National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia

Opera house's neoclassical building

Coordinates: 47°55′07″N 106°55′11″E / 47.91861°N 106.91972°E / 47.91861; 106.91972 The National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia (also known as Mongolian State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet) was established on 15 May 1963 as the State Musical Drama Theatre was split into the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet and the State Academic Drama Theatre upon the resolution 132/182 of 10 May 1963 by the Ministry Council of people Republic of Mongolia and the Central Committee of Mongolian Public Revolution Party. The State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet held its opening ceremony on 18 May 1963 with Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.

The repertoire of State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet has more than 100 national and world classical works including 56 ballets, 54 operas. The operatic repertoire include world classic operas such as Mozart's Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Puccini's Turandot, La Bohème, and Tosca, Verdi's La traviata, Aida, and Rigoletto, Bizet's Carmen, Rossini's The Barber of Seville and Otello, Gounod's Faust, Borodin's Prince Igor, and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin as well as Mongolian famous operas such as B.Sharav's Chinggis Khaan, Kh.Bilegjargal's Tears of Lama, B.Damdinsuren's Strife, D.Luvsansharav's Bare Truth and Khara Khorum, D.Janchiv's Blue Silk Deel and Ts.Natsagdorj's Ogodei Khaan and many more. Also, the ballet repertoire include Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, Shostakovich's The Limpid Stream, Pugni's La Esmeralda, Gounod's Walpurgisnacht, Asafyev's The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, Adam's Giselle and Le corsaire, and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet and Zolushka as well as many Mongolian famous ballets including S.Gonchigsumlaa's Khoshuu Naadam, B.Damdinsuren's Lake Legend, Ts.Natsagdorj's Guyug Khaan, A.Batdelger's Geser Nomun Khaan, and Z.Khangal's Treasure Girls and many more.

Currently more than 270 artists, staff and administrators are serving the Mongolian people with the national and world classical opera, ballet and music.

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