Mongolian State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet
opera house in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The Mongolian State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (Mongolian: Улсын дуурь бүжгийн эрдмийн театр; also known as the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet) is a theater on the eastern side of Sükhbaatar Square in Sükhbaatar District. It was established on 15 May 1963 as the State Musical Drama Theatre. It was split into the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet and the State Academic Drama Theatre upon the resolution 132/182 of 10 May 1963 by the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Mongolia and the Central Committee of Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. The State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet held its opening ceremony on 18 May 1963 with Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.
Architecture
The theater has a 500 seating capacity. It was constructed with neoclassical architectural style.
Repertoire
The repertoire of State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet has more than 100 national and world classical works including 56 ballets and 54 operas. The operatic repertoire include world classic operas such as Mozart's Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Puccini's Turandot, La Bohème, and Tosca, Verdi's La traviata, Aida, and Rigoletto, Bizet's Carmen, Rossini's The Barber of Seville and Otello, Gounod's Faust, Borodin's Prince Igor, and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, as well as Mongolian operas such as B. Sharav's Chinggis Khaan, Kh. Bilegjargal's Tears of Lama, B. Damdinsuren's Strife, D. Luvsansharav's Bare Truth and Khara Khorum, D. Janchiv's Blue Silk Deel and Ts. Natsagdorj's Ogodei Khaan.
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