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https://doi.org/10.56954/bg.18.1.5
Concerts on the theatre boards – contribution to the research of the New Theatre in Zadar (Teatro Nuovo) (1865 – 1945)
Katica Burić Ćenan
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The paper presents the concert life of Zadar in the second half of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century, that is, the concerts that were held in the hall of the Zadar New Theatre (Teatro Nuovo / Teatro Verdi). The name New Theatre (Teatro Nuovo) was given as there already existed the long-standing first opera theatre in Zadar – Aristocratic Theatre (Teatro Nobile) – which operated since 1784. In 1901, the New Theatre was renamed to the Verdi Theatre (Teatro Verdi) in memory of Giuseppe Verdi, who died that year. The paper starts from the research of archival material, namely concert posters, leaflets and programmes kept in the State Archives in Zadar and the Zadar Scientific Library, as well as periodicals of the time, mainly Narodni list. In the analysis of the performances of numerous national and international artists, the paper openly discusses the repertoire, audience and reviews, as well as the frequency of concerts in the period from the construction of the New Theatre in 1865 to the last performances in the 1930s and the demolition of the Theatre in 1945. The permanent members were the resident musicians from Zadar Philharmonic Society, which organised five to eight concerts a year, often performing with guest artists. On the concert stage of the Zadar Theatre, musicians from Zagreb, Split, Rijeka and other cities of Croatian historical areas performed, while the foreign musicians were mainly from Italy, but also from Germany and Russia. An insight into the concert activities of the New Theatre, without mentioning other sites here (Aristocratic Theatre, St. Stošija Cathedral, Croatian Reading Club, etc.) demonstrates prolific interacting of local and foreign musicians, which ensured the audience’s understanding of the contemporary European music scene and the performance varieties.
Ključne riječi
New Theatre, Zadar, concert life, Zadar Philharmonic Society
Hrčak ID:
312002
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.12.2023.
Posjeta: 717 *