This smaller theatre offers contemporary interpretations of classical opera with a bright, provocative style in a pleasantly relaxed atmosphere. The Helikon, like the New Opera, is an extremely young company, founded only in 1990 by Dmitry Bertman, then a 23-year-old student of theatre production, who remains Artistic Director. At the start there were only seven members in a company that has now grown to over 350, and established an international reputation along the way. The theatre itself, situated in an 18th century nobleman's house, is tiny, with 250 seats crammed into the main hall and 70 in the second.
Address: 19, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa
