Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
Russia, Samara Region, Samara, Kuibyshev Square, 1
About the company:
Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre is one of the largest musical theaters in Russia. The opening of the theater took place on June 1, 1931. Its origins were Russian outstanding musicians – composer and conductor Anton Eichenwald, director Joseph Lapitsky and others.
In 2012, the Opera and Ballet Theatre celebrated a solemn date, in 1982, 30 years ago, in Moscow, after a grand tour, the theater was awarded the honorary title of “academic”.
The theatre has been living an intensive and dynamic life for over 80 years. New names are increasingly appearing in the posters, dancers and singers win at national and international prestigious competitions, new creative forces appear in the troupe from time to time.
Recently, there have been several premieres in the theater, which received a great audience resonance: the operas The Handmaid-Mistress, Mozart and Salieri, Rigoletto, Evgeny Onegin, the ballet Vain Precaution. The theater actively cooperates with Moscow masters from the New Opera, the Bolshoi Theatre and other different theaters of Russia.
The theater will be interesting to visit all lovers of opera and ballet.