Grand Theatre [Moscow]
type: Item
label: Bolsjojtheater @nl
label: Bolšoj těatr @cs
label: Teatro Bolšoj @it
label: Teatro Bolshói @es
description: Theatre building in Moscow, Russia
description: bouwwerk in Moskou @nl
alternative label: Grand Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 905
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Russia
City: Moscow
GPS: Point(37.6186 55.7603)
Wikidata source: Q138908
opening date: 1856-08-20T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1896-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1853-01-01T00:00:00Z
Internal image: Inside Moscow Bolshoi Theatre.jpg
Capacity: 1800
Commons galery: Большой_театр
Web: www.bolshoi.ru
architectural style: Neoclassical architecture
architectural style: classicism
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q43229
Carthalia ID: 2186
Modern Opera Houses ID: 181
Burnt down date: 1853-03-26T00:00:00Z
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Note: Opera house, built 1822-1825 by Ossip Beauvais (Bove) after plans by Andrei Michailov. Opened 7 January 1825 with the ballet, Triumph of the Muses. Destroyed by a fire in 1853, leaving only the exterior walls. 1856 rebuilt by Alberto Cavos. In 1922, the USSR was proclaimed in the auditorium. In the 1920s, conversion of the foyer of the Imperial Box into the Beethoven Concert Hall. 1942 damaged by bombs, subsequently restored. Used by opera and ballet performances by the resident companies. 2150 seats.
Modern Opera Houses index: Administration at, III. pp. 6, 7. Moynet, M. J., III. S. p. 3.
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today