Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre [Odessa]
type: Item
label: Oděské národní akademické divadlo opery a baletu @cs
label: Teatro Nazionale di Odessa @it
label: Teatro de Ópera y Ballet de Odesa @es
description: Theatre building in Odessa, Ukraine
description: theater in Oekraïne @nl
alternative label: Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 1445
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Ukraine
GPS: Point(30.7414 46.4853)
opening date: 1887-10-13T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
theatrEurope table: HST_0167
context: No heritage theatre machinery
context: The architectural style of the Odessa Opera House is the Viennese Baroque. It was an essential style in Europe in the 16th to the 18th centuries.
Capacity: 1636
Web: opera.odessa.ua
architectural style: Baroque Revival architecture
architect: Ferdinand Fellner
architect: Hermann Helmer
City: Odessa
The European Route of Historic Theatres: Black Sea Route
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata source: Q118464222
Carthalia ID: 724
Modern Opera Houses index: Sketch plan, original scheme, I. p. 5 ; Descriptive text, I. pp. 55-57 ; View of lounge, I. p. 54 ; 111. p. 87 ; Block plan, I. p. 55 ; General view, 1. p. 55 ; View of upper part of grand staircase, I. p. 56 ; View of lower part of grand staircase, I. p. 56 ; View of auditorium, I. p. 57 ; Plan area, I. PI. 84 ; Front elevation, I. PL 85 ; Plan 2nd tier, 1. PI. 85 ; Plan 3rd tier, 1. PI. 86 ; Transverse section, I. PI. 86 ; III. 11.59; Plan 4th tier, I. PI. 87 ; Grand staircase, details, I. PI. 87 ; Longitudinal section, I. PI. 88 ; Skeleton plan of audi­torium, III. PL opp. p. 62 ; Skeleton section of auditorium, III. PL opp. p. 62 ; Cost and dimensions, III. p. 18; References, III. pp. 70, 86, 89.
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1884-1887 by Ferdinand Fellner & Hermann Helmer at the site of a previous theatre (built 1809, destroyed by fire 1873). Opened 13 Oct 1887. Damaged by fire on 15 Mar 1925. Subsequently rebuilt, re-opened 1926. 1966-1967 renovation and modernization. 1998-2001 foundation repair works. 2003-2005 major exterior and interior renovation. 1664 seats. Used for opera and ballet performances by the resident companies.