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- Place Types Stadium
- Address Gambia St, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Coordinate 9.0160504,38.7523849
- Website Unknown
- Rating 4.2
- Compound Code 2Q82+CX Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Formerly known as the Haile Selassie I Theater, the hall had begun to be built during the Italian occupation as the Cinema Marconi with some 350 seats. The building was later completed in 1955 for the celebrations of the Silver Jubilee, and expanded to seat 1260 people. The theatre group was founded by the government in the late 1940s, with the main objective of playing Ethiopian songs by soloists accompanied by a modern orchestra.
The Austrian composer Franz Zelwecker became the first director of the National Theater.
The theater is divided into two directorates, one for theater and the other for music. The music directorate includes the Izra Folk Music and Dance Group, Yared Modern Orchestra, Dawit POP Orchestra and String Orchestra.
Formerly known as the Haile Selassie I Theater, the hall had begun to be built during the Italian occupation as the Cinema Marconi with some 350 seats. The building was later completed in 1955 for the celebrations of the Silver Jubilee, and expanded to seat 1260 people. The theatre group was founded by the government in the late 1940s, with the main objective of playing Ethiopian songs by soloists accompanied by a modern orchestra.
The Ethiopian National Theatre is located at down town Addis Ababa. It is a place to watch Ethiopian theatre, drama, poetic jazz nights and it serves as meeting hall. It has a bar & restourant yard under a majestic tree.
Nice view and Old building 🏢
Saved a lot of time on unexpected shortcut from Winget to National theatre via Kolfe Atana Tera and Abinet. Good one
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