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id="toc-Notable_premieres-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_notable_facts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_notable_facts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Other notable facts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_notable_facts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ballet_and_opera" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ballet_and_opera"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Ballet and opera</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ballet_and_opera-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Orchestra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Orchestra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Orchestra</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Orchestra-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Orchestra subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Orchestra-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Chief_conductors_and_music_directors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chief_conductors_and_music_directors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Chief conductors and music directors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chief_conductors_and_music_directors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cultural_status" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cultural_status"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Cultural status</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cultural_status-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Controversies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Controversies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Controversies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Controversies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Footnotes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Footnotes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Footnotes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Footnotes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" 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href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80_%D0%B4%D1%83" title="Атеатр ду – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Атеатр ду" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AD_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%8A" title="مسرح البولشوي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مسرح البولشوي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9%C3%A2tro_Bolschoi" title="Téâtro Bolschoi – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Téâtro Bolschoi" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B6vl%C9%99t_Akademik_B%C3%B6y%C3%BCk_Teatr" title="Dövlət Akademik Böyük Teatr – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Dövlət Akademik Böyük Teatr" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%98%D1%83%D1%80_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80" title="Ҙур театр – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Ҙур театр" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96_%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80" title="Вялікі тэатр – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вялікі тэатр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Болшой театър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Болшой театър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%85%D1%8D_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80" title="Ехэ театр – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Ехэ театр" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatre_Bolxoi" title="Teatre Bolxoi – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Teatre Bolxoi" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80" title="Большой театр – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Большой театр" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velk%C3%A9_divadlo" title="Velké divadlo – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Velké divadlo" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatr_Bolshoi" title="Theatr Bolshoi – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Theatr Bolshoi" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsjojteatret" title="Bolsjojteatret – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bolsjojteatret" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolschoi-Theater" title="Bolschoi-Theater – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bolschoi-Theater" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suur_Teater" title="Suur Teater – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Suur Teater" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%98%CE%AD%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%83%CF%8C%CE%B9" title="Θέατρο Μπολσόι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Θέατρο Μπολσόι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro_Bolsh%C3%B3i_(Mosc%C3%BA)" title="Teatro Bolshói (Moscú) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Teatro Bolshói (Moscú)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol%C5%9Doj-Teatro" title="Bolŝoj-Teatro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bolŝoj-Teatro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolxoi_antzokia" title="Bolxoi antzokia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bolxoi antzokia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%88%DB%8C" title="تالار بولشوی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تالار بولشوی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_Bolcho%C3%AF" title="Théâtre Bolchoï – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Théâtre Bolchoï" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsjojteater" title="Bolsjojteater – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Bolsjojteater" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro_Bolshoi" title="Teatro Bolshoi – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Teatro Bolshoi" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B3%BC%EC%87%BC%EC%9D%B4_%EA%B7%B9%EC%9E%A5" title="볼쇼이 극장 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="볼쇼이 극장" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%AE_%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Մեծ թատրոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մեծ թատրոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolj%C5%A1oj_teatr" title="Boljšoj teatr – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Boljšoj teatr" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshoy-teatro" title="Bolshoy-teatro – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Bolshoy-teatro" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teater_Bolshoi" title="Teater Bolshoi – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Teater Bolshoi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro_Bol%27%C5%A1oj" title="Teatro Bol'šoj – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Teatro Bol'šoj" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%90%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%99" title="תיאטרון בולשוי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="תיאטרון בולשוי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%83_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80" title="Уллу театр – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Уллу театр" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%98_%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="მოსკოვის დიდი თეატრი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მოსკოვის დიდი თეატრი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%AE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80" title="Үлкен театр – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Үлкен театр" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE%D2%A3_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80" title="Чоң театр – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Чоң театр" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskavas_Lielais_te%C4%81tris" title="Maskavas Lielais teātris – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Maskavas Lielais teātris" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskvos_didysis_teatras" title="Maskvos didysis teatras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Maskvos didysis teatras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moszkvai_Nagysz%C3%ADnh%C3%A1z" title="Moszkvai Nagyszínház – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Moszkvai Nagyszínház" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AD_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%8A" title="مسرح البولشوي – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مسرح البولشوي" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teater_Bolshoi" title="Teater Bolshoi – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Teater Bolshoi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80" title="Большой театр – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Большой театр" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsjojtheater" title="Bolsjojtheater – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bolsjojtheater" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A4%E5%8A%87%E5%A0%B4" title="ボリショイ劇場 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ボリショイ劇場" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsjojteateret" title="Bolsjojteateret – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bolsjojteateret" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsjojteateret" title="Bolsjojteateret – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Bolsjojteateret" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossiya_Davlat_akademik_katta_teatri" title="Rossiya Davlat akademik katta teatri – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Rossiya Davlat akademik katta teatri" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%88_%E0%A8%A5%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%8F%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%8B" title="ਬੋਲਸ਼ੋਈ ਥੀਏਟਰ ਮਾਸਕੋ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬੋਲਸ਼ੋਈ ਥੀਏਟਰ ਮਾਸਕੋ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%B1" title="بولشوئی تھیٹر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بولشوئی تھیٹر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatr_Bolszoj" title="Teatr Bolszoj – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Teatr Bolszoj" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro_Bolshoi" title="Teatro Bolshoi – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Teatro Bolshoi" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatrul_Bol%C8%99oi" title="Teatrul Bolșoi – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Teatrul Bolșoi" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80" title="Большой театр – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Большой театр" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshoi_Theatre" title="Bolshoi Theatre – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Bolshoi Theatre" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshoi_Theatre" title="Bolshoi Theatre – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Bolshoi Theatre" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo%C4%BE%C5%A1oj_teatr" title="Boľšoj teatr – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Boľšoj teatr" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol%C5%A1oj_teater" title="Bolšoj teater – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Bolšoj teater" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%86%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%86%D9%84%D8%B4%DB%86%DB%8C" title="شانۆی بۆلشۆی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="شانۆی بۆلشۆی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%99%D1%88%D0%BE%D1%98_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Бољшој театар – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Бољшој театар" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li 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Theatre</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within central Moscow</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Address</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Theatre_Square_(Moscow)" title="Theatre Square (Moscow)">Teatralnaya Square</a> 1,<br /><a href="/wiki/Tverskoy_District" title="Tverskoy District">Tverskoy District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>,<br />Russia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bolshoi_Theatre&params=55_45_37_N_37_37_07_E_region:RU_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">55°45′37″N</span> <span class="longitude">37°37′07″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">55.76028°N 37.61861°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">55.76028; 37.61861</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Public transit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Teatralnaya_(Moscow_Metro)" title="Teatralnaya (Moscow Metro)">Teatralnaya</a> or <a href="/wiki/Okhotny_Ryad_(Moscow_Metro)" title="Okhotny Ryad (Moscow Metro)">Okhotny Ryad</a> (<a href="/wiki/Moscow_Metro" title="Moscow Metro">Moscow Metro</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seating_capacity" title="Seating capacity">Capacity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1,740</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ccc">Construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">1825</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect</th><td class="infobox-data">Joseph Bové</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ccc">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bolshoi.ru">www<wbr />.bolshoi<wbr />.ru</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Bolshoi Theatre</b> (Russian: <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Большо́й теа́тр</span></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian" title="Romanization of Russian">romanized</a>:</small> <span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn">Bol'shoy teatr</i></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ru-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Russian" title="Help:IPA/Russian">[bɐlʲˈʂoj<span class="wrap"> </span>tʲɪˈat(ə)r]</a></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a></small> 'Grand Theater') is a historic <a href="/wiki/Opera_house" title="Opera house">opera house</a> in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, originally designed by architect <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bov%C3%A9" title="Joseph Bové">Joseph Bové</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the <a href="/wiki/October_Revolution" title="October Revolution">October Revolution</a> it was a part of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Theatres" title="Imperial Theatres">Imperial Theatres</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Maly_Theatre_(Moscow)" title="Maly Theatre (Moscow)">Maly Theatre</a> (<i>Small Theatre</i>) in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg (<a href="/wiki/Hermitage_Theatre" title="Hermitage Theatre">Hermitage Theatre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bolshoi_Theatre,_Saint_Petersburg" title="Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg">Bolshoi (Kamenny) Theatre</a>, later <a href="/wiki/Mariinsky_Theatre" title="Mariinsky Theatre">Mariinsky Theatre</a> and others). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bolshoi_Ballet" title="Bolshoi Ballet">Bolshoi Ballet</a> and Bolshoi Opera are among the oldest and best known ballet and opera companies in the world. It is by far the world's biggest ballet company, with more than 200 dancers.<sup id="cite_ref-GDN_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDN-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The theatre is the parent company of <a href="/wiki/The_Bolshoi_Ballet_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bolshoi Ballet Academy">The Bolshoi Ballet Academy</a>, a leading school of ballet. It has a branch at the Bolshoi Theater School in <a href="/wiki/Joinville" title="Joinville">Joinville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main building of the theatre, rebuilt and renovated several times during its history, is a landmark of Moscow and Russia (its iconic <a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture">neoclassical</a> façade is depicted on the <a href="/wiki/Russian_ruble" title="Russian ruble">Russian 100-ruble banknote</a>). On 28 October 2011, the Bolshoi re-opened after an extensive six-year renovation.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The official cost of the renovation is 21 billion rubles ($688 million). However, other Russian authorities and other people connected to it claimed much more public money was spent.<sup id="cite_ref-TMT_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TMT-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DSPG_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DSPG-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The renovation included restoring acoustics to the original quality (which had been lost during the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Era">Soviet Era</a>), as well as restoring the original Imperial decor of the Bolshoi.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Presently Bolshoi Theatre is under US and EU sanctions and banned from performing in these countries.<sup id="cite_ref-AlJazeera_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AlJazeera-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bolshoy_Teatr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Bolshoy_Teatr.jpg/240px-Bolshoy_Teatr.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Bolshoy_Teatr.jpg/360px-Bolshoy_Teatr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Bolshoy_Teatr.jpg/480px-Bolshoy_Teatr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3221" data-file-height="2430" /></a><figcaption>The old Bolshoi Theatre in the early 19th century</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80_1883.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80_1883.gif/240px-%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80_1883.gif" decoding="async" width="240" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80_1883.gif/360px-%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80_1883.gif 1.5x, 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data-file-height="526" /></a><figcaption>Bolshoi Theatre in 1905</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13138,_Moskau,_Bolschoi-Theater.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13138%2C_Moskau%2C_Bolschoi-Theater.jpg/240px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13138%2C_Moskau%2C_Bolschoi-Theater.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13138%2C_Moskau%2C_Bolschoi-Theater.jpg/360px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13138%2C_Moskau%2C_Bolschoi-Theater.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13138%2C_Moskau%2C_Bolschoi-Theater.jpg/480px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13138%2C_Moskau%2C_Bolschoi-Theater.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="546" /></a><figcaption>Bolshoi Theatre in 1932</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Soviet_Union_1951_CPA_1612_stamp_(175th_death_anniversary_of_the_State_Academic_Bolshoi_Theatre._Theatre_building).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/The_Soviet_Union_1951_CPA_1612_stamp_%28175th_death_anniversary_of_the_State_Academic_Bolshoi_Theatre._Theatre_building%29.jpg/220px-The_Soviet_Union_1951_CPA_1612_stamp_%28175th_death_anniversary_of_the_State_Academic_Bolshoi_Theatre._Theatre_building%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/The_Soviet_Union_1951_CPA_1612_stamp_%28175th_death_anniversary_of_the_State_Academic_Bolshoi_Theatre._Theatre_building%29.jpg/330px-The_Soviet_Union_1951_CPA_1612_stamp_%28175th_death_anniversary_of_the_State_Academic_Bolshoi_Theatre._Theatre_building%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/The_Soviet_Union_1951_CPA_1612_stamp_%28175th_death_anniversary_of_the_State_Academic_Bolshoi_Theatre._Theatre_building%29.jpg/440px-The_Soviet_Union_1951_CPA_1612_stamp_%28175th_death_anniversary_of_the_State_Academic_Bolshoi_Theatre._Theatre_building%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="442" /></a><figcaption>The Bolshoi on a 1951 stamp</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bolshoi_Theatre.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Bolshoi_Theatre.JPG/240px-Bolshoi_Theatre.JPG" decoding="async" width="240" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Bolshoi_Theatre.JPG/360px-Bolshoi_Theatre.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Bolshoi_Theatre.JPG/480px-Bolshoi_Theatre.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1555" data-file-height="977" /></a><figcaption>Bolshoi Theatre in 2006 before the renovation</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company was founded on 28 March [<a href="/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">O.S.</a> 17 March] 1776,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when <a href="/wiki/Catherine_II_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Catherine II of Russia">Catherine II</a> granted Prince <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Vasilyevich_Urusov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Vasilyevich Urusov (page does not exist)">Peter Urusov</a> a licence to organise theatrical performances, balls and other forms of entertainment.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Urusov set up the theatre in collaboration with English tightrope walker <a href="/wiki/Michael_Maddox" title="Michael Maddox">Michael Maddox</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially, it held performances in a private home, but it acquired the <a href="/wiki/Petrovka_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Petrovka Theatre">Petrovka Theatre</a> and on 30 December 1780, it began producing plays and operas, thus establishing what would become the Bolshoi Theatre. Fire destroyed the Petrovka Theatre on 8 October 1805, and the New Arbat Imperial Theatre replaced it on 13 April 1808, however it also succumbed to fire during the French invasion of Moscow in 1812.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The first instance of the theatre was built between 1821 and 1824, designed and supervised to completion by architect <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bov%C3%A9" title="Joseph Bové">Joseph Bové</a> based upon an initial competition-winning design created by Petersburg-based Russian architect <a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrei_Mikhailov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andrei Mikhailov (page does not exist)">Andrei Mikhailov</a> that was deemed too costly to complete.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new building opened on 18 January 1825 as the Bolshoi Petrovsky Theatre with a performance of the <a href="/wiki/Catalonia" title="Catalonia">catalan</a> <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Sor" title="Fernando Sor">Fernando Sor</a>'s ballet, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cendrillon_(ballet)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cendrillon (ballet) (page does not exist)">Cendrillon</a></i>. Initially, it presented only Russian works, but foreign composers entered the repertoire around 1840.<sup id="cite_ref-5ka.ru_2006_z031_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5ka.ru_2006_z031-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Renovations_in_the_19th_century">Renovations in the 19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Renovations in the 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1843 a large-scale reconstruction of the theatre took place using a design by A. Nikitin, but a fire in 1853 caused extensive damage and so a further reconstruction was carried out, by <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Cavos" title="Alberto Cavos">Alberto Cavos</a>, son of the opera composer <a href="/wiki/Catterino_Cavos" title="Catterino Cavos">Catterino Cavos</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 7 December 1919 the house was renamed the <b>State Academic Bolshoi Theatre</b>. Only a few days later, however, on 12 December, there was an unsuccessful attempt to shut the institution entirely. <a href="/wiki/Beethoven" class="mw-redirect" title="Beethoven">Beethoven</a> Hall opened on 18 February 1921. <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Rerberg" title="Ivan Rerberg">Ivan Rerberg</a> directed further reconstruction of the theatre between 1921 and 1923. A bomb damaged the structure during World War II, but this was repaired. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_stage_of_2002">New stage of 2002</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: New stage of 2002"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A new stage for the Bolshoi Theatre, called the New Stage, went into service on 29 November 2002, constructed to the left of the theatre's historic main stage. Together with auxiliary buildings — a restored 17th-century building, two rehearsal halls, and artists' recreation rooms — it forms a single theatre complex, the <b>Bolshoi Theatre of Russia</b>. The new building is on a natural hill which it shared, until recently, blocks of old houses with communal apartments.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_rebuilding_and_renovation_(2005–2011)"><span id="Major_rebuilding_and_renovation_.282005.E2.80.932011.29"></span>Major rebuilding and renovation (2005–2011)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Major rebuilding and renovation (2005–2011)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Moscow_BolshoyTheatre_009_2507.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Moscow_BolshoyTheatre_009_2507.jpg/220px-Moscow_BolshoyTheatre_009_2507.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Moscow_BolshoyTheatre_009_2507.jpg/330px-Moscow_BolshoyTheatre_009_2507.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Moscow_BolshoyTheatre_009_2507.jpg/440px-Moscow_BolshoyTheatre_009_2507.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5648" data-file-height="3770" /></a><figcaption>The curtain of the Bolshoi Theater</figcaption></figure> <p>From July 2005 to October 2011 the theatre was closed for restoration. The building, whose architecture combines three different <a href="/wiki/Architectural_styles" class="mw-redirect" title="Architectural styles">styles</a>, was damaged and a quick renovation seemed to be necessary. </p><p>Repairs were initially estimated at 15 billion rubles ($610 million) but engineers found that more than 75% of the structure was unstable,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/The_Moscow_Times" title="The Moscow Times">The Moscow Times</a>, the true cost may have been double that,<sup id="cite_ref-TMT_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TMT-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Der_Spiegel" title="Der Spiegel">Der Spiegel</a> quotes a figure of $1.1 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-DSPG_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DSPG-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rebuilding and renovation was funded entirely by the federal government.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the long period of reconstruction, the company continued to mount productions, with performances held on the New Stage and on the stage of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Kremlin_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Kremlin Palace">Great Kremlin Palace</a>. </p><p>The renovation included restoring acoustics to the original quality (which had been lost during the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Era">Soviet Era</a>), as well as restoring the original <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Imperial</a> decor of the Bolshoi.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the renovation, the theater has a maximum capacity of 1,740 seats.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finally, on 28 October 2011, the Bolshoi Theatre re-opened with a concert featuring international artists and the ballet and opera companies.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first staged opera, <a href="/wiki/Ruslan_and_Lyudmila" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruslan and Lyudmila">Ruslan and Lyudmila</a>, followed soon after. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_premieres">Notable premieres</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable premieres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bolshoi has been the site of many historic premieres, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Voyevoda_(opera)" title="The Voyevoda (opera)">The Voyevoda</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Mazeppa_(opera)" title="Mazeppa (opera)">Mazeppa</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modest_Mussorgsky" title="Modest Mussorgsky">Modest Mussorgsky</a>'s one version of <i><a href="/wiki/Boris_Godunov_(opera)" title="Boris Godunov (opera)">Boris Godunov</a></i> was given on 16 December 1888.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Rachmaninoff" title="Sergei Rachmaninoff">Rachmaninoff</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Aleko_(Rachmaninoff)" title="Aleko (Rachmaninoff)">Aleko</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Francesca_da_Rimini" title="Francesca da Rimini">Francesca da Rimini</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Rimsky-Korsakov" title="Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov">Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov</a>'s opera <i><a href="/wiki/The_Maid_of_Pskov" title="The Maid of Pskov">The Maid of Pskov</a></i>, with <a href="/wiki/Feodor_Chaliapin" title="Feodor Chaliapin">Feodor Chaliapin</a> singing the role of <a href="/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible" title="Ivan the Terrible">Ivan the Terrible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Shostakovich" title="Dmitri Shostakovich">Dmitri Shostakovich</a>'s opera <i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Macbeth_of_the_Mtsensk_District_(opera)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (opera)">Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District</a></i> in 1935.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_notable_facts">Other notable facts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other notable facts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The first symphonic concert by the Bolshoi Orchestra took place at the Bolshoi Theatre on 4 May 1919, conducted by <a href="/wiki/Serge_Koussevitzky" title="Serge Koussevitzky">Serge Koussevitzky</a></li> <li>During the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, at least 34 members of the theatre were infected.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ballet_and_opera">Ballet and opera</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Ballet and opera"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Bolshoi_Ballet" title="Bolshoi Ballet">Bolshoi Ballet</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Performance_in_the_Bolshoi_Theatre.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Performance_in_the_Bolshoi_Theatre.JPG/220px-Performance_in_the_Bolshoi_Theatre.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Performance_in_the_Bolshoi_Theatre.JPG/330px-Performance_in_the_Bolshoi_Theatre.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Performance_in_the_Bolshoi_Theatre.JPG/440px-Performance_in_the_Bolshoi_Theatre.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3897" data-file-height="2912" /></a><figcaption>Performance in the Bolshoi Theatre (1856)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_III_of_Russia%27s_coronation_album_21.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Alexander_III_of_Russia%27s_coronation_album_21.jpg/220px-Alexander_III_of_Russia%27s_coronation_album_21.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Alexander_III_of_Russia%27s_coronation_album_21.jpg/330px-Alexander_III_of_Russia%27s_coronation_album_21.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Alexander_III_of_Russia%27s_coronation_album_21.jpg/440px-Alexander_III_of_Russia%27s_coronation_album_21.jpg 2x" data-file-width="979" data-file-height="734" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Russia" title="Alexander III of Russia">Alexander III of Russia</a> and his family at the Bolshoi, 1883</figcaption></figure> <p>The Bolshoi is a <a href="/wiki/Repertory" class="mw-redirect" title="Repertory">repertory theatre</a>, meaning that it draws from a list of productions, any one of which may be performed on a given evening. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there have been a few attempts to reduce the theatre's traditional dependence on large state subsidies.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Bolshoi has been associated from its beginnings with ballet. <a href="/wiki/Tchaikovsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a>'s ballet <i><a href="/wiki/Swan_Lake" title="Swan Lake">Swan Lake</a></i> premiered at the theatre on 4 March 1877.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chief ballet conductor from 1923 to 1963 was <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Fayer" title="Yuri Fayer">Yuri Fayer</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>After the death of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a>, the company toured internationally and became an important source of cultural prestige, as well as foreign currency earnings. As a result, the "Bolshoi Ballet" became a well-known name in the West.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>However, the Bolshoi suffered from losses through a series of defections of its dancers. The first occurrence was on 23 August 1979, with <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Godunov" title="Alexander Godunov">Alexander Godunov</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by <a href="/wiki/Leonid_Kozlov" title="Leonid Kozlov">Leonid Kozlov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Valentina_Kozlova" title="Valentina Kozlova">Valentina Kozlova</a> on 16 September 1979; and other cases in the following years. Bolshoi continues to tour regularly with opera and ballet productions in the post-Soviet era.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until the mid-1990s, most foreign operas were sung in Russian, but Italian and other languages have been heard more frequently on the Bolshoi stage in recent years.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2024 <a href="/wiki/Ballet" title="Ballet">Bolshoi's Ballet</a> is arguably the best in the world. And it is the production and music of the Bolshoi that is considered both the original soundtrack and the best choreography for the legendary <a href="/wiki/The_Nutcracker" title="The Nutcracker">Nutcracker</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Golden_Mask_2014_photographer_Dmitriy_Dubinskiy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Golden_Mask_2014_photographer_Dmitriy_Dubinskiy.jpg" decoding="async" width="709" height="470" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="709" data-file-height="470" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Auditorium of the Bolshoi Theatre in 2014 </div></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Orchestra">Orchestra</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Orchestra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Orchestra_of_the_Bolshoi_Theater_in_the_workplace.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Orchestra_of_the_Bolshoi_Theater_in_the_workplace.png/200px-Orchestra_of_the_Bolshoi_Theater_in_the_workplace.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Orchestra_of_the_Bolshoi_Theater_in_the_workplace.png/300px-Orchestra_of_the_Bolshoi_Theater_in_the_workplace.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Orchestra_of_the_Bolshoi_Theater_in_the_workplace.png/400px-Orchestra_of_the_Bolshoi_Theater_in_the_workplace.png 2x" data-file-width="597" data-file-height="596" /></a><figcaption>Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater in the workplace</figcaption></figure> <p>Music director and chief conductor <a href="/wiki/Vassily_Sinaisky" title="Vassily Sinaisky">Vassily Sinaisky</a> quit abruptly at the start of December 2013, after a 41-month tenure, citing the need to avoid conflict. General director Vladimir Urin accepted his resignation, and selected <a href="/wiki/Tugan_Sokhiev" title="Tugan Sokhiev">Tugan Sokhiev</a> as replacement. Sokhiev's four-year contract, settled on 20 January 2014, and became effective immediately. Sokhiev left his position in connection with the <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2023, <a href="/wiki/Valery_Gergiev" title="Valery Gergiev">Valery Gergiev</a> was appointed artistic director of the company, with immediate effect, with an initial contract of 5 years.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_conductors_and_music_directors">Chief conductors and music directors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Chief conductors and music directors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuil_Samosud" title="Samuil Samosud">Samuil Samosud</a> (1936–1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariy_Pazovsky" title="Ariy Pazovsky">Ariy Pazovsky</a> (1943–1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Golovanov" title="Nikolai Golovanov">Nikolai Golovanov</a> (1948 –1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Melik-Pashayev" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Melik-Pashayev">Alexander Melik-Pashayev</a> (1953–1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yevgeny_Svetlanov" title="Yevgeny Svetlanov">Yevgeny Svetlanov</a> (1963–1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gennady_Rozhdestvensky" title="Gennady Rozhdestvensky">Gennady Rozhdestvensky</a> (1965–1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuri_Simonov" title="Yuri Simonov">Yuri Simonov</a> (1970–1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Lazarev" title="Alexander Lazarev">Alexander Lazarev</a> (1987–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Feranec" title="Peter Feranec">Peter Feranec</a> (1995–1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Ermler" title="Mark Ermler">Mark Ermler</a> (1998–2000)</li> <li>Gennady Rozhdestvensky (2000–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Vedernikov" title="Alexander Vedernikov">Alexander Vedernikov</a> (2001–2009)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonid_Desyatnikov" title="Leonid Desyatnikov">Leonid Desyatnikov</a> (2009–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vassily_Sinaisky" title="Vassily Sinaisky">Vassily Sinaisky</a> (2010–2013)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tugan_Sokhiev" title="Tugan Sokhiev">Tugan Sokhiev</a> (2014–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valery_Gergiev" title="Valery Gergiev">Valery Gergiev</a> (2023–present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_status">Cultural status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Cultural status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Moscow_05-2017_img27_Bolshoy_Theatre_quadriga.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Moscow_05-2017_img27_Bolshoy_Theatre_quadriga.jpg/270px-Moscow_05-2017_img27_Bolshoy_Theatre_quadriga.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Moscow_05-2017_img27_Bolshoy_Theatre_quadriga.jpg/405px-Moscow_05-2017_img27_Bolshoy_Theatre_quadriga.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Moscow_05-2017_img27_Bolshoy_Theatre_quadriga.jpg/540px-Moscow_05-2017_img27_Bolshoy_Theatre_quadriga.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3974" data-file-height="2980" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Quadriga" title="Quadriga">quadriga</a> was sculpted by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Clodt_von_J%C3%BCrgensburg" title="Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg">Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Bolshoi Theatre attracts large numbers of tourists. As a result, prices can be much higher than in other Russian theatres.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The rebuilding and renovation cost was $1.1 billion,<sup id="cite_ref-DSPG_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DSPG-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sixteen times the initial estimate. In 2009 prosecutors alleged the lead contractor was paid three times for the same work.<sup id="cite_ref-GDN_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDN-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anastasia_Volochkova" title="Anastasia Volochkova">Anastasia Volochkova</a>, a former Bolshoi prima ballerina, has said she sees the theatre "as a big brothel" because, she has claimed, ballerinas are invited to parties by theatre administrators and refused roles if they do not accept.<sup id="cite_ref-GDN_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDN-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DSPG_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DSPG-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 17 January 2013, <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Filin" title="Sergei Filin">Sergei Filin</a>, the Bolshoi's ballet director, was attacked with <a href="/wiki/Sulfuric_acid" title="Sulfuric acid">sulfuric acid</a> and as a result lost much of his eyesight.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A male dancer was later charged with the crime.</li> <li>In the area of box office, a theatre insider told the German publication <a href="/wiki/Der_Spiegel" title="Der Spiegel">Der Spiegel</a> that tickets are often sold to mafia dealers, who in turn sell them on the black market for double the face value.<sup id="cite_ref-DSPG_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DSPG-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Performance quality has been criticized by the former music director <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Vedernikov" title="Alexander Vedernikov">Alexander Vedernikov</a> (2001-2009). He has claimed the Bolshoi Theatre was putting "bureaucratic interests before artistic ones."<sup id="cite_ref-GDN_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GDN-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 8, 2017, three days before the premiere, the Bolshoi Theatre called off the premiere of a ballet about legendary dancer <a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Nureyev" title="Rudolf Nureyev">Rudolf Nureyev</a>. The Director General <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Urin" title="Vladimir Urin">Vladimir Urin</a> claimed it was due to the bad quality of the dancing, however the principal dancer <a href="/wiki/Maria_Alexandrova" title="Maria Alexandrova">Maria Alexandrova</a> claimed it was the first sign of a 'new era' of censorship.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the first time a show has been pulled in such a way since the collapse of the Soviet Union (where such censorship persisted), sparking rumours about the motivation behind it.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_productions_of_Swan_Lake_derived_from_its_1895_revival" title="List of productions of Swan Lake derived from its 1895 revival">List of productions of Swan Lake derived from its 1895 revival</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bolshoi_Theatre&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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It stood next to the Circus Theatre (rebuilt in 1860 as the <a href="/wiki/Mariinsky_Theatre" title="Mariinsky Theatre">Mariinsky Theatre</a>), but was replaced in the 1890s by the present-day building of the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Conservatory" title="Saint Petersburg Conservatory">St. Petersburg Conservatory</a>. 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