National Opera and Ballet Theater of the Republic of Moldova

It was founded in 1956 on the basis of the Moldavian Opera, Ballet and Drama Theater, which in turn was created in 1955 on the basis of the Moldavian Music and Drama Theater. The first director of the theater (1956-1964) was the composer D. G. Gershfeld - the theater opened on June 9, 1956 with the production of his opera “Grozovan”.

The first opera performance - "Grozovan" by Gershfeld took place in 1956 , the first ballet - " Bakhchisarai Fountain " by Asafiev - in 1957 . In July 1957, the opera and ballet troupes of the theater became an independent collective. The theater staged a piece by Moldavian composers: operas - Aurelia by Gershfeld ( 1959 ), Heart of Domnica by Styrchi ( 1960 , in the new edition of Heroic Ballad, 1970 ), ballets - Dawn by Zagorsky ( 1960 ), Broken Sword ( 1960 ), Anthony and Cleopatra ( 1965 ) and Arabesques ( 1970 ) E. Lazarev; world classics and works of Soviet composers, including the opera “Into the Storm” by Khrennikov ( 1962 ), “Optimistic Tragedy” by Kholminov ( 1967 ), “The Taming of the Shrew” by Shebalin ( 1972 ), “Keto and Kote” Dolidze ( 1972 ), “ Aleko ” Rachmaninov ( 1973 ), ballets -“ The Thunder Path ”by Karaev ( 1961 ),“ Young Lady and the Hooligan ”to music by Shostakovich ( 1968 ),“ Carmen Suite ”by J. Bizet - R. Shchedrin (1971), etc.

The opera company toured in Romania ( 1957 ), the ballet - in Bulgaria ( 1971 ), and later in many other countries of the world.

In 1980, a new theater building was built in Chisinau at Lenin Avenue (now Stefan cel Mare St.), 152. Architects: N. Kurennoy, A. Gorshkov. Sculptors: V. Novikov, N. Sazhin , B. Dubrovin, G. Dubrovin.

The theater regularly hosts various concerts and festivals, including the famous festival “ Maria Biesu Invites”.

Opera

• Francesco Cilea “ Adriana Lecouvreur ” Opera in four acts
• Giuseppe Verdi " Aida " Opera in four acts
• Giuseppe Verdi “Masquerade Ball” Opera in three acts
• Giacomo Puccini “ La Boheme ” Opera in three acts
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky “ Eugene Onegin ” Opera in three acts
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky " Iolanta " Opera in one action
• Georges Bizet " Carmen " Opera in four acts
• Gaetano Donizetti “Love Drink” Opera in two acts
• Gaetano Donizetti “Lucia de Lammermoor” Opera in two acts
• Giacomo Puccini Madame Butterfly (Cio Cio San) Opera in two acts
• Giuseppe Verdi “ Nabucco ” Opera in four acts
• Vincenzo Bellini "Norma" Opera in two acts
• Ruggiero Leoncavallo “ Pagliacci ” Opera in two acts with a prologue
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky The Queen of Spades Opera in three acts
• Giuseppe Verdi " Rigoletto " Opera in three acts
• Wolfgang Mozart “ Figaro 's Wedding ” Opera in four acts
• Joaquino Rossini "The Barber of Seville " Opera in two acts
• Pietro Mascagni Rural Honor Opera in one act
• Giacomo Puccini "Tosca" Opera in three acts
• Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata Opera in three acts
• Giuseppe Verdi “ Troubadour ” Opera in four acts
• Giacomo Puccini " Turandot " Opera in three acts

Ballets

• Bogdan Pavlovsky “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” Ballet in three acts
• Ludwig Minkus “ Don Quixote ” Ballet in three acts with a prologue
• Adolf Adan " Giselle " Ballet in two acts
• Georges Bizet " Carmen Suite " Ballet in one action
• Leo Delibes “ Coppelia ” Ballet in three acts
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky “ Swan Lake ” Ballet in four acts
• Sergei Prokofiev “ Romeo and Juliet ” Ballet in three acts
• Herman Leuvenskold “ La Sylphide ” Ballet in two acts
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky “ Sleeping Beauty ” Ballet extravaganza in three acts with a prologue
• Peter Gertel " Vain Precaution " Ballet in three acts
• Karen Khachaturian “ Cipollino ” Ballet in three acts
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky “ The Nutcracker ” Ballet in two acts
• Frederic Chopin "Chopiniana" Ballet in one action

• Basin, Nikolai Anatolyevich
• Biesu, Maria Lukyanovna
• Botezat, Praskovya Andreevna
• Erofeeva, Lyudmila Vasilievna
• Kurin, Victor Nikolaevich
• Loznik, Nukhim Moiseevich
• Muntyan, Mikhail Ivanovich
• Pavlenko, Ion Georgievich - bass.
• Savitskaya, Valentina Savelyevna
• Streseva, Svetlana Filippovna

• Andrey Yurkevich
• Nicolae Dohotaru
• Mikhail Sechkin
• Popova, Svetlana Georgievna
• Alfred Gerschfeld
• Mihai Amihalakyoe

• Eugene Plato
• Eleanor Konstantinova
• Michael Timofti

• Kirtoka A., Manuylov M. Moldavian State Opera and Ballet Theater. - Chisinau, 1960.
• Shekhtman N.I. Moldavian Opera and Ballet Theater // Big Soviet Encyclopedia. - T. 16 . - S. 446 . Archived on May 27, 2005.

• Site of the Opera and Ballet Theater
• Official site of the director of the National Opera and Ballet Theater - Mikhail Timofti