Mariinsky Theatre
formerly Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Leningrad State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet
also Kirov Theatre, State Academic Mariinsky Theatre
Russian Empire at the 1874 premiere of Boris Godunov; the same building was the Leningrad State Academic Theatre when the 1869 version was finally staged there in 1928, and the Kirov from 1935 to 1992.
Premieres here
- Boris Godunov (St Petersburg, 1874) — 27 January 1874 (Old Style) / 8 February 1874 (New Style)
- Boris Godunov (Original version, 1869) — 16 February 1928