Astrakhan Opera and Ballet Theatre is located in the center of Astrakhan, on the street Maksakova. The theater building was constructed in "pseudo" style, which is organically combined with the decorative elements of Art Nouveau. In its architectural form of the building in common with such famous masterpieces as the GUM, Moscow Historical Museum. In addition, in the guise of theater viewed and features of bell towers and cathedrals Astrakhan Kremlin.

Concert Hall of the Astrakhan Theatre of Opera and Ballet Theatre can accommodate up to two hundred thousand spectators, the total area of ​​the theater - fifty-two thousand square meters. The Concert Hall is famous for its unrivaled acoustics of the theater, on which consultations were held with experts from Paris "Grand Opera" and the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater.

The opening of the theater took place in 1995. During his work it has been realized many different productions, among them - operas, operettas, musicals, ballets, children's musical performances and more. Today Astrakhan Opera and Ballet Theatre is working closely with the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, the "New Opera" (Moscow) and other well-known domestic and foreign theater groups. For more than nine years, the troupe takes part in the annual International Festival of vocal art of V. and M. Maksakova Barsova, which is held in Astrakhan.