Tallinn: Rahvusooper Estonia

Country: Estonia (Eesti)
City: Tallinn (Reval, Revel)
Location: Estonia pst. 4

Theatre and concert hall complex, built 1913 by Armas Eliel Lindgren and Wiwi Lönn. Opened 1913 with Shakespeare's "Hamlet". The first opera performed in the new house was Humperdinck's "Hänsel und Gretel" (1913), the first ballet was Delibes's "Coppélia" (1922). Destroyed by bombs on 9 March 1944. 1947 rebuilt by Alar Kotli and Edgar Johan Kuusik. From 1997 major exterior and interior renovations. The Concert Hall is home to the Estonian Symphony Orchestra. Theatre Hall: 695 seats, Concert Hall: 700 seats.

Links: www.opera.ee, Wikipedia

Tallinn: Rahvusooper Estonia Front Text: "Revel, Estonsky teatr 'Estoniya" - Tallinn, Eesti teater 'Estonia' - Reval, Estnisches Theater 'Estonia'"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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Tallinn: Rahvusooper Estonia Picture: Santa Claus with a christmas tree and children dancing around a snowman in front of the opera house
Front Text: "Jôulu ônnesoow Tallinnast!" [Merry Christmas from Tallinn!]
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: within the Russian Empire, 1914

Tallinn: Rahvusooper Estonia Picture: Concert Hall, view to the stage and organ
Publisher: Estonia Parikas'te fotogt., Tallinnas 1913
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
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Tallinn: Rahvusooper Estonia Reverse Text: "Tallinn. Gosudarstvenny akademichesky teatr opery i baleta Estoniya"
Publisher: USSR Ministery; 1955
Type: postal card with printed stamp
Size: Modern
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Tallinn: Rahvusooper Estonia Reverse Text: "Tallinn. Vaade RAT 'Esstonia'le'; Gor. Tallinn. Ved na Gos. Ak. teatr 'Estoniya'"
Publisher: Izd. Sojuzpechat; 1961
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Tallinn to Praha (Czechoslovakia), 1961

Tallinn: Rahvusooper Estonia Reverse Text: "Tallinn. RAT 'Estonia'. Tallin, GAT 'Estonia', State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre 'Estonia', Das Staatliche Akademische Theater 'Estonia', Estonia-teatern"
Publisher: Eesti Raamat, Tallinn; 1972
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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Tallinn: Rahvusooper Estonia Reverse Text: "SAT 'Estonia' - State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre 'Estonia' - Das Staatliche Akademische Opern-und Ballettheater 'Estonia'"
Publisher: Eesti Raamat, 1980; 80205-308 M 901(16)-80 406-80
Size: Modern
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Tallinn: Rahvusooper Estonia Reverse Text: "Tallinn. Riiklik Akadeemiline Ooperija Balletiteater Estonia"
Publisher: USSR Ministry
Type: postal card with printed stamp
Size: Modern
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Tallinn: Rahvusooper Estonia Reverse Text: "Tallinn. Reval. Tallinna. Tallinn. Rahvusooper 'Estonia'. Estonian National Opera. Die Volksoper 'Estonia'. KAnsallisooppera 'Estonia'. Natsionalnaya opera 'Estoniya'"
Publisher: Odamees OÜ
Size: Modern
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Tallinn: Rahvusooper Estonia Front Text: "Estonia Maja 1913-2013"
Publisher: Eesti Post; 2013-17
Type: First Day Cover (6 Sep 2013)
Size: 16.2 x 11.4 cm
Sent: from Tallinn to Riga (Latvia), 2013

Tallinn: Rahvusooper Estonia Picture: foreground: Rahvusooper Estonia
Front Text: "Tallinn"
Reverse Text: "Aleksander Nevski katedraal, Niguliste kirik ja Toomkirik. The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, St. Nicholas' Church and Dome Church. Alexander Nevski Kathedrale, St. Nikolauskirche und Domkirche. Sobor Aleksandra Nevskovo, Tserkov sv. Nikolaya i Domskaya tserkov"
Publisher: Felistella; P 52
Size: Modern
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Tallinn: Rahvusooper Estonia Front Text: "Tallinn"
Reverse Text: "Tallinn. Natsionalnaya opera 'Estoniya'. Tallinn. Estonian National Opera."
Publisher: EJ Studio Eugene July, 2021
Size: Modern
Not sent.

For another postcard of this theatre, see Valga: Teatr Säde.

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