The Grand Theatre in Warsaw, Teatr Wielki w Warszawie

The Grand Theatre in Warsaw (Polish: Teatr Wielki w Warszawie) or the Great Theatre—National Opera (Polish: Teatr Wielki—Opera Narodowa) is a theatre complex, opera company, and home of the Polish National Ballet, located on historic Theatre Square in Warsaw, Poland. The Warsaw Grand Theatre is one of the largest theatres in Europe and in the world, with a seating capacity of over 2000. The Theatre was inaugurated on 24 February 1833 with a production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. After the building’s bombing and near-complete destruction in World War II, it was rebuilt and reopened on 19 November 1965 after having been closed for over twenty years.

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Photos by Jack Devant ballet photography © with kind permission of Teatr Wielki