Worth a Detour
National Opera and Ballet
A monumental 1930s theater in a park by the river, with cheap seats for ballet and opera.
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- Performances most evenings
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 3 hours
- Address
- Parizhskoy Kommuny Square 1, MinskDirections
- Getting There
- About 10 minutes on foot from Nyamiha metro station.
Why Go
Built in 1939 in a bold Constructivist style and restored in 2009, the theater stages the Russian classics of ballet and opera, often to full houses.
Nearby in Minsk
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