M. Dzhalil Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theater [Kazan]
type: Item
label: Teatro Académico de Ópera y Ballet Musa Cälil @es
label: M. Dzhalil Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theater
description: Theatre building in Kazan, Russia
description: theater in Kazan @nl
EUTA building identifier: 5731
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Russia
City: Kazan
Wikidata source: Q2047744
GPS: Point(49.1247 55.7956)
opening date: 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 2177
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1936-1956 by Skvortsonv and Gainutdinov on the site of the former Gorodskoy Teatr (destroyed by fire in 1919). Opened 28 Sep 1956 with Nazib G. Zhiganov's opera Altynchech. Named in honour of the Tatar poet, Musa Dzhalil (1906-1944). Used for opera, operetta, and ballet performances by the resident companies.