Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater

The Odesa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet is the oldest theatre in Odesa, Ukraine. The Theatre and the Potemkin Stairs are the maximum well known edifices in Odesa. The first opera house turned into opened in 1810 and destroyed with the aid of hearth in 1873. The present day constructing become constructed via Fellner & Helmer in neo baroque style and opened in 1887. The structure of the costly audience hall follows the overdue French rococo style. The unique acoustics of the horseshoe designed corridor allows performers to deliver even a whisper low tone of voice from the level to any part of the corridor.

The latest upkeep of the theater became finished in 2007. The Saint Petersburg architect Thomas de Thomon designed the primary opera theatre it opened on 10 February 1810. This ultimate theatre is in nearly exactly the identical spot because the first theatre 200 years ago. The fundamental front with its colonnade faced the ocean. There becomes no foyer. In 1831, Michael Vorontsov, governor popular of Russian empire Novorossia ray decided to assign the vintage instituted quarantine fees to the Odesa Theatre.