The Bolshoi Theatre Encyclopaedia to Be Published in Summer 2026

The publication is timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Bolshoi Theatre, which will be celebrated in 2026.

The encyclopaedia will comprise three volumes. The first is devoted to the theatre's conductors, directors, designers, choreographers and chorus masters. The second and third volumes cover the theatre's productions and its artists.

The encyclopaedia will contain information that has not previously appeared in the public domain.

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

The Bolshoi Theatre Encyclopaedia to Be Published in Summer 2026

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s