Theatre
Discover the world of theatre through the lives and careers of renowned actors, directors, and playwrights. From classical icons to modern trailblazers, this list showcases the most influential figures who have graced the stage, making significant contributions to the world of theatre.
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Rudolf Laban
 Great BritainDancer
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Boris Ravenskih
Soviet theatre director and teacher
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Alessandro Bonci
 ItalyItalian opera singer (lyric tenor).
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Wulf Agranov
 UkraineSoviet (Belarusian and Ukrainian) production designer
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Monica Sinclair
Great Britain British opera singer, contralto
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Alois Burgstaller
 GermanyGerman operatic tenor, holder of the honorary title of 'Kammersänger'.
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Moira Shearer
 USABritish ballerina and actress
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Wolfgang Langhoff
Germany German theatre director, actor, writer
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Albert Reiss
 FranceGerman opera singer-tenor
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Giuseppe Borgatti
Italy Italian dramatic tenor
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Adolphe Nourrit
France French opera singer, tenor.
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Sergey Gavlich
 RussiaActor of the Youth Theatre on Fontanka.
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Ruth St. Denis
USA American dancer and choreographer
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Boris Kohno
France French theatre figure, writer and librettist of Russian origin
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Anna Trebunskaya
USA Professional dancer of Russian origin, project participant
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Harold Prince
USA American theater producer and director
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Eugene Cormon
France French playwright
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Vitaly Linetskiy
Ukraine Ukrainian theater and film actor,
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Boris Balaban
Ukrainian Soviet theatre actor and director
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Ludmila Vlasova
Russia Russian Soviet ballet dancer, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater
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Erik Schmedes
 DenmarkDanish opera singer, heldentenor
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Mary Verdi-Fletcher
USA Ballerina in a wheelchair
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Farrukh Dhondy
Great Britain British writer, playwright, screenwriter and left-wing activist
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Hilde Guden
 AustriaAustrian opera singer, soprano
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Thomas Middleton
Great Britain English Jacobite dramatist
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Heinrich Knote
Germany German dramatic tenor
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Brigida Banti
Italy Italian opera singer (soprano)
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Albert Maurice Hackett
USA American playwright and screenwriter
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Jean Babilee
France Legendary French dancer and actor, choreographer
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Grechna
Ukraine Ukrainian lyric-dramatic soprano singer
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Emma Albani
 CanadaCanadian opera singer, soprano
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Sergey Mandrik
Choreographer
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Moris Maeterlinck
 BelgiumBelgian playwright
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Alice Raveau
France French opera singer, contralto
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Lily Pons
France French-American singer (coloratura soprano), actress
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Erna Berger
Germany German coloratura lyric soprano
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Lyudmila Monastyrskaya
Ukraine Opera singer, soprano; soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine
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Des McAnuff
USA American-Canadian former artistic director of Canada's Stratford Festival.
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Boris Borin-Schwartzman
Soviet theatre director
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Ben Heppner
Canada Canadian dramatic tenor
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Yuriy Vorobyev
Russia Opera singer bass, soloist of the Mariinsky Theater.
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Evgeniy Belyaev
Russia Russian lyric tenor
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Polina Kumanchenko
Ukraine Ukrainian Soviet theater and film actress
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Franz Michael Bohnen
Germany German opera singer, bass-baritone, and actor.
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Nacho Duato
 SpainDancer, choreographer
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Pierre Alechinsky
Belgium Belgian painter, graphic artist, book designer
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Yma Sumac
USA Peruvian singer, soprano
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Rise Stevens
USA American opera singer, mezzo-soprano
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Bernd Weikl
Austria Austrian baritone
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Grace Moore
Denmark American soprano opera singer and actress
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