Kyiv Opera House
Opera house in Kyiv, Ukraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kyiv Opera House, officially the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Національний академічний театр опери та балету України імені Тараса Шевченка), is an opera house in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is the home of the National Opera of Ukraine.
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Address | Kyiv Ukraine |
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Owner | National Opera of Ukraine |
Capacity | 1,304[1] |
Current use | Opera house, ballet theatre |
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Renovated | 1984–1987[1] |
Architect | Victor Schröter |
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It has been suggested that this article be merged into National Opera of Ukraine. (Discuss) Proposed since March 2024. |
The building is located at the junction between Volodymyrska Street and Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street [uk]. Designed by the Russian architect Victor Schröter with an exterior in the Renaissance Revival style, it was opened in 1901, replacing an earlier structure, the City Theatre [uk], that had been established in 1856, but destroyed by fire in 1896.
On 1 September 1911, the Russian Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin was mortally wounded in the opera house after an assailant shot him during a visit to the opera, and it was where the First Universal of the Ukrainian Central Council on Ukraine's autonomy was proclaimed in June 1917.