The Kamenny Island Theatre (Russian: Каменноостровский театр, Kamennoostrovsky teatr) is a wooden summer theatre on the grounds of the Kamennoostrovsky Palace, Kamenny Island

Kamenny Island

Kamenny Ostrov, Kamenny Island, or Stony Island is one of the islands in the Neva delta. It is part of Saint Petersburg, Russia....

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Saint Petersburg

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Russia

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Before the Theatre

Two operas of a famous Neapolitan composer Giovanni Paisiello

Giovanni Paisiello

Giovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and...

(1740 – 1816), were premiered at Kamenny Ostrov (before this theatre was built):

• Il matrimonio inaspettato (La contadina di spirito, 1779 Kamenny Ostrov)
• Il mondo della luna (1782 Kamenny Ostrov).

The 1826 Building

The theatre was built in 1826 to a design by Smaragd Shustov in 40 days. It was intended that building would be reliable for at least seven years, however 180 years later it is still in a fine condition.