Building    From 1860 

Mariinsky Theatre

Categories: Dance, Theatre

Countries: Russia

Ballet and opera theatre in St Petersburg.  Named after the Empress Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Tsar Alexander II. Many of the works of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov were premiered here. After the Russian Revolution it was renamed several times, probably most famously as the Kirov Theatre.

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Mariinsky Theatre

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Nicolai Legat

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Marie Taglioni

Marie Taglioni

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Lydia Lopokova

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