
Further In 1783, in the deserted area of the St. Petersburg highest command of the Empress Catherine the Great was erected Big Stone Theater. He was to become the first Russian musical theater destined. After a fire in 1811 the theater was rebuilt several times, before in 1836 through the efforts of the architect Albert Cavos has found its final oblik.V XIX century, dramatic performances were here; lush balls, masquerades, carnival alternated. Almost every day in Stone Theatre gave...