Music, Theatre and Festivals
Zagreb offers a rich and varied diet of high culture, with the Croatian National Theatre at Trg marsala Tita 15 (Hrvatsko narodno kazaliste; ticket office Mon-Fri 10am-1pm & 5-7.30pm, Sat 10am-1pm & 90min before each performance, Sun 30min before each performance; tel 01/48-28-532), providing the focus for serious, Croatian-language drama , as well as opera and ballet . The city's main orchestral-music venue is the Lisinski Concert Hall south of the train station at Trg Stjepana Radica 4 (Dvorana Vatroslav Lisinski; ticket office Mon-Fri 9am-8pm, Sat 9am-2pm; tel 01/61-21-166). Intimate chamber-music concerts take place at the Croatian Musical Institute (Hrvatski glazbeni zavod), Gunduliceva 6 (tel 01/48-30-822). The free monthly English-language pamphlet Events and Performances , available from the Zagreb tourist office, contains listings of all forthcoming events. Zagreb's annual folklore festival , held at the end of July, is one of the city's biggest events, with performances of ethnic music and dance from all over the world, usually taking place on an outdoor stage in the upper town, just off Jezuitski Trg. Advance information is available from the tourist office or from the Festival Organizers (tel 01/46-11-808).
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