The Novaya Scena (New Stage) of the Bolshoi Theatre is a theater with a horseshoe-shaped hall.
The stalls and three balconies can accommodate 900 spectators.
Completed in 2002, it was built next to the historic main hall.
The magnificent theater, built almost entirely of wood, iss destroyed in the great Incendiul din Moscova.
1821 / 1824
Giuseppe Bove is commissioned to build the new theater building.
1825
On January 18, the theater is inaugurated under the name Bolshoi Theatre.
1853
A new fire damages the interior of the building, and Alberto Cavos is commissioned to renovate it.
1918 / 1989
During the Soviet period, the theater undergoes internal modifications that damage its acoustics; these will be eliminated after the dissolution of the USSR.
1995 / 2002
A new hall, the Novaya Scena, is built next to the main building, replacing the historic hall until its reopening in 2011.
2005 / 2011
The theater's main building is renovated and returns to its tsarist-era appearance, primarily based on designs by Bove and Cavos.