Kiev national academic theater of opera and ballet

the intersection of two busy roads in 1901. At that time there was the largest opera stage in tsarist Russia. The diminutions were like that - the width of stage was 34,3 m, the depth of stage was 17,2 m, the height of stage was 22,7 m. The theater was equipped with the latest technology of that time. There was no need for any renovation for 80 years

Manager and Art Director of the theatre, People`s Artist of Ukraine, corresponding member of the Art Academy of Ukraine Petr CHUPRINA says. — The National Opera of Ukraine… This world-known opera and ballet theatre is the pride of Ukrainian musical culture. It is the temple, where reverent ritual of true and genuine art is carried out, where hearts and souls of artists and spectators join in one united impulse. The great magic of dance and music brings us all to the world of loft matters, gives us joy of harmony and spiritual growth, which cannot be compared to anything else.

Shevchenko owns ballet and opera troupes, as well as a symphonic orchestra. Its artistic reputation has been invariably high for several decades. The theatre successfully goes on tours to different countries. More than fifty operas and ballets are included in the theater repertoire.

Puccini, Adan, Leonсavallo, Rimskiy — Korsakov, Mussorgsky and many other world-known composers. Such artists as Maria Litvinenko-Volgemut, Ivan Patorzhynskiy, Mikhailo Gryshko, Dmitriy Gnatyuk, Yevgenia Miroshnichenko, Anatoliy Solovyanenko, Viktoria Lukyanets, Galina Tuftina, Anatoliy Mokrenko, Elena Potapova, Valeriy Kovtun performed on the stage of Kiev Opera and Ballet Theatre at different periods of the 20th century.

festivals are the best proof of it. The troupe goes on tours very often, so theatergoers of Spain, Italy, Poland, Hungary, the USA.
There are works of Ukrainian composers among them: operas “Honor” by Zhukovskiy (1946), “Bogdan Khmelnitskiy” by Dankevich (1951); ballets “Forest Song” by Skorulskiy (1946), Russian and Ukrainian classic — “Ivan Susanin” by Glinka (1948, the State Award of the USSR in 1949), ballets of composers of the Soviet republics — “Gayane” by Khachaturyan (1947), “Cinderella” (1949), “Romeo and Juliet” by Prokofyev (1955), “Youth” by Chulaka (1950), “Under the sky of Italy” by Yurovskiy (1952). The most famous opera it is « Taras Bulba» by Lusenko

Renaissance constructions of Kiev architectural suite, combining sounding of many epochs and centuries — from golden-domed temples of Kievan Rus to the rhythm of modern buildings of the beginning of the 20th century.