immediately repaired. The Bolshoi has been the site of many historic premieres including Tchaikovsky 's The Voyevoda and Mazeppa , and Rachmaninoff 's Aleko and Francesca da Rimini . Feodor Chaliapin , Leonid Sobinov , Antonina Nezhdanova , Ksenia Derzhinskaia and other outstanding opera singers have performed at the Bolshoi. [ edit ]