page_title: Iași National Theatre
section_title: Building
hierarchical_section_title: Iași National Theatre / Building
caption_attribution_description: Iaşi National Theatre This is a photo of a historic monument in județul Iași, classified with number IS-II-a-A-03735
context_page_description: The Iași National Theatre in Iași, Romania, is the oldest national theatre and one of the most prestigious theatrical institutions in Romania. In 1956, it was given the name of the renowned Romanian playwright and poet Vasile Alecsandri.
context_section_description: On the night of 17/18 February 1888, the theatre building was destroyed by the fire.
  The efforts to build the new theatre edifice culminated in 1894 when a contract was signed with the Viennese architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer, who designed several theatres and palaces across Europe, including the theatres in: Cluj-Napoca, Oradea, Timișoara and Chernivtsi (Romanian: Cernăuți). 
  For the building work, a contract was signed with a Bucharest company, and the power station was built by a company from Berlin. The Theatre’s power station also supplied with electricity the 12 electric-arc lamps lighting the Theatre Square, marking the beginning of electrification in the city of Iași. The works to building took two years, and on 1 and 2 December 1896, the inauguration festivities took place with Flechtenmacher's National Overture, the vaudevilles Muza de la Burdujeni (The Muse from Burdujeni) by Costache Negruzzi and Cinel-cinel (The Riddle) by Vasile Alecsandri, as well as the verse comedy Poetul romantic (The Romantic Poet) by Matei Millo.
  Nowadays, the building also hosts the Iași Romanian National Opera.
  The Iași National Theatre building is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments.
caption: The main auditorium
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