Bolshoi Theatre

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Bolshoi Theatre

Metro	Ploschad Revolyutsii, Okhotny Ryad, Teatralnaya
Address	Teatralnaya pl., 1
Phone	250-7317
Hours	Morning performances: Saturday, Sunday, 12:00 Evening performances: Tuesday-Sunday, 19:00
Tickets	On-line tikets: www.boxoffice.bolshoi.ru
Website	http://www.bolshoi.ru

Moscow Theatre Guide

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Bolshoi Theatre is a world-famous cultural centre and its ballet and opera stars get standing ovation all over the world. Such legendary singers as Fedor Shalyapin, Elena Obraztsova, Irina Arkhipova, ballet-dancers Maya Plisetskaya, Galina Ulanova, Nina Annaniashvili started their star carriers here. Petrovsky theatre, the "ancestor" of the Bolshoy Theatre, opened in 1780 and burnt down in 1806. Then Osip Bove designed a new building for it but his creation burnt down as well. Reconstructed by architect Kavos in 1853, the Bolshoi Theatre is still one of capital’s main attractions. It was also in 1853 that the theatre got its symbol: four bronze horses on the roof. Author of this chariot was famous sculptor Peter Klodt. Sumptuous and magnificent design of Bolshoi allows to put it among the most beautiful buildings of the kind.

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