National Moravian-Silesian Theatre

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Antonín Dvořák Theatre

The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre (Czech: Národní divadlo moravskoslezské; NDM) is a professional theatre company based in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. It is one of ten opera houses in the country, and the largest theatre company in the Moravian-Silesian Region. The NDM has two permanent theatres, the Antonín Dvořák Theatre and the . 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.^[1] Each year the theatre stages 16–19 premieres and just under 500 performances.^[1] The current director of the theatre is , and the artistic directors of the four companies are (opera), (drama), (ballet), and (operetta/musical).

Names[]

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

List of directors[]

Jiří Myron Theatre

• 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)
• Miloslav Holub (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[]

• "Historie Národního divadla moravskoslezského v datech" [The History of the NDM in dates] (in Czech). Retrieved 20 May 2018.