Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater is the most important theater of Novosibirsk and Siberia. It was completed in February 1944, the first performance being held on May 12, 1945. It is the largest theater in Russia, larger than the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. Located at the very center of the Novosibirsk city, at the Lenin square, it is the symbol of the city. After its renovation in 2005, its computerized stage equipment is the most technically advanced in Russia.
