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The Bolshoi Theatre (Russian: Большо́й теа́тр, romanized: Bol'shoy teatr, IPA: [bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈat(ə)r], lit. 'Grand Theater') is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. [1]
The Saint Petersburg Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre (The Big Stone Theatre of Saint Petersburg, Russian: Большой Каменный Театр) was a theatre in Saint Petersburg. It was built in 1783 to Antonio Rinaldi 's Neoclassical design as the Kamenny (i.e., Stone) Theatre; Giovanni Paisiello ’s opera Il mondo della luna was ...
The theatre was operational until 1805, when it burned down just before a performance of Ferdinand Kauer's Dneprovskaya Rusalka. It was replaced by the Bolshoi Theatre on the same site. a. Petrovsky Theatre, including the extension which contained a rotunda. b. Interior of Rotunda/Masquerade hall. c. Interior of Theatre/Opera house. d.
The main people behind the establishment of the theater were Maxim Gorky, Maria Andreyeva, Alexander Blok and Anatoly Lunacharsky. [2]Already by 1914, before the October Revolution, actress Maria Andreeva—common law wife of Gorky from 1903 and Commissar for Theaters and Public Spectacles in Petrograd from 1918 to 1921—had participated in a theater initiative, including actor Yury Yuryev ...
A permanent theatre building for the new company of opera and ballet artists was designed by Antonio Rinaldi and opened in 1783. [1] Known as the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, the structure was situated on Carousel Square, which was renamed Theatre Square in honour of the building. [1]
The Russian government on Friday named Valery Gergiev, the renowned director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, to also lead Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. Gergiev is replacing Vladimir Urin ...
Theatre Square, Moscow Joseph Bové , also Joseph Jean-Baptiste Charles de Beauvais or Osip Ivanovich Bove ( Russian : Осип Иванович Бове ; 4 November [ O.S. 24 October] 1784 — 28 June [ O.S. 16 June] 1834), was an Italian-Russian neoclassical architect who supervised the reconstruction of Moscow after the Fire of 1812 .
The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies . In the early 20th century, it came to international prominence as Moscow became the capital of Soviet Russia .