Aleksandrinsky Theatre
The
Russian State Pushkin Academy Drama Theater - the legendary
Alexandrinsky Theater - is the oldest Russian national theater. It was
founded by the Senate’s Decree, signed by Empress Elizabeth (daughter of
Peter the Great) on August 30, 1756, the day of Saint Alexander Nevsky.
This theater is the progenitor of all Russian theaters and the date of
its foundation is the birthday of the Russian professional theater.
Foundation of the theater gave a start to the Russian state policy in
the field of theater arts.
The
Russian State Drama Theater served as an attribute of the Russian state
system for over two and a half centuries. In the 18th, 19th and early
20th centuries it was the main imperial theater; Russian emperors had
been directly involved with its guidance.
Since 1832, the Russian State Drama Theater has resided in a magnificent
building (built by a project of the great architect Carlo Rossi) in the
very center of Nevsky avenue, the main thoroughfare of St. Petersburg.
The building was named the Alexandrinsky Theater (in the honor of
Alexandra Fedorovna, the spouse of Emperor Nikolay the First) and since
then the name of Alexandrinsky theater has been tightly bound to the
world theatrics history. The theater crowns a unique ensemble of Rossi’s
buildings, which was named to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The
theater has a 5-circle auditorium, a spacious stage, palace style
lobbies, and a grandiose facade, which became one of the emblems of the
Imperial Capital of Russia.
The walls of the Alexandrinsky remember the greatest public figures of the Russian state, politicians, military men, and people of arts. A. Pushkin, M. Lermontov, F. Dostoevsky, L. Tolstoy, A. Chekhov, P. Tchaikovsky, A. Gorchakov, S. Vitte, V. Stolypin, K. Mannerheim and numerous members of European royal families visited it. Here, at the Alexandrinsky Theater, took place premieres of practically all plays of the Russian drama classics: from the "Woes of Wits" by A. Griboyedov to the plays by A. Ostrovsky and A. Chekhov.
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