Ayni Opera and Ballet Theatre

Ayni Opera and Ballet Theatre
Театри давлатии академии опера ва балети ба номи Садриддин Айнӣ
Interactive map of Ayni Opera and Ballet Theatre
Former namesTajik Musical Theatre
General information
TypeTheatre
Location28 Husseinzoda Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Coordinates38°34′7″N 68°47′41″E / 38.56861°N 68.79472°E / 38.56861; 68.79472
Construction started1938
Completed1940[1]
Opened1941
Design and construction
ArchitectsD. Bilibin, V. Golly, A. Junger, M. Zakharov
Website
operabalet.tj

Ayni Opera and Ballet Theatre,[a] formerly known as the Tajik Musical Theatre,[2] is a historic Soviet-era building and musical theatre in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The building was named after Tajik poet Sadriddin Ayni.

Notes

  1. ^ Tajik: Театри давлатии академии опера ва балети ба номи Садриддин Айнӣ, romanizedTeatri davlatii akademii opera va baleti ba nomi Sadriddin Aynī; Russian: Таджикский Государственный Академический театр оперы и балета им. С. Айни, romanizedTadzhikskiy Gosudarstvennyy Akademicheskiy teatr opery i baleta im. S. Ayni

References

  1. ^ Artemy M. Kalinovsky, Laboratory of Socialist Development : Cold War Politics and Decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan, (Cornell University Press, 2018), 123
  2. ^ "О Театре". Archived from the original on 2016-12-11. Retrieved 2021-12-20.