Bolshoi Theatre - Virtual Tour 360°

The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia holds ballet and opera performances.

The theater is located in the same place where the Petrovsky theater which had been inaugurated in 1780 and which was set on fire in 1805. In 1819 a competition was announced for the project of the new theater; the competition was won by Andrei Michajlov.

However, his project was considered to be too expensive, consequently the governor of Moscow Dmitry Vladimirovich Golicyn commissioned the architect Giuseppe Bove to modify it.

Work on the new project began in 1820 and the new Grand (Bol'šoj) Petrovsky Theater was inaugurated on January 18, 1825 with Fernando Sor's ballet Cendrillon.

Before the October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire along with Maly Theatre (Small Theatre) in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg Theatre, later Mariinsky Theatre and others.

The Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera are amongst the oldest and most renowned ballet and opera companies in the world. It is by far the world's biggest ballet company, with more than 200 dancers.

The theatre is the parent company of The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, a world-famous leading school of ballet.

It has a branch at the Bolshoi Theater School in Joinville, Brazil.

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