Opera and Ballet Theatre. Musa Jalil is located on Freedom Square in the center of Kazan. The theater building began to build in 1936. The author of the project was the Moscow architect NP Skvortsov. In 1948 the building was remodeled facades and interiors under the guidance of architect Kazan IG Gainutdinova.

Due to the outbreak of World War II construction of the building has been slow. It was built almost 20 years. The construction work used the labor of German prisoners. Construction was completed in the mid-fifties. In 1956 the building of a new theater opened opera Zhiganova "Altynchech."

Finishing the building and its interior features a modern neoclassicism acquired .  In finishing with a mix of antique decor with traditional elements of the Tatar decorative art .  The main facade adorned with eight-column portico (Corinthian) with a stylized Tatar national ornament .  Door main entrance to the theater are pedestals between the columns of the facade .  Between the columns, on the second floor is a balustrade enclosing a spacious balcony .  In the back of the balcony located on the second floor high windows .  Above the pediment of the portico is a sculpture of Muses .  On the side façade of the theater building has semicircular niches, which houses sculptures poets Alexander Pushkin and G. Tukai .  The main facade of the building faces Liberty Square .  Side facades overlooking the street . Pushkin Street . Theatre .  On the street . Theatre, is the service entrance to the building of the theater .  At the back of the theater of a fountain, surrounded by flower beds . 

In 2005 the theater building was opened after a complete renovation. The stage of the theater equipped with the most modern equipment. In the building there are large and comfortable rehearsal rooms. The auditorium has become more comfortable. His gilded ceiling decorated with a huge chandelier made by Czech masters. It is exactly the same as the previous chandelier unusable over time. The decoration of the theater building used granite, marble, Bohemian glass and decorative flooring. At its location in tiers, the audience rises in a comfortable lift.

The theater has a rich repertoire and constantly filled room. In 1988 the theater was awarded the title "Academic Theater". Each year, the theater shows abroad around 120 performances. In the theater for many years held an annual international festivals. In February - the famous opera festival named. Feodor Chaliapin, and in May - Festival of Classical Ballet. Rudolf Nureyev.

June 19, 2008 in TAHT im.M.Dzhalilya and B, was the only Russian concert of Jose Carreras "Mediterranean Passion".