Tbilisi: Teatr opery i baleta im. Zakaria Paliashvili

Country: Georgia (Sakartvelo)
City: Tbilisi
Location: 25 Rustaveli Avenue

Built 1880-1896 by V. Schretter at the site of a previous theatre building (built 1851, destroyed by a fire in the 1874). Later named after the Georgian opera composer, Zakharia Petrovich Paliashvili (1871-1933). 1973 damaged by a fire. Subsequently rebuilt by L. Medzmariashvili and V. Chachanidze. 1060 seats. Used for opera and ballet performances. Two foyer halls, Red Hall and Mirror Hall, are also used for chamber concerts and other events.

Notable world premieres:

  • Zakharia Paliashvili: Abessalom da Eteri (21 Feb 1919)
  • Zakharia Paliashvili: Daissi (19 Dec 1923)
  • Zakharia Paliashvili: Latavra (1928)

Link: www.parliament.ge/CULTURE/OPERA/opera.htm

[Tbilisi: Teatr opery i baleta im. Zakaria Paliashvili] Front Text: "Kazenny teatr, Tiphlis - Théâtre de ville, Tiflis"
Publisher: "Blanc & Noir", Tiphlis
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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[Tbilisi: Teatr opery i baleta im. Zakaria Paliashvili] Reverse Text: "Tbilisi, Gosudarstvenny akademichesky teatr opery i baleta imeni Z. Paliashvili"
Publisher: Planeta, Moskva; 1980
Size: Modern
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[Tbilisi: Teatr opery i baleta im. Zakaria Paliashvili] Reverse Text: "Tbilisi, Teatr opery i baleta im. Z. P. Paliashvili - Tbilisi, Zacharia Paliashvili Opera and Ballet House"
Publisher: Isdatelstvo 'Kavkazkaya zdravintsa, 1989; No. 170; Zak. 4464
Size: Modern
Not sent.


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