[PAR] [TLE] Anna Karenina (Carlson) [SEP] Anna Karenina is an opera in two acts by American composer David Carlson, based on the novel "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy, commissioned by Florida Grand Opera to celebrate the 2007 opening of the Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, co-commissioned by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.  The libretto is by British director Colin Graham, originally contemplated for Benjamin Britten's opera commissioned by the Bolshoi Theatre (the project was cancelled by the British after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia).  Graham was to have directed the original production; after his death only weeks before the opera's opening night, the direction was taken over by Mark Streshinsky.  The opera is in two acts with a prologue and an epilogue, lasting just over two hours. [PAR] [TLE] Bolshoi Theatre [SEP] The Bolshoi Theatre (Russian: Большо́й теа́тр , "Bol'shoy Teatr, Big Theatre"; ] ) is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds ballet and opera performances.  Before the October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire along with Maly Theatre ("Small Theatre") in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg (Hermitage Theatre, Bolshoi (Kamenny) Theatre, later Mariinsky Theatre and others).
[PAR] [TLE] Anna Karenina ( Carlson ) [ SEP ] Anna Karenina is an opera in two acts by American composer David Carlson , based on the novel " Anna Karenina " by Leo Tolstoy , commissioned by Florida Grand Opera to celebrate the 2007 opening of the Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts , co - commissioned by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis . The libretto is by British director Colin Graham , originally contemplated for Benjamin Britten 's opera commissioned by the Bolshoi Theatre ( the project was cancelled by the British after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia ) . Graham was to have directed the original production ; after his death only weeks before the opera 's opening night , the direction was taken over by Mark Streshinsky . The opera is in two acts with a prologue and an epilogue , lasting just over two hours . [PAR] [TLE] Bolshoi Theatre [ SEP ] The Bolshoi Theatre ( Russian : Большо́й теа́тр , " Bol'shoy Teatr , Big Theatre " ; ] ) is a historic theatre in Moscow , Russia , designed by architect Joseph Bové , which holds ballet and opera performances . Before the October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire along with Maly Theatre ( " Small Theatre " ) in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg ( Hermitage Theatre , Bolshoi ( Kamenny ) Theatre , later Mariinsky Theatre and others ) .
Who designed the theater that commissioned Benjamin Britten's opera?
Who designed the theater that commissioned Benjamin Britten 's opera ?
Joseph Bové
Joseph Bové