Category: Theatre
Address: 1 Teatralnaya Ploshad
Moscow, 125009
Tel: 499 608 7317
Website: bolshoi.ru
Email: sales@bolshoi.ru
Architects/ Interior Design/ Artwork: Andrei Mikhailov, Joseph Bové,
Alberto Cavos, Alexei Titov, Cosroe Dusi, Pyotr Lambin,
Mikhail Bocharov, Fyodor Fyodorovsky, Ivan Rerberg, Peter Klodt
Spaces: The Lobby, The Main Foyer, Staircase, The Choral Hall,
The Round Hall, Beethoven Hall, White Lobby
History: 1776 - Theatre´s foundation - Empress Catherine the Great granted Prince
Pyotr Urusov the privilege to arrange performances and masquerades in
Moscow
1780 - In partnership with Michael Maddox, Prince Pyotr Urusov purchased a
land parcel - where Bolshoi stands nowadays - and built the Petrovsky theatre
building
1802-03 - The theatre was farmed out to Prince M. Volkonsky
1804 - The theatre was transferred back to the Government Loan Office
1805 - The theatre burnt down
1806 - The theatre acquired the title of Imperial, coming under the joint
Directorate of Imperial Theatres
1812 - After the Patriotic War, Osip Bove suggested the design of a new
theatre and theatre square
1825 - Opening of the new theatre on the Place of Petrovsky Theatre,
constructed on the basis of Bove-Mikhailov´s design
Opening Ceremony January 6th
1853 - The theatre was destroyed by a fire
1855 - Beginning of the reconstruction
1856 - Opening of the new theatre restored by Albert Cavos, coinciding with
the coronation of Alexander II Emperor on August 20th
1917 - On February 28th the last performance at the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre
On March 13th the State Bolshoi Theatre opened its doors
1938 - Major reconstruction of the stage
1941 - On October 22nd a bomb fell on the Bolshoi Theatre Building
1943 - Opening of the theatre after the reconstruction of the damages caused
by the bomb
2002 - Opening of the new stage of the Bolshoi Theatre
2005 - Beginning of a new reconstruction and restoration
2009 - Summa Capital joined the reconstruction and restoration of the State
Academic Bolshoi Theatre
2011 - End of the reconstruction
On October 28th a Gala Concert celebrates the initiation of a new stage in
Bolshoi Theatre´s life
Launching of The Bolshoi Theatre Young Artists Program
Reconstruction and Restoration: Restoration of historical looks - Audience Hall with
the look planned by Albert Cavos, The Halls of the Former Emperor Lobby as
of the state in 1895, the Main Entrance Lobby, White Lobby, Choral Hall,
Round Hall and Beethoven Hall, among others
Creation of new spaces, including an underground space
Installation of the latest technological equipment in the stage and the new
spaces
S.A. Khomyakov´s House connected with the main building by an
underground passage
Address: 1 Teatralnaya Ploshad
Moscow, 125009
Tel: 499 608 7317
Website: bolshoi.ru
Email: sales@bolshoi.ru
Architects/ Interior Design/ Artwork: Andrei Mikhailov, Joseph Bové,
Alberto Cavos, Alexei Titov, Cosroe Dusi, Pyotr Lambin,
Mikhail Bocharov, Fyodor Fyodorovsky, Ivan Rerberg, Peter Klodt
Spaces: The Lobby, The Main Foyer, Staircase, The Choral Hall,
The Round Hall, Beethoven Hall, White Lobby
History: 1776 - Theatre´s foundation - Empress Catherine the Great granted Prince
Pyotr Urusov the privilege to arrange performances and masquerades in
Moscow
1780 - In partnership with Michael Maddox, Prince Pyotr Urusov purchased a
land parcel - where Bolshoi stands nowadays - and built the Petrovsky theatre
building
1802-03 - The theatre was farmed out to Prince M. Volkonsky
1804 - The theatre was transferred back to the Government Loan Office
1805 - The theatre burnt down
1806 - The theatre acquired the title of Imperial, coming under the joint
Directorate of Imperial Theatres
1812 - After the Patriotic War, Osip Bove suggested the design of a new
theatre and theatre square
1825 - Opening of the new theatre on the Place of Petrovsky Theatre,
constructed on the basis of Bove-Mikhailov´s design
Opening Ceremony January 6th
1853 - The theatre was destroyed by a fire
1855 - Beginning of the reconstruction
1856 - Opening of the new theatre restored by Albert Cavos, coinciding with
the coronation of Alexander II Emperor on August 20th
1917 - On February 28th the last performance at the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre
On March 13th the State Bolshoi Theatre opened its doors
1938 - Major reconstruction of the stage
1941 - On October 22nd a bomb fell on the Bolshoi Theatre Building
1943 - Opening of the theatre after the reconstruction of the damages caused
by the bomb
2002 - Opening of the new stage of the Bolshoi Theatre
2005 - Beginning of a new reconstruction and restoration
2009 - Summa Capital joined the reconstruction and restoration of the State
Academic Bolshoi Theatre
2011 - End of the reconstruction
On October 28th a Gala Concert celebrates the initiation of a new stage in
Bolshoi Theatre´s life
Launching of The Bolshoi Theatre Young Artists Program
Reconstruction and Restoration: Restoration of historical looks - Audience Hall with
the look planned by Albert Cavos, The Halls of the Former Emperor Lobby as
of the state in 1895, the Main Entrance Lobby, White Lobby, Choral Hall,
Round Hall and Beethoven Hall, among others
Creation of new spaces, including an underground space
Installation of the latest technological equipment in the stage and the new
spaces
S.A. Khomyakov´s House connected with the main building by an
underground passage
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