 It closed in 1783 for safety reasons.It was preceded by the opera theatre of Count Franz Anton von Sporck, which operated between 1724 and 1735, and succeeded by Count Nostitz's "National Theatre," now the Estates Theatre (or "Stavovské divadlo"), which opened on 21 April 1783.The current National Theatre, "Národní divadlo" did not open until 1881.