National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia


The National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Mongolia was established on 15 May 1963 as the State Musical Drama Theatre was split into the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet and the State Academic Drama Theatre upon the resolution 132/182 of 10 May 1963 by the Ministry Council of people Republic of Mongolia and the Central Committee of Mongolian Public Revolution Party. The State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet held its opening ceremony on 18 May 1963 with Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.

Repertoire

The repertoire of State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet has more than 100 national and world classical works including 56 ballets and 54 operas. The operatic repertoire include world classic operas such as Mozart's Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Puccini's Turandot, La bohème, and Tosca, Verdi's La traviata, Aida, and Rigoletto, Bizet's Carmen, Rossini's The Barber of Seville and Otello, Gounod's Faust, Borodin's Prince Igor, and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, as well as Mongolian operas such as B. Sharav's Chinggis Khaan, Kh. Bilegjargal's Tears of Lama, B. Damdinsuren's Strife, D. Luvsansharav's Bare Truth and Khara Khorum, D. Janchiv's Blue Silk Deel and Ts. Natsagdorj's Ogodei Khaan.
The ballet repertoire include Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, Shostakovich's The Limpid Stream, Pugni's La Esmeralda, Gounod's Walpurgisnacht, Asafyev's The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, Adam's Giselle and Le corsaire, and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet and Zolushka, as well as many Mongolian ballets including S. Gonchigsumlaa's Khoshuu Naadam, B. Damdinsuren's Lake Legend, Ts. Natsagdorj's Guyug Khaan, A. Batdelger's Geser Nomun Khaan, and Z. Khangal's Treasure Girls.
Currently more than 270 artists, staff and administrators are serving the Mongolian people with the national and world classical opera, ballet and music.