Madlenianum Opera and Theatre


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. 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. 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 Georges Feydeau2008-
Opera The Diary of Anne FrankGrigory Frid2008-
The bereaved family Branislav Nušić2008-
The Scent of Rain in the Balkans Gordana Kuić2009-
Cat on a hot tin roofTennessee Williams2009-
Opera The Mandrake Ivan Jevtić2009-
Wait for me in heaven my loveFernando Arrabal2010-
Opera Rita
Opera Angélique
Gaetano Donizetti
Jacques Ibert
2010-
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 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-
Opera for kids The Magic FluteW. A. Mozart2013*
Drama Pierrot Lunaire / LenzA. Schoenberg, G. Buchner2013-

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