Private company

National Theatre of Moravia and Silesia

Theatre company in the Czech Republic

The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre (Czech: Národní divadlo moravskoslezské; NDM) is a professional theatre company based in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. It is one of ten opera houses in the country, and the largest theatre company in the Moravian-Silesian Region. The NDM has two permanent theatres, the Antonín Dvořák Theatre and the Jiří Myron Theatre.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 1, 1982Founded1
  • Industrycreative industries1
  • HeadquartersOstrava1
  • Websitewww.ndm.cz
  • Legal formcontributory organization1
Ostrava Divadlo Dvoraka
Photo: Paul167, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons3

The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre (Czech: Národní divadlo moravskoslezské; NDM) is a professional theatre company based in Ostrava in the Czech Republic. It is one of ten opera houses in the country, and the largest theatre company in the Moravian-Silesian Region. The NDM has two permanent theatres, the Antonín Dvořák Theatre and the Jiří Myron Theatre. The company was registered in 1918, and the theatre was first opened to the public on 19 August 1919.2

Timeline

  1. 1995Renamed Name changed to Národní divadlo moravskoslezské Ostrava1
  2. Jan 1, 1982Founded Founded1
  3. Aug 16, 1948Renamed Name changed to Státní divadlo Ostrava1
  4. May 19, 1945Renamed Name changed to Zemské divadlo Ostrava1
  5. Sep 1, 1938Renamed Name changed to České divadlo moravsko-slezské Ostrava1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3