Opera and Ballet Theatre of Saransk


Opera and Ballet Theatre of Saransk was inaugurated on 1 September 1935 in Saransk, capital of the Russian Republic of Mordovia with Carl Millöcker's operetta Der Bettelstudent. The theatre includes 714 spectator places, 138 crystal lamps, make-up rooms, rehearsal ballet classes, a small hall for creative meetings and chamber concerts, the whole factory with fake and property-rooms shops. The new theatre has a mini-printing house and modern sound recording studio. The light and sound equipment – from the best producers of the USA, Germany, England and Japan, a rotating scene, variable volume of the auditorium.
In 1994, the theatre was named after the Honored Artist of the RSFSR and People's Artist of the Mordovian ASSR, operatic bass .