director since 2002 was Arne Mikk, at present the chief conductor of the theatre is Paul Mägi, the managing director is Paul Himma, the chief opera director is Neeme Kuningas and the leader of the ballet is Tiit Härm. Theatrical season lasts 10 months - from September till June. During the season it may be given at about 250 performances. The repertoire includes classical operas, ballets, operettas. In each season the repertoire of National Opera is updated on 6 new performances. There is 25 soloists, 56 opera chorus singers and 93 musicians of a symphonic orchestra in National Opera; the ballet troupe includes 57 dancers, often it also arranges separate concerts. At the same time with evening performances, traditionally take place independent concerts with various programs. Besides a 690-seats hall there is a Winter Garden and a small Chapel Hall. Opera and ballet troupe performed during the last years abroad - in Sweden, Greece and Cyprus
in the German army, he taught music theory at Königliche Hochschule für Musik (Berlin Royal College of Music). The years in Germany, especially the war years, brought much hardship, and an overstrained life struggle led to his death from pneumonia in October 1918. Tobias as a creator with a dramatic nature concentrated his energies on oratorio and cantata, being a pioneer in many respects. His oratorio Des Jona Sendung (The Mission of Jonah, 1909) for five soloists, three choirs, organ and symphony orchestra, is one of the most profound and forceful works in Estonian music. Its first performance was in Leipzig in the same year,1 finding approval in the German press, an acknowledgement in spite of certain failure in rendition. A partial performance took place in Tallinn, August 25th, 1913 to mark the opening of the new Estonia Theatre and Concert Hall buildings.
Europe together with most of Estonian top jazz musicians (L. Saarsalu, S. Vrait, T. Unt, etc.) as well as with well-known foreign musicians (Francis Jauvain, Maurice Jennings, Ron Humphries); concerts together with the Italian star Roberto Loretti Numerous recordings for the Estonian Radio MC “Let’s Meet at Jazzkaar” (1995) and MC “JAZZ PENDEL” (1998) Serious music concert tours with top soloists M. Palm, T. Maiste, V. Kuslap, V. Puura, E. Otsman in Sweden, Finland, USA, France, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia Concerts in Estonia together with both singers and T. Saviauk (flute), P. Bernhardt (violin), A. Villenthal (double-bass) As a serious music soloist, T. Lauk has performed the solo piano version of G. Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” in Estonia (11 times), Krakow and Helsinki (Arts Night Programme, 2005)
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