Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

The opera house in Yekaterinburg is one of the oldest in Russia. The rich traditions of private entreprises, tour companies and city music circles, known since the middle of the XIX century, helped the theater quickly gain confidence and a big name. It was called the laboratory of Soviet opera, and the stamp Right of the first production belongs to the theater. At all times, outstanding masters worked here. In Yekaterinburg, the famous singers of the Bolshoi Theatre I. Kozlovsky, S. Lemeshev, I. Arkhipova began their creative career. The tradition of giving the best singers, conductors, directors, artists to the capital’s theaters is still alive today. The theater was twice awarded the State Prize of the USSR: in 1946 the first of the peripheral ones for the production of the opera Othello and in 1987 for the stage birth of V. Kobekin’s opera The Prophet. The troupe tours more than one hundred cities of the Union, participation in many theater festivals, including abroad. The theater has developed cultural ties and creative contacts with Italy, Germany, USA, England, Korea, etc. On its stage, eminent tourers often perform, international music festivals are held. Today, the theater is headed by Andrey Shishkin Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater - this is one of the most famous theaters in Russia. The theater has always been famous for its traditions, classical productions, famous singers and dancers, conductors and directors.
There are dozens of operas and ballets, and each season prepares new performances for connoisseurs of classical art.