Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Opera house in central Lviv, Ukraine.
The Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet is an opera house in central Lviv that combines Renaissance Revival and eclectic architectural elements. The building displays three allegorical figures on its facade, and the main hall holds around 1100 people.
A design competition in 1895 was won by Zygmunt Gorgolewski, whose plan called for vaulting over the Poltva River to create the site. Construction ran from June 1897 to 1900, and the Grand Municipal Theatre opened on 4 October 1900 with Władysław Żeleński's opera "Janek". Writer Henryk Sienkiewicz and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski attended the premiere.
The theatre was named after Solomiya Krushelnytska in 2000, on its centenary, replacing the name of Ivan Franko. Its curtain, "Parnassus", was painted by Henryk Siemiradzki in Rome; when the theatre could not pay him, he gave the work as a gift. It was first shown on 13 January 1901.
The theater sits at 28 Svobody Avenue in central Lviv and is easy to reach on foot. Guided tours through the building are available and allow visitors to see the interiors outside of performance times.
The theatre stands on the covered channel of the Poltva River: because the city centre was already densely built, Gorgolewski's project vaulted the river with solid concrete before construction began in June 1897. The main curtain, Henryk Siemiradzki's 'Parnassus', was painted in Rome; when the clients ran short of money, the artist gave the canvas to the theatre, and it was first shown on 13 January 1901.
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