Alexandrinsky theatre

The oldest national theater in Russia is the Alexandrinsky Theatre. The theater got its name in honor of Empress Alexandra - the wife of Nicholas I. The opening took place in 1832 in St. Petersburg, in the center of Nevsky Prospect. The building of the theater was designed by architect Carl Rossi, quite powerful in volume with six columns on the loggia. At the top is the statue of Apollo, in the niches are statues of muses. The building is surrounded by decorative ornament of theater masks. On one side of the theater are the pavilions of the Anichkov Palace, and on the other - the facade of the Public Library building with the figure of the patroness of sciences Minerva.

The Alexandrinsky Theatre hosted premieres of many works of Russian dramatic classics from the plays of A. S. Griboyedov to the plays of A. P. Chekhov and A. Ostrovsky, many great artists A. Benoit, K. Korovin, A. Golovin collaborated.

Great theater directors worked here, such as N. Akimov, Kozintsev and G. Tovstonogov. Currently, the theater is headed by a famous director, as well as People's Artist of Russia Valery Fokin.

On this stage played famous actors N. Simonov, V. Karatygin and A. Martynov, N. Cherkasov, I. Gorbachev, M. Savina, V. Komissarzhevskaya, V. Mercuryev, E. Korchagina-Alexandrovskaya and N. Urgant.

The theatre recently celebrated the opening of a new stage. Now the viewer has the opportunity to attend many programs with the participation of such artists as S. Parshin, N. Burov, I. Volkov, A. Devotchenko, S. Smirnov and V. Smirnov, I. Voznesenskaya, K. Petrova and many others.

The Alexandrinsky Theatre can be called a national treasure of Russia.