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The history of the Lviv opera accounts for more than 200 years. Already
in the beginning of the 19th century first city professional theater staged
the operas of V.Ìîtsart, À.Sallieri, À.Stephani and others, the opening
of the real grand theater which we today call the Opera was on 4 of October
1900.
The buiding of the theater - monument of the architecture of the Õ¯Õ century,
belongs to the best theater buildings of Ukraine, whih has organicallly
entered in the architectural landscape of the city and became its significant
decoration. The theater is built in classical traditions with the use
of the forms and details of the Renaissance and baroque architecture,
or in the so-called "Viennese pseudo-renaissance" after the
project of famous European architect Zigmund Gorgolevskiy.
The theater is known for its unique "Parnas" curtain that was
installed in the beginning of 1901 and was drawn for the first time 13
January, enframed into a marvelous border created by Italian master Retrossi.
This masterpiece is the property of Lviv picture gallery, but is stored
in the theater and is used for the premieres or other festive occasions.
The different time the stage of the Lviv theater became the debut place
of young Ukrainian singers - graduates of the local conservatory, like
Î.Rusnak, Î.Nosalevich, Î.Lubich-Parahonyak, Ì.Holinskiy, Å.Hushalevich,
R.Lubinetskiy, V.Êachmar, S.Fedichkovskiy, V.Florianskiy, Ì.Ñkala-Staritskiy
S.Krushelnitska, À.Didur, Î.Ìishuga, Ì.Ìentsinskiy.Also performed Y.Êepura,
D.Bellinchioni, À.Dobosh, I.Ìànn, Ì.Soletskaya, Å.Chaplinskiy, Å.Bandrovskaya-Turskaya,
Ì.Battistini.
Today the active repertoire of the theater includes more than ÇÎ opera
and ballet performances, which were represented at international festivals
and guest performances in Poland, Italy, Spain, Lebanon, Àustria, Germany...
Its 100-th jubilee the Lviv opera celebrates with the premiere of D.Verdi's
opera "Nabukko", already famous stage-versions of D.Verdi's
opera "Òraviata " and the ballet "Ñreation of the world
" by À.Petrov. In the creative process is the writing of new opera
"Ìîses".
In the honor of jubilee celebration in the capital of Ukraine - the theater
will present in the National opera and ballet theater named after Ò.Shevchenko
D.Verdi's opera "Nabukko" ( 19 october, 19.00) and fragments
of the other performances in the gala-concert (20 october, 19.00).
Press-conference is given:
Honored worker of culture of Ukraine, theater director Òàdey Ådår
First deputy head of the state committee for the information policy, TV
and radiobroadcasting Stepan Pavluyk
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