USSR commemorative Gold Coins

Series: Russian Ballet.
Dancing Ballerina (Bolshoy Theatre).

Par : 50 rubles

Release Date: 01.10.1991

Mint: Leningrad Mint (LМD).

Metal, fineness	Gold 585 / 1000
Quality	B / U
Content chemically pure metal, g	7.78
Total weight, g	13.42
Thickness, mm	2
Diameter, mm	28.6
The edge	240 corrugations.
Mintage, pcs.	2400

The opera company specializes in the classics of Russian opera such as Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, Glinka's A Life for the Tsar, and Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar's Bride, as well as the operas of Tchaikovsky. Many operas by western composers are also performed, especially works of Italian composers such as Rossini, Verdi, and Puccini. Until the mid-1990s, most foreign operas were sung in Russian, but Italian and other languages have been heard more frequently on the Bolshoi stage in recent years.

Some operas, such as Borodin's Prince Igor, include extensive ballet sequences. Many productions, especially of classic Russian opera, are given on a scale of grand spectacle, and can have dozens of costumed singers and dancers on stage for crowd or festival scenes.