Sarajevo National Theatre

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 Sarajevo National TheatreThe Sarajevo National Theatre (Bosnian and Serbian: Narodno pozorište Sarajevo, Croatian: Narodno kazalište Sarajevo) was founded in November 1921.

The opening ceremony was led by Branislav Nusic, then Head of the Art Department of the Ministry of Education. On November 9, 1946 Sarajevo Opera House commenced its artistic activity with the premiere of B. Smetana's “The Bartered Bride”.

Sarajevo Ballet was also founded in 1946, but its first independent performance “The Harvest” by B. Papandopulo was postponed until May 25, 1950. This performance marked the beginning of its professional development within the national Theater.

The building was designed by architect Karel Parik, who designed over 160 Sarajevo buildings.



September 10 2012 09:30

PANEL 1 - Love for the Poor, the Path to Ecumenism



Chairperson

Marco Impagliazzo

Historian, President of the Community of Sant’Egidio


Contributions

Irinej

Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Olav Fykse Tveit

Presiding Bishop of the Conference of Bishops of Norway

Marco Gnavi

Community of Sant’Egidio, Italy

Ilarion

Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Moscow Patriarchate

Kurt Koch

Cardinal, President of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, Holy See

Paulo Lockmann

World Methodist Council


September 10 2012 16:30

PANEL 11 - Peace is a Workshop Open to All: Mozambique and Other Stories



Chairperson

Matteo Zuppi

Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, President of the Italian Bishops' Conference


Contributions

Cyrille Salim Bustros

Greek Catholic Archbishop, Lebanon

Elias Chacour

Greek Catholic Melkite Archbishop, Israel

Jesus Delgado

General Vicar of San Salvador, El Salvador

Simon Xavier Guerrend Hermès

President of Guerrand Hermès Foundation for Peace, France

Vinko Puljic

Cardinal, Archbishop of Vrhbosna-Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Din Syamsuddin

President, Center tor Dialogue and Cooperation among Civilizations, Indonesia

U Uttara

Buddhist Monk, Burma

Garret Thomson

Direttore di "Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace", Regno Unito