Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater

Lovely place

If you are visiting out of town, I recommend checking out some beautiful Azerbaijani ballets like “1001 nights” by Fikret Amirov or “7 beauties” by Gara Garayev.

Magic Azerbaijani Classical Music as a New Reading of "One thousand and One Nights."

Miracle performance and magic music by Fikrat Amirov in a new reading of famous "One Thousand and One Nights" eastern folk tale. Great band and skillful conductor made the new reading as a dream trip ...

Needs work

This is a nice building but it is not taken care of properly. It needs some renovation. The ticket prices are good. The views from the balconies are hindered.

A Disappointment

Really lovely theatre in a beautiful historic building, but not run or looked after properly. Notwithstanding the grand title, it felt almost like some amateur venue: - people were allowed to come in ...

Excellent performances of ballet and opera

The Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater was built within 10 months in 1910-11, and oil baron Zeynalabdin Taghiyev who lost his bet with the initiator and pre-financier of the building, ...