RARE! 1945, WW2, Theater KOSOVA, Tirana, Albania, Performance Program, Invitation, Kostandin Trako

Description

National Theater of Albania

Theater Kosova

Invitation

To the Choral Concert

on 20th April 1945

From the General Choir

Under the direction of Prof. Kostandin Trako

On the occasion of the 11th Congress.

Among others works of : G. Verdi – Nabucco, Mussorsky – Volga, etc.

4 Pages, 16cm x 12cm

Albanian Language

 

The National Theatre of Albania (Albanian: Teatri Kombëtar) was the main theatre in Tirana, Albania. In March 2020, the National Theatre of Albania was selected by Europa Nostra among the 7 most endangered monuments in Europe, as an exceptional example of modern Italian architecture from the 1930s and one of the most prominent cultural centers in Albania, facing impending threat of demolition. Known in the 1940s as Kino-Theater Kosova, it became the centre, where the most important cultural institutions that would be established in post-war Albania. Given these historical facts, this architectural complex is  part of the country’s cultural and national identity.

Prof. Kostandin Trako (1919-1986) studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Bucharest, where he specialized in choir conducting. After completing his studies in 1942, he reorganized the church choir in Tirana.