Lviv Opera House has existed since 1900. At that time, the city was called Lemberg and was part of Austria-Hungary. Today it is one of the largest centers of Ukraine. Lviv Theater is known far beyond the borders of its country.
History
Lviv Opera House was opened in 1900. The first performance "Yanek" composer V. Zhelensky. The opening was attended by such personalities as G. Senkevich, G. Semiradsky and I. Paderevsky. The economic crisis in 1934 led to the fact that the theater was closed. It reopened only after 5 years. In 1940, performances began to be played exclusively in the Ukrainian language, excluding the use of Polish. During the war, when there were fierce battles for the city with fascist invaders, the Lviv Opera House was mined by the Germans, they planned to blow it up. But the Ural tank corps under the command of Lieutenant N.I. Antoninova managed to prevent the enemy from implementing the plan to destroy the building. In 1956, the theater received the name of I. Franco. Since 1966, he has the title of academic. In the late 70's. the theater was closed for reconstruction. It lasted long enough and ended only in 1984. Today, the basis of the theater’s repertoire is composed of classical works.
Building
The competition for the projects of the building of the future theater was announced in 1895. As a result, the director of the higher art-industrial school of the city, Z. Gorgolevsky, won. His project involved blocking the Poltva River with concrete vaults, since the central part of the city was very densely built up. The architect of the Lviv Opera House himself supervised all the work, not only construction, but also earthworks. The construction of the building began in 1897. Construction lasted almost three years. The building was built in classical traditions, in the spirit of the Viennese pseudo-renaissance. That is, combines two architectural styles. This is baroque and renaissance. Sculptures at the Lviv Opera House were created by A. Popel, T. Baronch, P. Voitovich and E. Pech. The building is considered an architectural and historical monument.
Performances
The Lviv Opera House offers its audience the following repertoire:
- "Orpheus and Eurydice."
- Nabucco.
- "Masquerade Ball."
- "Hamlet".
- "Walpurgis Night".
- "Bat".
- The Barber of Seville.
- "Magical flute".
- "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
- "Troubadour".
- "Nutcracker".
- "Don Quixote".
- "Iolanthe."
- "Swan Lake".
- "Stolen Happiness."
- "The terrible yard."
- "Reincarnation ..."
- "La Traviata."
- "Coppelia."
- "Merry Widow."
- "Cossack beyond the Danube."
- "Country Honor."
- "Flint".
- Paquita.
- "Aida."
- "Love drink."
- "Natalka Poltavka."
- "Romeo and Juliet".
- "World creation".
- "Madame Butterfly."
- The Gipsy Baron.
- "Vain precaution."
- "Carmen."
- Rigoletto.
- "Lily".
- "Corsair".
- The Tsar’s Bride.
- "Bohemia".
- "The clowns."
- "Carmen Suite."
- "Francesca da Rimini."
- "Yearning".
- Return Butterfly.
- "La Bayadere."
- Esmeralda.
- Giselle.
- "Moses".
As well as various concert programs.
Troupe
Lviv Opera House is a huge troupe, which includes artists of different genres. These are vocalists, and dancers, and musicians, and choristers, and mimans.
Opera company:
- Julia Lysenko.
- Yana Voytyuk.
- Oleg Likhach.
- Yuri Shevchuk.
- Vitaly Zagorbensky.
- Love Downloaded.
- Tatyana Olenich.
- Alexey Danilchuk.
- Peter Radeiko.
- Vladimir Chibisov.
- Lyudmila Ostash.
- Roman Kovalchuk.
- Ruslan Ferants
- Yuri Tritsetskiy.
- Svetlana Mamchur.
- Vasily Sadovsky.
- Marfa Shumkova.
- Andrey Benyuk.
- Svetlana Razina.
- Oleg Lanovoi.
- Andrey Savka.
- Natalya Romanyuk.
- Yuri Getsko.
- Stefan Pyatnichko.
- Nazar Pavlenko.
- Lyudmila Savchuk.
- Natalya Dacko.
- Vladimir Dutchak.
- Roman Korentsvet.
- Galina Vilha.
- Oleg Sadetsky.
- Stepan Tarasovich.
- Vitaliy Voitko.
- Orest Sidor.
- Roman Trohimuk.
- Natalia Velichko.
- Vera Koltun.
- Michael Malafey.
- Anastasia Kornutiak.
- Dmitry Kokotko.
- Roland Marchuk.
- Tatyana Vakhnovska.
- Nikolay Kornutyak.
- Veronika Kolomishcheva.
- Anatoly Lipnik.
- Igor Mikhnevich.
- Natalya Kuriltsev.
Ballet troupe:
- Evgenia Korshunova.
- Tatyana Prokofieva.
- Julia Mikhalikh-Roma.
- Albina Yakimenko.
- Oleg Petrik.
- Katerina Kruk.
- Anastasia Gnatishin.
- Anna Surmina.
- Natalya Didik.
- Andrey Mikhalikha.
- Inna Melnik.
- Christina Trach.
- Miroslav Melnik.
- Eugene Svetlitsa.
- Anastasia Yusupova.
- Daria Emelyantseva.
- Vitaliy Red.
- Nikolai Sanzharevsky.
- Ulyana Korchevsk.
- Sergey Kachura.
- Alyona Mitsko.
- Natalia Pelio.
- Yarina Kotis.
- Victoria Tkach.
- Sergey Merzlyakov.
- Julia Ermolenko.
- Victor Gatselyuk.
- Alexey Potemkin.
- Stanislav Olshansky.
- Andrey Gavrishkov.
Other.