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Vanemuine Theatre

22 Reviews

#26 of 123 things to do in Tartu

Concerts & Shows, Theaters

Vanemuise 6, Tartu 51003, Estonia

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“Delightful live venue”

Perfect sized theatre for live ballet and drama. Saw 'The Man Who Knew Snakeish' a new work in... read more

Reviewed April 25, 2018

timisaacson

Tartu, Estonia

“Excellent Les Miserables”

Vanemuine is the oldest theater in Estonia, which has three different houses - Vanemuine's Grand... read more

Reviewed February 27, 2018

Mikael F

Vantaa, Finland

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Apr 25, 2018

“Delightful live venue”

Feb 27, 2018

“Excellent Les Miserables”

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Vanemuine is Estonia's oldest theatre and the only one of its kind in the country to work in three genres in three different buildings — its grand building, its historical small building and the black box- type Harbour Theatre on the banks of the...more

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Vanemuise 6, Tartu 51003, Estonia

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timisaacson

Tartu, Estonia

212

Reviewed April 25, 2018

Delightful live venue

Perfect sized theatre for live ballet and drama. Saw 'The Man Who Knew Snakeish' a new work in Estonian (I only speak English) but loved this contemporary execution of a modern Eesti classic. & also Crossroads-Step Into the Light, which was highly entertaining exploration of...More

Date of experience: April 2018

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Mikael F

Vantaa, Finland

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Reviewed February 27, 2018

Excellent Les Miserables

Vanemuine is the oldest theater in Estonia, which has three different houses - Vanemuine's Grand building, Vanemuise's small historical building and the Harbour Theater on the shore of Emajõgi. The Grand building was completed in 1967. The theatre auditorium has 700 seats (parterre 407/balcony 283)....More

Date of experience: February 2018

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Elizabeth J

Devon, United Kingdom

226

Reviewed January 11, 2017

Vanemuine Theatre - a Cultural Paradise

This picture only shows the 'small theatre' which houses small productions but there is also a large Theatre overlooking Tartu Kaubermaja which contains a theatre for ballet, opera, and plays and a concert hall for concerts. The quality of all performances is excellent and the...More

Date of experience: December 2016

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iriiiina

Tartu, Estonia

5324

Reviewed July 4, 2016

One of the best theatres in Estonia

Vanemuine is one of the oldest and best theatres in Estonia. In my opinion, ballet productions are especially good and high quality. If you plan to visit some performance I suggest to buy a ticket in advance. NB! There are two building of Vanemuine Theatre,...More

Date of experience: November 2015

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Horváth É

Reviewed May 3, 2016

Ooperifantoom - a happy EVS volunteer's review

I was lucky enough to see the "Phantom of the Opera" - this wonderful musical of Andrew Lloyd Webber - in the presentation of Theatre Vanemuine - Tartu. I am a volunteer in Estonia, and in Narva - where I live now -, we truly...More

Date of experience: April 2016

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Derettens O

Tartu, Estonia

454270

Reviewed July 4, 2015

There are two Vanemuine Theatres on Vanemuise tn

Just as confusing as the two theatres on the same street being known as Vanemuine [the big house] (at #6 Vanemuise tn) and Vaike [the small house] Vanemuine (at #47A Vanemuise tn), the street they are located used to be called Aia. The first two...More

Date of experience: July 2015

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iivit

Tallinn, Estonia

Reviewed July 2, 2015

ooperfantoom

good orchestra and soprano voice Marina Listra is estonian artist who several years studied in egland in london actually

Date of experience: April 2015

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MarcoPoloEurope

Europe

134112

Reviewed November 9, 2014

Evita

An interesting repertoire - you can visit an authorized A.L.Webber musicals as Evita and Phantom of the Opera.

Date of experience: November 2014

2 Thank MarcoPoloEurope

Helen D

Gold Coast

11647

Reviewed August 11, 2013

Vanemiune Theatre.

This is the modern Theatre. Tartu has a history of love of theatre. I even have an 80 year old photo of students playing on those stages of the original old theatre. Nowadays there are many plays and productions to be seen there.

Date of experience: September 2012

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ailibre

Tallinn, Estonia

13897

Reviewed June 15, 2013

Tartu main theatre

The name Vanemuine means the Estonian music god or something like that.Its the main Tartu theater what has both concert hall and theater hall.There are good musicals held or concerts,so worth to visit.It has a nice cafe,Shakespeare,you can sit also outside in summer

Date of experience: January 2013

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