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Old Theatre of Vilnius (Lithuanian: Vilniaus senasis teatras), built in 1913 as Pohulanka Theatre and formerly known as Russian Drama Theatre of Lithuania (or Lithuanian Russian Dramatic Theatre) and other names, is a theatre in the Old Town of Vilnius. It is the only professional theatre in Lithuania that stages performances in Russian.
In 1948, the Opera and Ballet Theatre moved from Kaunas into an existing theatre building on J. Basanavičiaus Street in Vilnius. [1] The theatre moved to a brand new building on the banks of the Neris River in 1974, designed by architect Elena Nijolė Bučiūtė (born 1930), after she had won an architectural competition in 1960. [3] [4] [5]
Lithuanian National Drama Theatre (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinis dramos teatras), located on Gediminas Avenue in Vilnius, is one of Lithuania's most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues and cultural institutions. [1] Founded as a Vilnius State Theatre in 1940, it became Lithuanian National Drama Theatre in 1998. [1]
Apollo (originally Apollon musagète and variously known as Apollo musagetes, Apolo Musageta, and Apollo, Leader of the Muses) is a neoclassical ballet in two tableaux composed between 1927 and 1928 by Igor Stravinsky. It was choreographed in 1928 by twenty-four-year-old George Balanchine, with the composer contributing the libretto.
The first opera in Lithuania was staged in the palace in 1634. [10] Marco Scacchi and Virgilio Puccitelli were the opera's impresarios. The ruins of the palace, drawn between 1785 and 1786. After the Russian invasion in 1655, the state began to weaken, and that also affected the castle. In August 1655, Vilnius was captured by the Muscovite army.
10 La Pelirroja (The Readhead) Hague: The Tenor 11 February 1960 Teatro de los Insurgentes Mexico City musical 1961 11 Lucia di Lammermoor: Donizetti: Arturo 28 October 1961 Palacio de Bellas Artes Guadalajara opera 1962 12 Ninth Symphony: Beethoven: Tenor part 10 August 1962 Mexico City symphonic 1965 13 Messiah: Händel: Tenor part 10 ...
The Ballet de la Nuit concerned the four Watches (veilles) of the night, beginning at 6 o'clock in the evening and ending at 6 o'clock in the morning: the first watch (sunset) lasted from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; the second, from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m.; the third, from 12 a.m. to 3 a.m., and the fourth (sunrise), from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. [3] With airs by Jean de Cambefort, it was an extravagant court ...
Cylix of Apollo with the chelys lyre, on a 5th-century BC drinking cup (). The chelys or chelus (Greek: χέλυς, Latin: testudo, both meaning "turtle" or "tortoise") was a stringed musical instrument, the common lyre of the ancient Greeks, which had a convex back of tortoiseshell or of wood shaped like the shell.