Landes- und Nationaltheater" by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer after 14 years of local political dispute over plans and location of the new theatre. Opened 14 Oct 1895 with Ivan Zajc's opera "Nicola Subic Zrinsjski" in presence of the Austrian Kaiser Franz Josef I. 1200 seats. 1952 building of an underground air-raid shelter. 1965-1969 interior modernization by Prof. Raschiza (inlcuding conversion of the 1952 shelter into a buffet). 800 seats.

Notable world premieres:

  • Vatroslav Lisinski: Porin (2 Oct 1897)
  • Jakov Gotovac: Ero s onoga svijeta (2 Nov 1935)

Links: www.hnk.hr, EUTA, Wikipedia

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Front Text: "Pozdrav iz Zagreba. Gruss aus Agram.", "National-Theater. Kazalište"
Publisher: Dohiva se u tiskari A. Brusina, Zagreb; Edgard Schmidt, Dresden
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Zagreb to Wien (Austria), 1898

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Picture: painting "Celebration of Croatian Theatre Art" by Ivan Tišov (memorial painting of the opening of the theatre building in 1895)
Reverse Text: "I. Tišov: Slavlje hrv. kazalištne umjetnosti."
Publisher: Edition Ćakliović, Zagreb; Jugoslavenski Umjetnici
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Front Text: "Zagreb. Kraljevsko-zemaljsko kazalište. Agram. Königliches Landestheater"
Publisher: B. K. W. I.; 270; Fec. B. Senoa
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: to Wien [postmark illegible, stamp of 1900-1913]

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Front Text: "Zagreb (Agram), Kazalište"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Zagreb to Heilbronn (Germany), 1912

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Front Text: "Zagreb, Kr. Kazalište"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Zagreb to Budapest (Hungary), 1918

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Reverse Text: "Zagreb. Kazalište. Théatre National."
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: to Olomouc (Czechoslovakia), 1922

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Front Text: "Zagreb, Narodno Kazaliste - Gledaliste - Theatre National - Salle pour les spectateurs"
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Reverse Text: "Zagreb, Narodno Kazalište. Preedvorje. - Theatre National. Vestibule"
Publisher: Naklada S. Markovic, Zagreb; 1925
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Front Text: "Zagreb (Kazalište)"
Type: postal card with printed stamp
Size: Classic
Sent: to actor Harry Fuss in Wien (Austria), 1939

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Front Text: "Fröhliche Weihnachten!"
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Sent: by German Forces' Postal Service, to Wien (Austria), 1942

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Front Text: "Zagreb - Narodno kazalište"
Publisher: Kaladni Zavod Matice Hravtske
Size: Modern
Sent: from Zagreb to Beograd, 1965

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Reverse Text: "Zagreb, Hrvatsko narodno kazalište"
Publisher: Izdanje Agencije za fotodokumentaciju, Zagreb; 142
Size: Modern
Sent: from Hrvatski Leskovac to Želežnik, 1966

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Reverse Text: "Zagreb, Hrvatsko narodno kazalište. Kroatisches Nationaltheater. Croatian National Theatre"
Publisher: ?; Printed in Italy
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Reverse Text: "Zagreb"
Publisher: Zadružna štampa, Zagreb; 2112/10
Size: Modern
Sent: from Zagreb to Beograd, 1972

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Reverse Text: "Zagreb, Kazalište nocu - Theater bei Nacht - Theatre at night - Théâtre, vue nocturne"
Publisher: Zadruzna Stampa, Zagreb
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Reverse Text: "Zagreb, kazalište - theatre - Theater - théâtre - teatro"
Publisher: Papirtrade, Zagreb; 2109/5
Size: Modern
Sent: from Zagreb to Hamburg (Germany), 1972

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Reverse Text: "Zagreb, Kazalište nocu - Theater bei Nacht - Theatre at night - Théâtre, vue nocturne"
Publisher: Zadruzna Stampa, Zagreb
Size: Modern
Sent: from Zagreb to Weinheim (Germany), 1971

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Reverse Text: "Zagreb, Hrvatsko narodno kazalište, Vlaho Bukovac: Hrvatski preporod" [Zagreb, Croatian National Theatre, Vlaho Bukovac: The Rebirth of Croatia]
Publisher: Nip Vjesnik, Zagreb
Size: Modern
Sent: from Zagreb to Stuttgart (Germany), 1984

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Reverse Text: "Zagreb, Hrvatsko narodno kazalište"
Publisher: Nip Vjesnik, Zagreb; 1069
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Stamp (Yugoslavia, 1985)
Text: "Hrvatsko Narodno Kazalište 1860-1985"

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Reverse Text: "Zagreb"
Publisher: Izdavač Vjesnik, Zagreb; 6183
Size: Modern
Sent: from Zagreb to Punat, 1988

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Front Text: "Zagreb u srcu"
Publisher: Turistkomerc, Zagreb; S-11124
Size: Modern
Sent: from Zagreb to Hemet CA (United States), 1994

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Front Text: "Mladen Veža: Hrvatsko narodno kazalište - Zagreb - Hrvatska"
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 27 Dec 1996
Publisher: Izdavac Humanitarna organizacija 'Spasite djecu Hrvatske'; 197
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Set of 4 phonecards (1999)
Reverse Text: "Svecani zstor HNK. 'Hrvatski preporod' (detalj). Vlaho Bukovac (1895.)"
Picture: painted curtain
Publisher:

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Reverse Text: "Zagreb"
Publisher: Izdavac Janprom, Zagreb; T-032
Size: 17.0 x 11.8 cm
Sent: from Zagreb to Ravensburg (Germany), 2005 [without postmark]

Zagreb: Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Reverse Text: "Zagreb, Croatia"
Publisher: Tjesimir Maric; www.grafika-grafoprint.hr
Size: Modern
Not sent.

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