Estonian National Opera
Estonian National Opera
Pavel Kornev 9B
Tallinn 2009
The National Opera "Estonia" was founded in 1906. Till 1949 the theatre staged both drama
and musical productions. In the 1920s its opera and ballet troupes became separate entities;
in every genre the theatre was then regarded as the leading one in the country. Its new house
opened in 1913. It was the biggest and most imposing of the theatre buildings in Estonia. In
World War II its building was bombed, but it was restored more or less in its former shape
in 1947. In 1949 the Estonia was turned into an exclusively musical theatre staging operas,
ballets and operettas. In 1998 it was officially given the status of National Opera. Art
director since 2002 was Arne Mikk, at present the chief conductor of the theatre is Paul Mägi,
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