The St. Petersburg Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre was built in 1783 to Antonio Rinaldi's Neoclassical design as the Kamenny (i.e., Stone) Theatre. It was rebuilt in 1802 and renamed the Bolshoi, but burned down in 1811. The building was restored in 1818, and modified in 1836 to accommodate more modern machinery. It was there that the first Russian operas - Glinka's A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Lyudmila - were premiered. Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Rinaldis cathedral in a provincial Russian town, 1764 Antonio Rinaldi (1710-1794) was an Italian architect, trained by Luigi Vanvitelli, who worked mainly in Russia. ... Mikhail Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Russian: Mihail Ivanovič Glinka) (June 1 [O.S. May 20] 1804 - February 15 [O.S. February 3] 1857), was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition inside his own country, and is often regarded as the father of Russian classical music. ... A Life for the Tsar (Жизнь за царя in Russian, Zhizn’ za tsarya in transliteration) is an opera in four acts by Mikhail Glinka to an original Russian libretto by Nestor Kukolnik and George von Rosen, based on a Russian folk tale. ... Ruslan and Lyudmila (Руслан и Людмила in Russian, Ruslan i Lyudmila in transliteration) is an opera in five acts by Mikhail Glinka to a Russian libretto by Valerian Fyodorovich Shirkov and Nestor Kukolnik, based on a poem by Aleksandr Pushkin. ...

In 1889 the building was declared unsafe and, at the behest of the theatre director Ivan Vsevolozhsky, the ballet and opera performances moved to the Mariinsky Theatre, where they have remained ever since. The Bolshoi Kammeny Theatre was then torn down to make place for the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. The only surviving sections of the original theatre are the grand staircase and landing, preserved in the building of the conservatory. The Waltz of the Snowflakes from Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker. ... Sydney Opera House: one of the worlds most recognizable opera houses and landmarks Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe, in which the emotional content or primary entertainment is conveyed to the audience as much through music, both vocal and instrumental, as it is through the... The Maryinsky (or Mariinsky) Theatre (or Theater), is the St Petersburg theatre where the Mariinsky Ballet is located. ... Theatre Square and the conservatory in 1913. ...

Cross-section of the Bolshoi Kameny Theatre, a drawing by Antonio Rinaldi. Rinaldis cathedral in a provincial Russian town, 1764 Antonio Rinaldi (1710-1794) was an Italian architect, trained by Luigi Vanvitelli, who worked mainly in Russia. ...	Theatre Square in front of the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, 18th century	Theatre Square in 1806	The Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in Winter - 18th century water-color
The Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre by Johann George Meyr, 1790	The Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre by Dubois, early 1800s	First edition of the libretto of Verdi's La forza del destino, published for the opera's premiere in the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in 1862. Cover of first bilingual edition of the libretto of La Forza del Destino, St. ... VERDI is an acronym for the Italian unification movement, named after the composer Giuseppe Verdi (ardent supporter of the movement) VERDI stands for Vittorio Emmanuelle, Re D Italia (Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy) Categories: Historical stubs ... Cover of first bilingual edition of the libretto of La forza del destino, St. ...