The Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow, Russia

The Bolshoi Theatre (Russian: Большой театр, Bol'shoy Teatr, Large Theater) is a theatre and opera company in Moscow, Russia, which gives performances of ballet and opera. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1555x977, 420 KB) Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1555x977, 420 KB) Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   9684. ... Painting of ballet dancers by Edgar Degas, 1872. ... The New Opera in Oslo, Norway The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ...

History

The company was founded in 1776 by Prince Peter Urussov and Michael Maddox. Initially it gave performances in a private home, but in 1780 it acquired the Petrovka Theatre and began producing plays and operas. Year 1776 (MDCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Michael Maddox (1747-1822) (also referred to as Medoks, Maddoksa, Maddocks, Mattocks) was an English entrepreneur and theatre manager. ... Petrovka Street near St. ...

Main Hall of the Bolshoi Theatre

The current building was built on Teatralnaya Square in 1825 to replace the Petrovka Theatre, which had been destroyed by fire in 1805. It was designed by architect Osip (Joseph) Bove, who had built the nearby Maly Theatre in 1824. At that time, all the Russian theatres were imperial property. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1958x913, 733 KB)Inside the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1958x913, 733 KB)Inside the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow. ... Theatre Square in the 1930s. ...

In Moscow and St Petersburg, there were two theatres only, one of them intended for opera and ballet (these were known as the Bolshoi Theatres) and another one for tragedies and comedies. As opera and ballet were considered nobler than drama, the opera house was named the "Grand Theatre" ("Bolshoi" being the Russian for "large" or "grand") and the drama theatre - "Smaller Theatre" ("Maly" being the Russian for "little").

The Bolshoi Theatre's original name was the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow, while the St. Petersburg Bolshoi Theatre's (demolished in 1886) name was Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre. The St. ...

The theatre was inaugurated on 18 January 1825. Initially it presented only Russian works, but foreign composers entered the repertoire starting from 1840. A fire in 1853 caused extensive damage; reconstruction was carried out by Albert Kavos, son of Caterino Kavos, an opera composer, and reopened in 1856. During World War II, the theatre was damaged by a bomb but was promptly repaired. January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

The Bolshoi has been the site of many historic premieres including Tchaikovsky's Voyevoda and Mazeppa, and Rachmaninoff's Aleko and Francesca da Rimini. Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайкoвский, Pëtr Il’ič ÄŒajkovskij;  )[1] (7 May [O.S. 25 April] 1840 – 6 November [O.S. 25 October] 1893), was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. ... The cover of P. Yurgensons edition of 4-hand transcription of the Overture to Voyevoda Voyevoda or Voevoda (Russian: Воевода – The Voivode) is an opera in 3 acts and 4 scenes, Op. ... Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: , Sergej Vasil’evič Rachmaninov, 1 April 1873 (N.S.) or 20 March 1873 (O.S.) – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. ...

The Bolshoi Ballet

At the Bolshoi Theatre School in Joinville, Brazil

The Bolshoi has been associated from its beginnings with ballet, and is home to the Bolshoi Ballet troupe. Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake premiered at the theatre on Saturday, March 4, 1877. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1954x1311, 334 KB) Brasília - Presidente Lula em discurso na Escola de Balé Bolshoi, de Joinville (SC), em 16 de março de 2003 - (Fotos do livro Lula - 500 Dias em Fotos /Foto: Ricardo Stuckert/PR File links The following pages... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1954x1311, 334 KB) Brasília - Presidente Lula em discurso na Escola de Balé Bolshoi, de Joinville (SC), em 16 de março de 2003 - (Fotos do livro Lula - 500 Dias em Fotos /Foto: Ricardo Stuckert/PR File links The following pages... Altynai Asylmuratova as Odette in the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballets production of Swan Lake, St. ... The god Saturn, after whom Saturday is named. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Current status

The main Bolshoi (the "big" one and the primary subject of this article) is currently closed for restoration work.

The New Bolshoi theatre, adjacent to it, continues to stage an extensive repertory of concerts and performances. Since these two theatres are the most famous in Moscow, they are usually frequented by tourists and the prices can be correspondingly much more expensive when compared to other Russian theatres, particularly for ballets, where the prices are comparable to those for performances in the West. Concerts and operas however are still relatively affordable, with prices going up each year, and they range in the 200 to 1000 rouble bracket for good par-terre or balcony seats (US$1 = approximately 28 roubles).

Notes

• The Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre used to exist in Saint Petersburg. It stood next to the Circus Theatre (rebuilt in 1860 as the Mariinsky Theatre), but it was replaced in the 1890s by the present-day building of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. It was at St. Petersburg's Bolshoi that the first great Russian operas, Glinka's A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Lyudmila, were premiered.

• The Bolshoi Ballet has a branch at the Bolshoi Theatre School in Joinville, Brazil.

• The Bolshoi served as a recording studio for Comrade Lenin when they began recording their first album after a fire destroyed the Mosrecordings MRU.

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Music directors

Theatre Square in Moscow. The quadriga above the portico was sculpted by Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg.

• Alexander Vedernikov (2001–)
• Mark Ermler (1998–2000)
• Alexander Lazarev (1987–1995)
• Yuri Simonov (1970–1985)
• Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1965–1970)
• Evgeny Svetlanov (1963–1965)
• Alexander Melik-Pashayev (1953–1963)
• Nikolai Golovanov (1948 –1953)
• Ari Pazovsky (1943–1948)
• Samuil Samosud (1936–1942)
• Fuat Mansurov

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External links

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Bolshoi Theatre

• Bolshoi Theatre website (in English and Russian)
• For Ballet Lovers Only: Bolshoi dancers of the past and of today in biographies and photos
• Google Maps satellite photo
• Chief Conductors
• Bolshoi Theatre School in Brazil website (in English)

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