Dnipro Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre () is an

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History

The first opera house in

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was opened in 1931 as the Dnipropetrovsk Workers' Opera House. In 19341937, Arsenko Arsen Dionysovych performed there. With the beginning of the

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, the company was evacuated to

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, where the Dnieper Opera was merged with the

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troupe. The opera house was revived three decades later, on August 31, 1973, when the Council of Ministers of the

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approved the idea of creating the Dnipropetrovsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. The modern building was built on the site of a park. The architects based their design on the Zhytomyr Music and Drama Theatre, built in 1966, but both the exterior and interior design has Dnieper Opera has unique features. A feature of the theatre's square, designed by architect Pavel Nirinberg, was the light and music fountain 'Muse' by the sculptor Yuri Pavlov. In 2017, ballet dancer and choreographer Dmytro Omelchenko won the AF Shekera Prize for staging the modern ballet ''Carmen & Jose''. As of the beginning of 2020, the theater's repertoire included 18 operas, 18 ballets, 8 operettas and other musicals.

Gallery

File:DniproOpera2.jpg, Dnipro Opera Hall File:DniproOpera1.jpg, The theatre and fountain at night File:DniproOpera3.jpg, Theater Lobby File:DniproOpera4.jpg, Second floor foyer File:Opera theatre fountain - panoramio (1).jpg, Opera Theatre Fountain

References

External links

Official webpage
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