Moskva: Bolshoi Teatr

Country: Russia (Rossiya)
Federal District: Central Federal District (Centralny Federalny Okrug)
City: Moskva
Location: prospekt Marxa 8/2

Built 1822-1825 by Ossip Beauvais (Bove) after plans by Andrei Michailov. Opened 7 January 1825 with the ballet, "Triumph of the Muses". Destroyed by a fire in 1853, leaving only the exterior walls. 1856 rebuilt by Alberto Cavos. 1922 the USSR was proclaimed in the auditorium. In the 1920s, conversion of the foyer of the Imperial Box into the "Beethoven Concert Hall". 1942 damaged by bombs, subsequently restored. Used by opera and ballet performances by the resident companies. 2150 seats.

Notable world premieres:

  • Piotr I. Tchaikovsky: Wojewoda (30 Jan 1869)
  • Piotr I. Tchaikovsky: Yevgeny Onyegin (official world premiere, 23 Jan 1881)
  • Piotr I. Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa (15 Feb 1884)
  • Piotr I. Tchaikovsky: Tcherevitshky (19 Jan 1887)
  • Sergei Rachmaninov: Aleko (27 Apr 1893)
  • Sergei Rachmaninov: The Miserly Knight / Francesca da Rimini (24 Jan 1906)
  • Ernst Toller: Der entfesselte Wotan (16 Nov 1924)
  • Alexander Spendiarian: Almast (1930)

Link: www.bolshoi.ru

[Moskva: Bolshoi Teatr] Front Text: "Moskva, Imperatorsky Bolshoi Teatr"
Size: Classic
Sent: from Moskva to Stettin (= Szczecin, Poland), 1911

[Moskva: Bolshoi Teatr] Matchbox Label
(see complete series)
Front Text: Bolshoi Teatr Sojusa SSR

[Moskva: Bolshoi Teatr] Reverse Text: "Moskva, Gosudarstvenny akademichesky Bolshoi teatr Sojusa SSR - Moscow, The USSR Bolshoi Theatre"
Publisher: Planeta, Moskva; 1970
Size: Modern
Not sent.

[Moskva: Bolshoi Teatr] Reverse Text: "Moskva, Gosudarstvenny akademichesky Bolshoi teatr Sojusa SSR"
Size: Modern
Not sent.

[Moskva: Bolshoi Teatr] Illustrated stationery cover with printed stamp
Front Text: "Moskva, Gosudarstvenny dvazdy ordena Lenina akademichesky Bolshoi teatr SSSR"
Publisher: USSR Ministery; 1980
Size: 16.1 x 11.3 cm
Sent: 1990 (stamp: "1921 - Teatr im. Evg. Vahtangova - 1971")

[Moskva: Bolshoi Teatr] Front Text: "Moskva"
Reverse Text: "Moskva, Zritedy sal Gosudarstvennovo akademicheskovo Bolshovo teatra Sojusa SSR"
Publisher: Pravda, Moskva; 1982
Size: Modern
Sent: from the USSR to Güstrow (Germany), 1982

[Moskva: Bolshoi Teatr] Front Text: "Moskva"
Reverse Text: "Moskva, Gosudarstvenny akademichesky Bolshoi teatr Sojusa SSR - Moscow, The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre"
Publisher: Pravda, Moskva; 1983
Size: Modern
Not sent.

[Moskva: Bolshoi Teatr] Reverse Text: "Moskva, Ckver u Bolshovo Teatra - Moscow, The public garden at the Bolshoi Theatre"
Publisher: Aeroflot Soviet Airlines
Size: Modern
Sent: within Berlin (Germany), 1983

[Moskva: Bolshoi Teatr] Reverse Text: "Moskva, Gosudarstvenny akademichesky Bolshoi teatr Sojusa SSR"
Publisher: Pravda, Moskva; 1985
Size: Modern
Not sent.


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