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[3] [4] [5] On 1 July 1998, the theatre was declared a national institution, and was officially renamed the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre. [1] A major renovation of the theatre has been undertaken, announced in 2022 with scheduled completion date before the beginning of the 2023/2024 theatre season. It has been costed at around ...
The theatre in 2021 In 2010. 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.
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.
Lithuanian National Philharmonic Society (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė filharmonija) also known by its abbreviation LNPS, is a national cultural institution and the largest and oldest state-owned concert organisation in Lithuania headquartered in the nations capital of Vilnius.
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]
[1] In 1948 when the theatre archive was moved to the new capital Vilnius, the opera score was considered lost but the opera was revived and staged at the Kaunas State Musical Theater during the 2018 International Mykolas Oginskis Festival, conducted by Jonas Janulevičius, performed by orchestra, choir, ballet artists and soloists of the ...
The first Jesuits arrived in Vilnius in 1602, they opened an internship in the city, and began construction of the church of St. Ignatius in 1622 in the Baroque style. The church was consecrated by Archbishop Lubartowicz Sanguszko in 1647. The fire of 1748 devastated Vilnius and numerous historic buildings, including the church of St. Ignatius.
St. Anne's is a prominent landmark in the Vilnius Old Town that enabled the district to be named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, [1] and is one of the most interesting examples of Gothic architecture in Lithuania. St. Anne's Church by Józef Czechowicz (1874)