Odessa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Odessa, Ukraine
The Odessa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet is the oldest theatre in Odessa, Ukraine. The Theatre and the Potemkin Stairs are the most famous edifices in Odessa.
The first opera house was opened in 1810 and destroyed by fire in 1873. The modern building was constructed by Fellner & Helmer in neo-baroque style and opened in 1887. The architecture of the luxurious audience hall follows the late French rococo style. The unique acoustics of the horseshoe-designed hall allows performers to deliver even a whisper-low tone of voice from the stage to any part of the hall. The most recent renovation of the theater was completed in 2007.
The Saint Petersburg architect Thomas de Thomon designed the first opera theatre, it opened on 10 February 1810. This last theatre is in almost exactly the same spot as the first theatre 200 years ago. The main entrance with its colonnade faced the sea. There was no foyer.
In 1831, Michael Vorontsov, governor-general of Russian empire, Novorossia kray decided to assign the old instituted quarantine fees to the Odessa Theatre. Historian Charles King explains that one of the medical inspectors in Odessa was also the owner of the Odessa Theatre. When ticket sales were low, he would announce the discovery of an infection among newly arrived passengers and ordered them to be quarantined at their own cost. The expenses of the lazaretto, where the passengers that stayed would be used to hire a major performer for the theatre.
On the night of 2 January 1873, the building was gutted by fire.
A fund raising campaign began immediately. The city announced an international contest for the best theatre design. Forty designs were submitted, but none was chosen. Finally, the project was drafted along the lines of Dresden Semperoper built in 1878, with its nontraditional foyer following the curvatures of auditorium.
The theatre was the first building in Odessa to employ the Edison Company with electric illumination.
To keep theatre patrons comfortable in the summers, workers would lower waggonloads of ice and straw down a 35-foot shaft, then would carry it through a tunnel to a basement beneath the hall, where cool air rose up from vents beneath the seats.
In 1925, the building was burnt again in a fire.
There is a story that, when the Odessa people learned that the construction cost 1.3 million gold rubles, they gasped, but when they saw the new theatre, they gasped again, this time in admiration.
During World War II, Nikita Khrushchev, concerned about the condition of the city, visited Odessa immediately after it was liberated. Khrushchev reported that only one corner of the building had been damaged by an enemy shell.
The theatre was remodelled in the 1960s.
The theatre sits upon shifting ground and is in danger of collapse. The first cracks in the foundation appeared almost as soon as the theatre opened. The theatre's eastern half sagged almost seven inches in its first three years, and the six walls began to tilt. Gleb Dranov, a former opera singer who sang at the theatre for 25 years, and who worked five years as a geologist, is helping repair the building.
The building's façade is decorated in the Italian baroque style. In the niches are the busts of Mikhail Glinka, Nikolai Gogol, Alexandr Griboyedov and Alexander Pushkin. The large hall was modelled after the style of Louis XVI, and is richly decorated with gilded stucco figures and designs. The architects provided the foyer with twenty-four exits, to avoid tragedy in the case of a fire. On the side of the theatre is a lawn with fresh flowers and shrubs.
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NATIONAL BALLET THEATER OF ODESSA - SWAN LAKE
SWAN LAKE (Ballet in four acts with one intermission)
Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Choreography after Marius Petipa & Lev Ivanov
NATIONAL BALLET THEATER OF ODESSA
Stars of the Ukrainian ballet will perform in America and Canada! This unique project will provide an opportunity to get acquainted with 55 ballet dancers of the Odessa National Opera and Ballet Theater, who present the world level of Ukrainian Ballet Art!
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Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater, Одесский Оперный Театр
The building's façade is decorated in the Italian baroque style. The large hall was modeled after the style of Louis XVI, and is richly decorated with gilded stucco figures and designs.
Evening Performance at Odessa Opera House
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Building Opera and Ballet Theater, Odessa city / Театр оперы и балета, Одесса
The building of the Opera and Ballet Theater in Odessa. Near the Opera House is a fountain. The magazine «Forbes» included the Odessa Opera House in the list of the most unusual sights of Eastern Europe. / Здание театра оперы и балета в Одессе. Возле Оперного театра находится фонтан. Журнал «Forbes» включил Одесский оперный театр в списке самых необычных достопримечательностей Восточной Европы.
NATIONAL BALLET THEATER OF ODESSA - ROMEO & JULIET
Full length Ballet in Three Acts
Music by Sergey Prokofiev
Choreography and Production by Michael Lavrovskiy
This full-scale production of undeniably Shakespeare’s most romantic and tragic story of two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet is brought to you by one of Ukrainian’s most renowned ballet theaters praised for its loyalty to classical ballet traditions and daring innovations in modern choreography. Beautifully set in Renaissance Italy with breathtaking sets and costumes this production brings to life true passionate characters, love and drama through unforgettable choreography of Michael Lavrovsky and incredible ballet score of Sergey Prokofiev.
Odessa Academic Opera and Ballet Theater
Одесса. Знаменитый театр оперы и балета. Odessa. Opera and Ballet theatre
Как и в любом городе мира с насыщенным прошлым, богатой историей и впечатляющим своими масштабами градостроительным наследием различных эпох, в Одессе существует ряд знаковых, известных каждому городских архитектурных символов. Среди таких символов предметом особой гордости одесситов несомненно является здание Национального академического театра оперы и балета, ценнейшего из архитектурных памятников города и красивейшего театрального сооружения Украины.
Одесский национальный академический театр оперы и балета — первый театр в Одессе и на Украине по времени постройки и значению, известен не только своей выдающейся, не уступающей лучшим мировым театрам, архитектуре, но и богатой, насыщеной событиями, более чем двухвековой историей и связанными с ней великими именами.
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The Odessa National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet is the oldest theater in Odessa, Ukraine. Its architectural style is Viennese baroque and Odessa citizens lovingly call their theater a Viennese cake because of its round form and abundance of décor.
National Ballet Theater of Odessa, Ukraine ???????? ”Romeo & Juliet”
Театр Оперы и Балета / Одесса / Opera and Ballet Theater / Odessa
Оперный театр - это шедевр архитектуры и жемчужина Одессы. Это один из красивейших театров в мире. Наш поход в театр.
The Opera House is a masterpiece of architecture and the pearl of Odessa. This is one of the most beautiful theaters in the world. Visiting the theater.
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Travel Ukraine - Visiting the Odessa Opera Theater
Take a tour of Odessa Opera Theater in Ukraine -- part of the World's Greatest Attractions travel video series by GeoBeats.
Possibly the most famous center of culture in Odessa, Ukraine is the Odessa Opera Theater.
This grand building was built in 1887 to replace the theater that was lost in a fire in 1873.
The spacious interior has impressed countless visitors and theater-goers with its lavish rococo style.
The acoustics are designed so that even small sounds on stage will travel across the auditorium.
The Odessa Opera Theater's exterior is also richly designed in neo-Baroque style.
The grandeur and history of this Opera house makes it one of Ukraine's most treasured landmarks.
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Одеський Національний Академічний театр Опери та Балету
Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater
Одесский национальный академический театр оперы и балета
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Odessa National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet
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The Opera House in Odessa Ukraine is possibly the most reviered Historical landmark in Odessa. This Opera house was destroyed by Fire iand rebuild in 1887 surviving the 2nd world war, it is a must see when visiting Odessa.