 RNO-Alania Opera and Ballet Theatre

The RNO-Alania Opera and Ballet Theatre (officially the National State Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania), also known as the Mariinsky Theatre Alania Branch, is a national opera and ballet theatre in Vladikavkaz, Russia.The theater was founded as the North Ossetian Music and Drama Theatre in 1958, before functioning officially as an opera and ballet from 1972.