Alexandrinsky Theatre [Saint Petersburg]
type: Item
label: Aleksandrinskiy teatr @nl
label: Alexandrinské divadlo @cs
label: Teatro Aleksandrinskij @it
label: Alexandrinsky Theatre
description: Theatre building in Saint Petersburg, Russia, opened in 1828
description: theater in Rusland @nl
EUTA building identifier: 909
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Russia
GPS: Point(30.3363 59.9318)
opening date: 1832-01-01T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1828-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 139563
Capacity: 1700
Address: пл. Островского, 6, 191011
Web: www.alexandrinsky.ru
architectural style: Empire style
architect: Carlo Rossi
City: Saint Petersburg
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata source: Q118495569
Les Archives du Spectacle ID: /o/18896-Theatre-Alexandrinski
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q182193
Carthalia ID: 2229
theatricalia id: 74/alexandrinsky-theatre-st-petersburg
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1829-1832 by Carlo Rossi. Opened 1832. Later renamed Alexandrinsky Teatr in honour of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix von Hessen-Darmstadt), the wife of Czar Nicholas II. 1917 renamed Teatr dramy im. A. S. Pushkina after the Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837). Later re-renamed Alexandrinsky Teatr. 1800 seats.