The Odessa Opera and Ballet House [antikvár]

Odessa Opera and Ballet Ho USB The Odessa Opera and Ballet House is one of the city's architectural sights. The theatre building was constructed in 1887 according to the project of the Vienna architects F. Felner and G. Gelmer. On this very site there stood before an old municipal theatre built in 1809. Its designer was a Russian architect Toma de Tomon. The old theatre was burnt down in 1873. The construction of the new building which was to become an architectural pearl of the city wras started on September 28, 1884. The curtain was first raised on October 13. Considering the scope of the work done, its complexity and refinement we can call the builders real magicians of their deed. Legend says that F. Felner who arrived in Odessa from Vienna in 1887 for the opening ceremony cried out: "This is the best theatre in the world!". There is no historical confirmation of this assertion. But there are more than enough enthusiastic comments from the city's guests. Here is one. It belongs to the English writer James Aldridge who on visiting Odessa in the spring 1983 said: "Magnificent I haven't seen in any country of the world an opera house like this". The design of the exterior of the Odessa Opera House is made, as the specialists hold,