Khabarovsk regional musical theater

Khabarovsk regional musical theater is one of the oldest creative groups in the country. The first Far Eastern musical theater was opened in October 1926 and for the first time worked no more than two or three months a year. Local residents called the young team “theater of joy” for the operetta “Silva” by I. Kalman, with which they first performed. Two years later, the musical theater began to give performances in the concert hall of the Philharmonic and consolidated its current name.

In the new building on the stage were given mainly classical musical works of operetta - "Blue Mazurka", "Fraskita", "Dance of the dragonflies". November 7, 1928 on the stage of the theater gave the first Soviet operetta “Grooms”. During the war, the theater did not stop its activities. Even in August 1945, the artists moved along with the advancing units in Manchuria gave performances and concerts right at the halt.

On its 50th anniversary, the musical theater received as a gift from the city administration a new building designed by architect M.A. Sheinfein. In 2008, the 80th theatrical season was opened. It included the musical “Wani Chonkin’s Plane”, which became a two-time winner of the Golden Mask theatrical award in the nomination “Best Performance” and “Best Actor”.