The Novaya Opera in Moscow was founded in 1991 on the initiative of conductor Yevgeny Kolobov and Mayor Yury Luzhkov; since 2006 it has borne Kolobov's name. Its home stands in the Hermitage Garden on Karetny Ryad, where theatre has been performed since the 1890s. The Art Nouveau building, which incorporates elements of the earlier Mirror Theatre of 1910, opened on 27 December 1997 with a gala featuring Dmitri Hvorostovsky among others, and seats more than 700. The company comprises soloists, an orchestra and a chorus. It has given numerous Russian premieres, including Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, Verdi's I due Foscari and Strauss's Capriccio, as well as Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov in its first version. Its Eugene Onegin won the Golden Mask for the 1996/97 season. The theatre has been a member of Opera Europa since 1999.
The Novaya Opera in Moscow was founded in 1991 by Yevgeny Kolobov as an independent opera company — as an alternative to the state Bolshoi Theatre and a pioneer of more modern Russian opera theatre.
At a glance
- Type
- Opera house
- Location
- Moscow, Russia
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