National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania
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The National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania (Albanian
: Teatri Kombetar i Operas dhe i Baletit) or TKOB is a theatre in Tirana
, Albania
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and subsequently transferred into the Palace of Culture of Tirana
building at the center of the city of Tirana
.
The Theatre reports to the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports and is financed out of the state budget. The Theatre employs 196 persons.
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
: Teatri Kombetar i Operas dhe i Baletit) or TKOB is a theatre in Tirana
Tirana
Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...
, Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
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History
The National Opera and Ballet Theatre was founded on November 29, 1953. It first operated within the building of the Academy of Music and Arts of AlbaniaAcademy of Music and Arts of Albania
Albanian University of Arts is the main institution that offers higher education in the arts in Albania.-Brief History:...
and subsequently transferred into the Palace of Culture of Tirana
Palace of Culture of Tirana
The Palace of Culture of Tirana was built on the Pazari i Vjeter area of Tirana by request of the Communist Party of Albania. The first stone of the building was symbolically put by Nikita Khrushchev in 1959. The work was finished in 1963. The architecture is very similar to many communist era...
building at the center of the city of Tirana
Tirana
Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...
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The Theatre reports to the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports and is financed out of the state budget. The Theatre employs 196 persons.
See also
- List of concert halls
- Academy of Music and Arts of AlbaniaAcademy of Music and Arts of AlbaniaAlbanian University of Arts is the main institution that offers higher education in the arts in Albania.-Brief History:...
- Palace of Culture of TiranaPalace of Culture of TiranaThe Palace of Culture of Tirana was built on the Pazari i Vjeter area of Tirana by request of the Communist Party of Albania. The first stone of the building was symbolically put by Nikita Khrushchev in 1959. The work was finished in 1963. The architecture is very similar to many communist era...
- National Gallery of Figurative Arts of AlbaniaNational Gallery of Figurative Arts of AlbaniaThe National Arts Gallery of Albania has a fund of over 4,000 works of art by Albanian and foreign authors, spanning seven centuries of Albanian cultural heritage.-See also:*Skanderbeg Museum*National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania...