The competition for the rebuilding was won by Alberto Cavos, chief architect of the imperial theatres, who had an excellent grasp of designing multi-tiered theatres with box-stage and Italian and French-type boxes. The Bolshoi Theatre which was virtually built anew and with major modifications by comparison to the previous building, opened on 20 August 1856 with Bellini's opera "I puritani".
país: Russia
año: 1995
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