Odessa Russian Drama Theatre
Odessa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Odessa, Ukraine
The Odessa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet is the oldest theatre in Odessa, Ukraine. The Theatre and the Potemkin Stairs are the most famous edifices in Odessa.
The first opera house was opened in 1810 and destroyed by fire in 1873. The modern building was constructed by Fellner & Helmer in neo-baroque style and opened in 1887. The architecture of the luxurious audience hall follows the late French rococo style. The unique acoustics of the horseshoe-designed hall allows performers to deliver even a whisper-low tone of voice from the stage to any part of the hall. The most recent renovation of the theater was completed in 2007.
The Saint Petersburg architect Thomas de Thomon designed the first opera theatre, it opened on 10 February 1810. This last theatre is in almost exactly the same spot as the first theatre 200 years ago. The main entrance with its colonnade faced the sea. There was no foyer.
In 1831, Michael Vorontsov, governor-general of Russian empire, Novorossia kray decided to assign the old instituted quarantine fees to the Odessa Theatre. Historian Charles King explains that one of the medical inspectors in Odessa was also the owner of the Odessa Theatre. When ticket sales were low, he would announce the discovery of an infection among newly arrived passengers and ordered them to be quarantined at their own cost. The expenses of the lazaretto, where the passengers that stayed would be used to hire a major performer for the theatre.
On the night of 2 January 1873, the building was gutted by fire.
A fund raising campaign began immediately. The city announced an international contest for the best theatre design. Forty designs were submitted, but none was chosen. Finally, the project was drafted along the lines of Dresden Semperoper built in 1878, with its nontraditional foyer following the curvatures of auditorium.
The theatre was the first building in Odessa to employ the Edison Company with electric illumination.
To keep theatre patrons comfortable in the summers, workers would lower waggonloads of ice and straw down a 35-foot shaft, then would carry it through a tunnel to a basement beneath the hall, where cool air rose up from vents beneath the seats.
In 1925, the building was burnt again in a fire.
There is a story that, when the Odessa people learned that the construction cost 1.3 million gold rubles, they gasped, but when they saw the new theatre, they gasped again, this time in admiration.
During World War II, Nikita Khrushchev, concerned about the condition of the city, visited Odessa immediately after it was liberated. Khrushchev reported that only one corner of the building had been damaged by an enemy shell.
The theatre was remodelled in the 1960s.
The theatre sits upon shifting ground and is in danger of collapse. The first cracks in the foundation appeared almost as soon as the theatre opened. The theatre's eastern half sagged almost seven inches in its first three years, and the six walls began to tilt. Gleb Dranov, a former opera singer who sang at the theatre for 25 years, and who worked five years as a geologist, is helping repair the building.
The building's façade is decorated in the Italian baroque style. In the niches are the busts of Mikhail Glinka, Nikolai Gogol, Alexandr Griboyedov and Alexander Pushkin. The large hall was modelled after the style of Louis XVI, and is richly decorated with gilded stucco figures and designs. The architects provided the foyer with twenty-four exits, to avoid tragedy in the case of a fire. On the side of the theatre is a lawn with fresh flowers and shrubs.
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Odessa Ukraine
With just over a million people, Odessa is Ukraine’s fourth-largest city. Set in the country’s south along the Black Sea coast, Odessa was founded in the late 18th century as a Russian naval fortress. For many years in the mid-19th century, it was a free port, becoming home to a multinational populace. In 1905, it was the site of a major Russian Revolution uprising by crew members of the Battleship Potemkin. The nice old town area has a beautiful opera house, and the city has many great beaches.
NATIONAL BALLET THEATER OF ODESSA
Stars of the Ukrainian ballet will perform in America and Canada! This unique project will provide an opportunity to get acquainted with 55 ballet dancers of the Odessa National Opera and Ballet Theater, who present the world level of Ukrainian Ballet Art!
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Private Concert, Odessa, Ukraine
The music and the words were composed and written by a retired Odessa school music teacher (seen on the right playing the piano). The singers, all members of the Odessa State Opera Company, gave their services free.
NATIONAL BALLET THEATER OF ODESSA - ROMEO & JULIET
Full length Ballet in Three Acts
Music by Sergey Prokofiev
Choreography and Production by Michael Lavrovskiy
This full-scale production of undeniably Shakespeare’s most romantic and tragic story of two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet is brought to you by one of Ukrainian’s most renowned ballet theaters praised for its loyalty to classical ballet traditions and daring innovations in modern choreography. Beautifully set in Renaissance Italy with breathtaking sets and costumes this production brings to life true passionate characters, love and drama through unforgettable choreography of Michael Lavrovsky and incredible ballet score of Sergey Prokofiev.
performance White Akatsiya premiere 12 05 2017 Odessa Ukraine Theater Musical Comedy
The role of ballet dancer 8 years
NATIONAL BALLET THEATER OF ODESSA - SWAN LAKE
SWAN LAKE (Ballet in four acts with one intermission)
Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Choreography after Marius Petipa & Lev Ivanov
National Ballet Theater of Odessa, Ukraine ???????? ”Romeo & Juliet”
FIRST APRIL 2010 in ODESSA-UKRAINE
Le prémier avril 2010 à Odessa La fête de l'humour
Festival of HUMOR in Odessa - Ukraine
28/4/16 Odessa National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet-2
Odessa National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet
The Nutcracker - The National Ballet Theater of Odessa
The National Ballet Theater of Odessa
THE NUTCRACKER
First US Engagement!
Full-Length Ballet in Two Acts with Epilogue
Friday, December 14, 2018 at 7 PM
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Odessa Ballet Theater by Kirill Stoyanov
We are happy to present you this video by Kirill Stoyanov, a gifted photographer and video maker from Ucraine, Anna Pavlova Photo Contest 2017 participant. Enjoy and stay tuned for other works by Kirill!
SWAN LAKE - ODESSA OPERA HOUSE, UKRAINE - NORFOLK, VA - ANASTASIIA
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Odessa national opera and ballet theater
NUTCRACKER - ODESSA BALLET THEATER
Ah Odessa !
Outside the Theater in Odessa (Russian)
Odessa! The Musical official trailer
Odessa The Musical
Official trailer to Musical based on Odessa Jewish folk songs.
Musical was staged in Odessa, Ukraine and St. Petersburg (Atmosphere), Russia
Director - Ilya Moschisky
Music director, Sound producer, Arranger - Dmitriy Saratsky
The Nutcracker Ballet 08 01 17 The Opera House Odessa Ukraine
role Soldier, 8 years, 34th performance on the stage of Opera