Yerevan Opera Theater
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opera house in Yerevan, Armenia
Key facts
- Address
- Yerevan , Armenia
- Opened
- 20 January 1933 ( 1933-01-20 )
- Rebuilt
- 1953, 2002
- Architect
- Alexander Tamanian
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- opera house
- Named after
- Alexander Spendiaryan
- Official name
- Ալեքսանդր Սպենդիարյանի անվան օպերայի և բալետի ազգային ակադեմիական թատրոն
- Award
- Order of Lenin
- Field of work
- opera
- Country
- Armenia
- Located in
- Kentron District
- Location
- Yerevan
- Official website
- opera.am
- Image
- Jerewan-Oper-msu-wlm-2435.jpg
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- architect
- Alexander Tamanian
- Commons category
- Opera house of Yerevan
- inception
- 1932-08-05
- art director
- Constantine Orbelian
- street address
- Թումանյան փող. 36
- native label
- Ալեքսանդր Սպենդիարյանի անվան օպերայի և բալետի ազգային ակադեմիական թատրոն
- maximum capacity
- 2600
- date of official opening
- 1933-01-20
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Encyclopedic overview
The Alexander Spendiaryan National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Armenian: Ալեքսանդր Սպենդիարյանի անվան օպերայի և բալետի ազգային ակադեմիական թատրոն, romanized: Aleksandr Spendiaryani anvan operayi yev baleti azgayin akademiakan t’atron), simply known by locals as Opera, is an opera theatre in Yerevan. It officially opened on 20 January 1933, with a performance of Alexander Spendiaryan's opera Almast as its first show. The opera building was designed by architect Alexander Tamanian. It consists of two concert halls: the Aram Khatchaturian Concert Hall with 1,400 seats and the Alexander Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet National Theatre with 1,200 seats.
Theatre
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yerevan Opera Theater” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.