Navoi Theater
type: Item
label: Teatro Navoi @es
description: opera house in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
description: operagebouw in Oezbekistan @nl
Wikidata source: Q3354568
EUTA research ID II: 381
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Address: ул. Зарафшон
Web: www.gabt.uz
City: Tashkent
Country: Uzbekistan
EUTA building identifier: 6317
opening date: 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 1023
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1939-1947 by A.V. Shtchusev. Interior decoration by Usta Shirin Muradov, A. Khudaibergenov, Kh.Boltaev and others. Each of the six foyers is decorated in a style typical of a province of Uzbekistan (Tashkent hall, Bukhara hall, Khorezm hall ,Samarkand hall, Fergana hall, Termez hall). Opened in November 1947. Named in honour of the late 15th-century Uzbek scholar, poet, artist and composer, Alisher Navoi ('Ali Shir Nava'i, 1441-1501)