Bolshoi Theatre

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ballet theatre opera house theatre building

The Bolshoi Theatre is Russia’s most famous historic theatre and home of the renowned Bolshoi Ballet and Opera companies.

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Surface form Occurrences
Bolshoi Theatre building (Moscow) 2
Bolshoi Opera 1
Bolshoi Theatre company 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet theatre ⓘ
opera house ⓘ
theatre building ⓘ
architect Alberto Cavos ⓘ
Joseph Bové ⓘ
Mikhail Posokhin (restoration) ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
coFounder Michael Maddox ⓘ
coordinateLocation 55.7601°N 37.6186°E ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
founder Prince Pyotr Vasilyevich Urusov ⓘ
hasPart Beethoven Hall ⓘ
Historic Stage ⓘ
Imperial boxes ⓘ
Main foyer ⓘ
New Stage ⓘ
heritageStatus cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia ⓘ
homeOf Bolshoi Ballet ⓘ
Bolshoi Theatre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bolshoi Opera

Bolshoi Orchestra ⓘ
inception 1776 ⓘ
languageOfName Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Moscow ⓘ
Theatre Square, Moscow ⓘ
Tverskoy District, Moscow ⓘ
nativeName Bolshoi Theatre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Большой театр
notableWorkPerformed ballet "Giselle" ⓘ
Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
surface form: ballet "Swan Lake"

The Nutcracker (Balanchine version) ⓘ
surface form: ballet "The Nutcracker"

Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ
surface form: opera "Boris Godunov"

opera "Eugene Onegin" ⓘ
opera "The Queen of Spades" ⓘ
opened 1825 ⓘ
operator Bolshoi Theatre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bolshoi Theatre company
ownedBy Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ
surface form: Government of Russia
publicTransit near Okhotny Ryad metro station ⓘ
near Ploshchad Revolyutsii metro station ⓘ
near Teatralnaya metro station ⓘ
reconstructed 1856 ⓘ
2005–2011 ⓘ
reopenedAfterRenovation 28 October 2011 ⓘ
seatingCapacity about 2,000 ⓘ
significantEvent Soviet-era state ceremonies and concerts ⓘ
World War II performances for troops and citizens ⓘ
major fire in 1853 ⓘ
premiere of Prokofiev’s ballet "Cinderella" (Bolshoi production) ⓘ
premiere of Prokofiev’s ballet "Romeo and Juliet" (Bolshoi production) ⓘ
premiere of Rachmaninoff’s opera "Aleko" ⓘ
premiere of Shostakovich’s opera "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" (Bolshoi production) ⓘ
premiere of Tchaikovsky’s opera "The Maid of Orleans" ⓘ
premiere of Tchaikovsky’s opera "The Queen of Spades" ⓘ
translatedName Grand Theatre ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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Central Administrative Okrug → contains → Bolshoi Theatre ⓘ
Moscow → contains → Bolshoi Theatre ⓘ
Albert Cavos → designed → Bolshoi Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bolshoi Theatre building (Moscow)
Ploshchad Revolyutsii → hasNearbyLandmark → Bolshoi Theatre ⓘ
Bolshoi Ballet → headquartersLocation → Bolshoi Theatre ⓘ
Bolshoi Theatre → homeOf → Bolshoi Theatre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bolshoi Opera
Bolshoi Theatre → nativeName → Bolshoi Theatre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Большой театр
State Duma Building → near → Bolshoi Theatre ⓘ
Albert Cavos → notableWork → Bolshoi Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bolshoi Theatre building (Moscow)
Bolshoi Theatre → operator → Bolshoi Theatre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bolshoi Theatre company
Bolshoi Ballet → parentOrganization → Bolshoi Theatre ⓘ
Bolshoi Ballet → partOf → Bolshoi Theatre ⓘ
Bolshoi Ballet → performingVenue → Bolshoi Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre
Bolshoi Ballet → performingVenue → Bolshoi Theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre
subject surface form: Swan Lake
this entity surface form: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow