Theatre

Stone Island Theatre

Smaragd Shustov built the Stone Island Theatre from wood in the Neoclassical style on the bank of the Middle Nevka (1827). Dismantled in 1844, the theatre was later recreated by Alberto Cavos. The Is...

Bolshoi Theatre of Drama

The Bolshoi Theatre of Drama opened in Petrograd with a performance of Friedrich Schiller’s Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien (1919). Alexander Blok was the literary director of the theatre. The princip...

Theatre of Musical Comedy

The Lazarev House (now the Theatre of Musical Comedy) on Italian Street was designed by Yegor Sokolov. Alexander Khrenov reconstructed the building for Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich (1892). The hous...

Bolshoi (Stone) Theatre

The Bolshoi (Stone) Theatre was the largest theatre in St Petersburg in the eighteenth century and was designed for all classes of citizens. Designed by Antonio Rinaldi on Theatre Square (1775–83), i...

Mariinsky Theatre

Empress Elizabeth Petrovna issued a decree establishing the first Russian ballet company (1742). Foundation of an open Russian Theatre which is commanded to stage plays and operas (1756). Creation of...

Hermitage Theatre

The Hermitage Theatre at 32 Palace Embankment was built by Giacomo Quarenghi, who designed the auditorium in the form of an ancient amphitheatre (1783–87). Constructed on the site of Peter the Great ...

Alexandrinsky Theatre

The Alexandrinsky Theatre was designed by Carlo Rossi (1828–32) and opened on 31 August 1832. The building is decorated with quadriga on the attic of the main facade and muses in the niches sculpted ...

Stone Island Theatre

Bolshoi Theatre of Drama

Theatre of Musical Comedy

Bolshoi (Stone) Theatre

Mariinsky Theatre

Hermitage Theatre

Alexandrinsky Theatre

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