Buryat Opera and Ballet Theatre
Бурятский театр оперы и балета
A Stalinist-style theater completed in 1952, whose facade and interior hall blend Buryat decorative motifs. It hosts ballet, opera, and national musical theater.
The theater stands beside Sovetskaya Square. Its architecture is neoclassical with Eastern ornamental touches, and the roof features a Buryat statue holding a khadag ceremonial scarf. The interior hall is richly decorated. It regularly stages classical ballet, opera, and productions based on Buryat epics. Tickets are affordable, about 500–2,500 rubles. It is a good idea to buy tickets in advance on the official website. During the summer recess, you can photograph the exterior.
Opening hours
Depends on performance schedule
Nearby sights
- Lenin Head Monument (Soviets Square)
- Museum of Nature of Buryatia
- Lenin Street Pedestrian Zone & Triumphal Arch
- National Museum of the Republic of Buryatia
- Odigitrievsky Cathedral
- Rinpoche Bagsha Datsan
- Ethnographic Museum of Transbaikal Peoples
- Ivolginsky Datsan