Promotion
A Serbian woman known in the USA, but not in Serbia
The promotion of the novel "Echoes of Silence" will also be the promotion of its author Diana Elizabeth Martinović, an opera and jazz singer known in the USA.
The premiere
This is already the fourth opera premiere of the National Theater this season
The repertoire of the National Theater Opera this season has been enriched with four titles, and Drama and Ballet with only one each. Is it just a coincidence?
An example of good practice
How Hristić was reconstructed Dusk
The story of the fifteen-year reconstruction of the opera house Dusk and the ballet divertissement of Stevan Hristić, a rare venture in local practice
Opera
In search of a revolutionary spirit
The festival "Opera forward" (OFF) celebrated its tenth anniversary, and the jubilee edition was held from March 6 to 15, 2026 in Amsterdam. OFF was founded by the Dutch National Opera in 2016, on the occasion of the company's fifty years of existence, and the festival was launched under the artistic direction of the recently deceased opera visionary Pierre Audi, the company's longtime director. OFF was founded with the aim of exploring the future of opera through the lens of a new generation of creators
Interview: Đurđa Papazoglu, director of the "Music of Hope" program
Child against Brundibar
"Imagine a child who after school carries an instrument case through an area where you rarely see anything solemn. That child does not just carry an instrument. He carries proof that his future does not end at the place where he was born. And he carries a new habit: to persevere, to be part of something bigger than himself"
Belgrade on water
Is the Belgrade Opera moving to the Fair in Hall 1
Siniša Mali and the company Belgrade on water announce an opera in Hall 1 of the Belgrade Fair. It is assumed that they are referring to the National Theater Opera
Opera
Children's opera "Deca Bestragija" is an invitation to search for answers together
A concert performance of the children's opera "Children of Bestragija" by Lazar Đorđević, which talks about togetherness, presents young authors and performers, and proves that opera is a living and contemporary musical form
The answer
Nataša Tasić Knežević's answer to published information
On October 4, 2025 at 7:31 p.m., the website of the weekly "Vreme" published a text containing a series of incorrect, incomplete and unverified information about the personality of Nataša Tasić Knežević, opera artist and soloist of the Opera of the Serbian National Theater, under the title "SNP union: Criticism of a colleague's singing is not hate speech".
Inheritance
Why does the National Theater throw costumes in the dumpster?
Theater costumes have no place in the container. The photo we are publishing was taken in front of the National Theater building
Inner voice
Is opera really dead?
In the age of social networks and dating apps, all relationships have lost their intensity, everything has become diluted and diluted. A few years ago, October 25 was declared International Opera Day. And as soon as they have to give you a special day, it means that you have become an endangered species and you are threatened with extinction
New moves by the new administration
Secrecy of fees in the National Theater and care of singers
Today, two novelties from the National Theatre: the decision declaring the fees a business secret, which coincides with Bojan Suđić's guest appearance, and a recommendation to opera singers to propose concert programs
Protest
Bozidar Boba Đurović: I refused the offer of the National Theatre
The director of the opera "Masked Ball", Boba Đurović, refused the offer of the National Theater to renew it for the beginning of the season, because he does not want to cooperate with the management set up by the government, which has prevented him from directing for 13 years
Political discipline
National Theatre: Anyone who pumps will be fired according to the law
The National Theater has a new Rulebook on Labor Discipline, which differs from the previous one only in the article that defines punishment for public expression of political determination. The penalty is dismissal
National Theatre
Orchestra of the National Theater: Assaulted conductor, competent to react
The orchestra conductor of the National Theater was attacked on Friday after the "Cinderella" opera, and she was taken to the Emergency Center due to her injuries, the orchestra announced. The opera itself ended with the conductor, with a red glove on her hand, bowing in front of the audience
Jubilee
God, I just don't want to die of happiness
This is the year of Giacomo Puccini and his operas, because a century has passed since he died composing Tosca. Of the twelve operas he wrote, he named seven after his heroines. Critics call them Puccini's heroines
Protest of musicians
The musicians of the Novi Sad Opera also raised their voices: We have no oxygen, salaries are miserable
After the Belgrade Philharmonic, tonight the musicians of the Opera of the Serbian National Theater started the performance with a letter to the public about the conditions in which they work, inviting other colleagues to join them.
Interview
Đorđe Bobić: Opera at the Fair is the will of one man
If the president turns Hall 1 into an Opera House, he will have to build a new building inside it that will cost the same as the building in New Belgrade, where the location for the Belgrade Opera House was determined fifteen years ago, a former city architect tells Vreme.
Planning
A leap into the future of Serbian culture
According to President Vučić, it is not certain whether the Faculty of Music Arts will get a building by 2027, but it is certain that Belgrade will get three opera halls
Interview
Modern opera: Capital as Turkish oppression
Opera is not just a love story, it has a time context, and like any theatrical work, it is necessary to emphasize all its elements, says Ana Grigorović, director of the new version of the opera "Na uranku" by Stanislav Binicki
Culture
Nikola Mijailović, who did not sign his support for Vučić, is no longer the director of the Opera
Without explaining why, Nikola Mijailović has irrevocably resigned from the post of artistic director of the National Theater Opera in Belgrade. He has an impressive career, and unlike many of his colleagues, he did not sign his support for the electoral list of SNS
Culture of memory - The century of Maria Callas
The suffering of a prima donna who lost her voice
The story of the life of Maria Callas, the unloved daughter of Greek immigrants from New York, who began her career under occupation in Athens, became a prima donna at La Scala, Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera, honored with the epithet La Divina - Divine, is being revived. She was capricious and longed for love; she was notorious for her ill-fated romance with Aristotle Onassis, a rich and ignorant shipowner. That relationship will suck out of her the will to live; her unique soprano – which brought drama to Italian bel canto – will begin to fade. She died in Paris, alone, and her urn was stolen and found on the edge of the Perlachaise cemetery, and her ashes were scattered in the Aegean Sea.
Culture
"Isidora Žebeljan" Festival: It is important for Kragujevac that it will be a part of history
The first Serbian production of the opera "Marathonci" by Isidore Žebeljan will be performed tomorrow at the International Festival that bears her name. The festival is held in Kragujevac in honor of the famous woman from Belgrade, our most performed composer on the international scene