🏛 Mariinsky Theatre

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A turquoise 19th-century opera and ballet house, and across the Kryukov Canal a modern second stage.

The theatre traces its history to the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, opened on 5 October 1783 by decree of Catherine II.
The current building was built by Alberto Cavos in 1859–1860; the theatre was named after Empress Maria Alexandrovna.
The first season in the new building opened on 2 October 1860 with Glinka's opera “A Life for the Tsar”.
From 1935 to 1992 the theatre bore Kirov's name and was known as the Kirov.
In 1916, in Golovin's workshop under the theatre roof, Boris Grigoriev painted his famous portrait of Meyerhold.
The second stage across the Kryukov Canal opened on 2 May 2013.
In 1988 Valery Gergiev became the theatre's artistic director and chief conductor.

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