Schedule

Theatre Tour

166 SEASONS BEHIND THE CURTAINS

Festival of World Literature

Grand Opening of the Festival of World Literature

Festival of World Literature

Festival of World Literature

Festival of World Literature

Festival of World Literature

Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

Festival Morning: Overture to the New Opera Seasons

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

FESTIVAL PASS 11–17 September 2026 Early Bird Price Available Until 1 July 2026

Giuseppe Verdi

Aida

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026 — OPENING CEREMONY

Borna Erceg

Gita and the Hidden World

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

Theatre Tour

166 SEASONS BEHIND THE CURTAINS

Compagnie Minute Papillon

The Cook Opera!

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

Compagnie Minute Papillon

The Cook Opera!

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

Borna Erceg

Gita and the Hidden World

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

Inaugural Concert of the Dunja Vejzović Music Centre

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026 — Diana Haller, Dora Jana Klarić, Evelin Novak, Marie-Pierre Roy, Dubravka Šeparović Mušović, Tomislav Jukić and Krešimir Stražanac, accompanied by the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra under the baton of maestro Valentin Egel

Tatjana Barat and Yellow Yuri

Presentation of the Book ‘Fearless Croatian Women’

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

Nota Bene Records

Presentation of the Album The Musical Legacy of Bela pl. Adamović Čepinski

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

Polish Royal Opera — Gioachino Rossini

L’Italiana in Algeri

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

Opera 65+ — Performances by Opera Studio Members and Scholarship Recipients in Residential Care Homes

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026 — Zagreb Retirement Home Centre

John Blow / Croatian Baroque Ensemble, Cantoría and Chamber Choir

Venus and Adonis

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

International Forum on Audience Development

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

Opera 65+ — Performances by Opera Studio Members and Scholarship Recipients in Residential Care Homes

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026 — Zagreb Retirement Home Medveščak

Creative Europe Desk Croatia – Culture Office / Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia and the Croatian Natio

Green Culture Conference

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

Presentation of Siniša Vuković’s Book

Jakov Gotovac’s Opera Garland

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

SNG Maribor — Léo Delibes

Lakmé

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

Croatian Centre of ITI

Presentation of Darko Lukić’s book 'Unclaimed Memories, Unsolicited Narratives: Mainstreaming the Marginality in Croatian Drama and Theatre'

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

Borna Erceg

Gita and the Hidden World

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

Theatre Tour

166 Seasons Behind the Scenes – Combined Tour of the Croatian National Theatre and CNT2

Soloists and Orchestra of the Opera of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb

Gala Concert Featuring Piotr Beczała, Marigona Qerkezi, the Soloists and Orchestra of the Opera of the CNT in Zagreb

ZAGREB OPERA FESTIVAL 2026

Giuseppe Verdi

Aida

Theatre Tour

166 SEASONS BEHIND THE CURTAINS

Giuseppe Verdi

Aida

Miroslav Krleža

Flags

Guest Performance at the Hungarian National Theatre, Budapest

Jakov Gotovac

Ero the Joker

Guest Performance at the Slovene National Theatre Maribor

Dmitri Shostakovich / Gioachino Rossini — Mauro Bigonzetti

Kazimir’s Colours / Rossini Cards

Tena Štivičić

The Scattered

Directed by Laura Linnenbaum, Berliner Ensemble, Germany / Guest Performance as Part of the HNK2EU — European Theatre Series in Zagreb

Theatre Tour

166 SEASONS BEHIND THE CURTAINS

Dmitri Shostakovich / Gioachino Rossini — Mauro Bigonzetti

Kazimir’s Colours / Rossini Cards

Tena Štivičić

The Scattered

Directed by Laura Linnenbaum, Berliner Ensemble, Germany / Guest Performance as Part of the HNK2EU — European Theatre Series in Zagreb

Eva Mach and Petra Gilming

Titled The Silk Road: From Croatia to China

Dmitri Shostakovich / Gioachino Rossini — Mauro Bigonzetti

Kazimir’s Colours / Rossini Cards

Jakov Gotovac

Stanac

Jakov Gotovac

Stanac

Oscar Wilde

An Ideal Husband

Jakov Gotovac

Stanac

Zamjena za predstavu Budi uvijek kao zmaj

Dmitri Shostakovich / Gioachino Rossini — Mauro Bigonzetti

Kazimir’s Colours / Rossini Cards

Theatre Tour

166 Seasons Behind the Scenes – Combined Tour of the Croatian National Theatre and CNT2

Dmitri Shostakovich / Gioachino Rossini — Mauro Bigonzetti

Kazimir’s Colours / Rossini Cards

CHAMBER CONCERT CYCLE

CLASSICS ON SUNDAYS

Oscar Wilde

An Ideal Husband

Espi Tomičić

Always Be Like a Dragon

William Shakespeare — Valentina Turcu — Gustav Mahler

Othello

Theatre Tour

166 Seasons Behind the Scenes – Combined Tour of the Croatian National Theatre and CNT2

Espi Tomičić

Always Be Like a Dragon

William Shakespeare — Valentina Turcu — Gustav Mahler

Othello

Espi Tomičić

Always Be Like a Dragon

Replacement for performance September 15, 2026.

Peter Lund

Hillary the Witch Goes to Opera

Espi Tomičić

Always Be Like a Dragon

Guest Performance at the Mladinsko Theatre, Ljubljana

Based on motifs from Georges Bizet’s 'Carmen'

No Carmen!

Directed by Zana Hoxha, Mladinsko Theatre, Ljubljana / Guest Performance as Part of the HNK2EU — European Theatre Series in Zagreb

William Shakespeare — Valentina Turcu — Gustav Mahler

Othello

William Shakespeare — Valentina Turcu — Gustav Mahler

Othello

KLIKER Festival

OPERA ROSA

Georges Bizet

Carmen

Theatre Tour

166 SEASONS BEHIND THE CURTAINS

Georges Bizet

Carmen

Dmitri Shostakovich / Gioachino Rossini — Mauro Bigonzetti

Kazimir’s Colours / Rossini Cards

Guest Performance at the Slovenian National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana

Georges Bizet

Carmen

Georges Bizet

Carmen

Georges Bizet

Carmen

Friedrich Schiller

Maria Stuart

Georges Bizet

Carmen

Friedrich Schiller

Maria Stuart

Ticket pickup subject to availability at the CNT box office in Zagreb

Peter Lund

Hillary the Witch Goes to Opera

Theatre Tour

166 SEASONS BEHIND THE CURTAINS

Friedrich Schiller

Maria Stuart

Ticket pickup subject to availability at the CNT box office in Zagreb

Georges Bizet

Carmen

Georges Bizet

Carmen

Georges Bizet

Carmen

Jakov Gotovac

Ero the Joker

Chamber Concert Series

CLASSICS ON SUNDAYS 2

Jakov Gotovac

Ero the Joker

Joe Masteroff — John Kander — Fred Ebb

CABARET

Jakov Gotovac

Ero the Joker

Joe Masteroff — John Kander — Fred Ebb

CABARET

William Shakespeare

Richard III

William Shakespeare

Richard III

Joe Masteroff — John Kander — Fred Ebb

CABARET

Joe Masteroff — John Kander — Fred Ebb

CABARET

William Shakespeare

Richard III

Joe Masteroff — John Kander — Fred Ebb

CABARET

William Shakespeare

Richard III

Joe Masteroff — John Kander — Fred Ebb

CABARET

Joe Masteroff — John Kander — Fred Ebb

CABARET

William Shakespeare

Richard III

Jakov Gotovac

Ero the Joker

Joe Masteroff — John Kander — Fred Ebb

CABARET

Joe Masteroff — John Kander — Fred Ebb

CABARET

Joe Masteroff — John Kander — Fred Ebb

CABARET

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Rudolf Nureyev

The Nutcracker

On sale at hnk.hr from 10 a.m. on 25 October 2026

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Rudolf Nureyev

The Nutcracker

On sale at the Box Office from 10 a.m. on 27 October 2026.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Rudolf Nureyev

The Nutcracker

On sale at hnk.hr from 10 a.m. on 25 October 2026

Vjekoslav Majer — Krešo Golik — Rene Medvešek

One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Rudolf Nureyev

The Nutcracker

On sale at the Box Office from 10 a.m. on 27 October 2026

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Rudolf Nureyev

The Nutcracker

On sale at hnk.hr from 10 a.m. on 25 October 2026

Vjekoslav Majer — Krešo Golik — Rene Medvešek

One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away

Vjekoslav Majer — Krešo Golik — Rene Medvešek

One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away

Giacomo Puccini

LA BOHÈME

Giacomo Puccini

LA BOHÈME

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Rudolf Nureyev

The Nutcracker

On sale at the Box Office from 10 a.m. on 27 October 2026

Giacomo Puccini

LA BOHÈME

Johann Strauss Jr.

Die Fledermaus

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Rudolf Nureyev

The Nutcracker

On sale at hnk.hr from 10 a.m. on 25 October 2026

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Rudolf Nureyev

The Nutcracker

On sale at the Box Office from 10 a.m. on 27 October 2026

Johann Strauss Jr.

Die Fledermaus

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Rudolf Nureyev

The Nutcracker

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Rudolf Nureyev

The Nutcracker

On sale at the Box Office from 10 a.m. on 27 October 2026

Johann Strauss Jr.

Die Fledermaus

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Rudolf Nureyev

The Nutcracker

On sale at hnk.hr from 10 a.m. on 25 October 2026

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Rudolf Nureyev

The Nutcracker

On sale at the Box Office from 10 a.m. on 27 October 2026

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Rudolf Nureyev

The Nutcracker

On sale at hnk.hr from 10 a.m. on 25 October 2026