The first was 27 November 1920, when in the city of Tuzla, the theatre presented Hasanaginica by Aleksa Šantić and Jedva steče zeta by Labiche and Michel at the Bristol Hotel.

As the country’s central theatre, it has been pivotal to the artistic and cultural life of Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially through its organizational structure, which includes three ensembles: Drama, Opera, and Ballet.

On 9 November 1946, the Sarajevo Opera premiered with a performance of The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana,[8] an event that marked a major milestone in Bosnian musical culture.

The theatre has premiered numerous works by local and international playwrights, including Vlado Milošević’s The Badger Before the Court, Asim Horozić’s Hasanaginica and Aska and the Wolf, and Đelo Jusić’s Katarina, the Bosnian Queen.

[11] It officially opened on January 2, 1899, with a production of Medea by Franz Grillparzer, performed by the Croatian National Theatre from Zagreb, with Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević reading the prologue.