Went to see a Saturday night performance of the opera Iolanta (Tchaikovsky). What a fabulous evening. The building itself is worth the visit, both externally and internally. Totally informal dress code and ludicrously cheap for what was a fantastic night. There are performances of many famous operas and ballets every night of the week. If you are planning to spend any time in Kiev, make this one of your top priorities!
Lucky enough to visit 3 times and see Romeo and Julet, Aida and Swan lake - the awe of being in such a beautiful opera House , and the ambience , very touching experience.
For 300UAH or about $15 you can get the best seat in the house to a ballet or an opera. The building is amazing, great architecture, beautiful chandeliers and marble it all feels very opulent. If you are traveling on a budget you can get cheaper tickets but its worth splashing out. The ballet i saw was good maybe 7/10 the leads were fantastic but the show lacked in some technical aspects. Still where else can you see a professional ballet or opera for $15. The Orchestra that played was amazing absolutely splendid. Ticket office is not sign posted as all, they are to the right and left of the main door. It's a tiny window inside, very easy to miss. Highly recommend this as an activity.
Take the time to see the ballet or opera while in the city. The outside is not so impressive, but the inside is spectacular. I am not an artsy individual and do not often see the ballet or an opera. But even for a sports guy like me, the inside was spectacular and the performances were amazing. I was very impressed with how athletic the ballet performers were. I have seen Swan Lake and the Nutcracker here. I would recommend both if you get the opportunity! Very Inexpensive as well as Entertaining!
It is our travel tradition to attend an opera whenever possible. It was a treat to attend this evening's performance of Madam Butterfly. The acoustics are wonderful, it is medium size opera house with 5 balconies. The interior is beautiful but the seats in the balcony slope downward and it was a challenge not to slide.
National Opera House of Ukraine in Kyiv was established in 1867, and is the third oldest in Ukraine, after Odessa Opera and Lviv Opera. It is well-known both as an architectural masterpiece and with its many talented singers - Larysa Rudenko, Elyzaveta Chavdar, Dmytro Hnatyuk, Mykola Vorvulev, Zoya Khrystych, Galyna Sholina, Valentina Lutchenko, Vasyl Tretiak, Mykola Kondratiuk, Volodymyr Tymokhin, Kostyantyn Ognevoi, Yuri Guliaev, Sergiy Kozak, Klavdiya Radchenko, Liliya Lobanova, Taisiya Ponomarenko and Vladlen Hritsyuk made history of the Ukrainian opera art. Yelyzaveta Chavdar, Bela Rudenko, Yevheniya Miroshnichenko, Volodymyr Timokhin, Andriy Kikot, Mykola Kondratiuk and Nataliya Kudelya are international contests winners. The 70’s and the 80’s were lighted by the bright talent and energy of the theatre’s head conductor Stefan Turchak. The International conductors contest is named after him. Gisela Tsypola, Mariya Stefyuk, Galyna Tuftina, Anatoliy Solovianenko, Anatoliy Mokrenko, Yevdokiya Kolesnyk, Lyudmila Yurchenko, Valentyna Kochur, Volodymyr Fedotov, Oleksandr Vostryakov, Oleksandr Zagrebelny, Viktor Trishyn, Mykola Kirishev, Bogdan Gnyd, Vladylen Grytsyuk, Georgiy Krasulyua, Valentyna Reka, Andriy Ishchenko and Volodymyr Hurov were able to use the potential of their unique voices in plays conducted by Stefan Turchak. Theatre is also well-know with its ballet troupe with Alla Lagoda, Tetyana Tayakina, Lyudmyla Smorgachova, Raisa Khylko, Hanna Kushneryova, Tetyana Borovyk, Iryna Zadayanna, Valeriy Kovtun, Mykola Pryadchenko, Viktor Yaremenko, Tetyana Beletska, Sergiy Lukin and Yevhen Kosmenko – all of them famous for contributing a lot to the Ukrainian choreography.
我去听威尔第的“假面舞会”,格局中的歌手,音乐家和美丽的歌剧院本身都给我留下了深刻的印象。如此顶级品质的歌剧门票却非常便宜,所以没有理由下次不听。
我们一行8个人去看睡美人戏。首先这个剧场给人的影响就深刻,而且演员个个表演的很好。但是这里的设施一般般,吧台小,但是吧台的椅子坐着非常舒服,空调制冷效果很很好。来这里看戏很棒,而且还挺有文化意义的!
A very fun evening if you have the time. It was my first opera and really enjoyed it. The building itself is amazing and very similar to the opera house in Phantom of the Opera.
之前我从来没有见过芭蕾舞剧或歌剧。某个晚上去这里观看一个芭蕾舞剧,即使不算是一次完美的表演,至少是让人很享受的。我们非常喜欢这个地方,以至于随后的两晚我们又去看了一场歌剧,就更加爱这个地方了。楼座包厢两个座位花了20英镑——超值的。