Celebration of centennial of foundation of the Lviv opera

PRESS-RELEASE
in the honor of celebrating 100th jubilee of the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater named after I.Franko in Kyiv

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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