Video: Highlights of grand Gala-opening in Bolshoi

After six years of meticulous renovations, the curtain at Russia's famous Bolshoi Theater has risen again on October 28, 2011. High-profile guests from all over the world have arrived in Moscow to watch the highly-anticipated gala performance at the landmark new stage live.

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[LeakyWicks]

@scrap222666 Buddy, population of russia is about 140M. $700M = $5 per capita. You telling me you can't spend that for a building that might last for centuries to come?

Here's a little perspective for you:

US bank bailout cost = $700B = 1000 x Bolshoi reno

US's cost on Iraq and Afghan wars = at least $3T = 4286 x Bolshoi reno

Amount of credit unaccounted for by the Federal Reserve = $9T = 12858 x Bolshoi reno.

Try to wrap that around your head.

[rickyseabra]

Oh people... I'm a left winger myself and you guys here are starting to sound like tea-baggers saying "the elite this and the elite that...". This is about the Performing Arts. Not the elites. It's about art subsidies and not Wall Street. It's always a joy for me to see a theater that has been renovated. But then I work with the performing arts. Recently the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro was renovated. And it is joy to behold. Was moved to tears after seeing it renewed for the first time.

[aarandir]

@zdenko1945 Tis Glinka, overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila I think.

[jewelmarkess]

@rickyseabra Well said. I am in the middle politically, but regardless - arts are important. They enhance our lives. Many people seem to think that opera and ballet are just for rich people. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are different tickets for different prices at all opera and ballet theaters. And now because of the movie broadcasts -- we have this opening shown in a movie theater about 40 minutes from where I live (in NY state) -- a lot more people can enjoy arts.

[SCULLYXL5]

YOU RUSSIANS HAVE GREAT CULTURE,ESPESIALLY IN MUSIC,AND DANCE!!!!!CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

[kocharova]

Слава Русскому Искусству и моей Великой Родине! Она, как птица Феникс, всегда будет возрождаться из пепла. Что бы не пытались сделать с ней злые силы.

[TheBolshoi97]

@zdenko1945 Yes it's Tchaikovsky ;)

[d1g1tr0n]

@scrap222666. It is better to spend for theaters than wars, Buddy :-)

[zdenko1945]

Thank you, This is what it is.

youtube.com/watch?v=_Mop6SEn58­0

[LeakyWicks]

@zdenko1945 indeed!!! it is the Festival Coronation March by Tchaikovsky.

[zdenko1945]

If you do not like Russia, leave it. Come to USA where you can be fired at the whim of your emloyer. Where college and university are paid by student, and where 1/3 of americans have no health insurance and 2/3 are obese or overweight.