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October 19th - the Bolshoi Theatre marked the 5th anniversary of the Young Singers Opera Program with the performance of "Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti" October 23rd - the ballet "A Legend of Love" on the Historic Stage. Major revival Historic Stage - rehearsal day New Stage - rehearsal day Mass media about the Theatre An exhibition, marking the jubilee of Elena Obraztsova, opened at the Memorial Estate of Fyodor Chaliapin. On October 28th the singer will be feted at the Bolshoi Theatre The joint exhibition of the Bolshoi Theatre Museum and the Russian Museum of Ethnography (Saint-Petersburg) opened in Belfast (Northern Ireland) The bicentennial of Mikhail Lermontov's birthday was celebrated in Russia The bicentennial of Mikhail Lermontov's birthday was celebrated everywhere. Celebrations took place in St. Petersburg, Pyatigorsk, Moscow and in Penza Oblast. Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, came to the museum-reserve "Tarkhany", the Lermontovs' family estate, where the future literary genius was raised. Vladimir Putin had a look around the estate complex. All buildings in "Tarkhany" as well as the dam of the Barsky pond have been renovated. The President also had a look at the two-stored manor-house, where Mikhail Lermontov spent his childhood. Almost all furniture which was in this room two hundred years ago, has been re-created. There also are the poet's personal belongings and about five hundred of his pencil sketches. Vladimir Putin visited the chapel of the vault of the Lermontov family and put flowers on the poet's grave. The Bolshoi Theatre was the center of the celebration in Moscow. The gala-concert, marking the bicentennial of Mikhail Lermontov's birthday, took place there. Viewers of the TV Channel "Culture" had a chance to see the recording of the concert on Sunday at 6.40 p.m. The opera "Masquerade" by Alexander Mosolov had been prohibited for a long time; it had not been performed for many years. The author was accused of "formalism"; at first the Soviet power prohibited him, and later he was arrested. Only "Nina's Romance" was left in the archives; at the gala the orchestra version of the romance was performed. This was the world premiere of this piece. In the 20th century the interest to Lermontov's body of work has remained very strong, as well as it does today. Eduard Artemyev, a composer and a People's Artist of Russia considers: "He is not only a poet and a great philosopher; it looks like the time to discover him has not come yet". There were paintings of modern artists in the Bolshoi Theatre foyer. Famous artists and literary historians were ready to talk about their image of this poet. A literary historian Tatiana Molchanova said "Lermontov is about dignity and respect for people; but this dignity and this respect are expressed through mocking the platitudes and wickedness of the society. This is what Lermontov is about". The set was minimalistic; there were no complex decorations in order not to distract from the main focus, the poet's words. His word is very well-known to lots and lots of people from their high school years. The poet's body of work is also well-known thanks to romances by Glinka, Rubinstein and Balakirev. The singer Julia Mazurova admits: "My life has been connected with Lermontov for a long time, since I was studying at the conservatoire. There is a lot of power and passion in Lermontov's poems". It was the first time after the October revolution that pieces by Cui and Ippolitov-Ivanov were performed. The authors of the project tried not only to surprise the audience with music rarities, but also to demonstrate how Lermontov's poetry exists in dif ferent styles and epochs. Y uri Laptev, a director and a People's Artist of Russia, explains: "We wanted to show how he influenced other artists and how his creative work inspired them. We wanted to walk this path after Lermontov and to show what the world got and how it became more diverse". Evgeny Volkov, the music director of the project, says: "This concert is our big meeting with Lermontov; we meet with our geniuses every day and we move forward together with them. They teach us". Everyone said how relevant this poet and his works were today, using Lermontov's words: he is the hero of not only his or our, but, actually, any time. The Bolshoi Theatre Museum exposition in Northern Ireland The joint exhibition of the Bolshoi Theatre Museum and the Russian Museum of Ethnography (Saint-Petersburg) opened in Belfast (Northern Ireland). The project will provide visitors with the chance to learn about the history of Russian national costume and its stage versions. The costume of a choir artist. Designed by Valery Levintal. 1980 Besides costumes for Russian operas and ballets the Bolshoi Theatre Museum will present photographs of various scenes and sketches of sets so that the visitors have a chance to imagine what the costumes look like in the context of a production. The exhibition will continue from October 16th till November 1st in the building of Crumlin Road Gaol Newsletter Bolshoi Theatre in the Internet October, 20 2014 Newsletter October, 20 2014 , 7 Vladimir Spivakov festival started in Sochi The concerts of the festival "Vladimir Spivakov Invites!" took place at the Sochi Winter Theatre on October 17th and 18th. "The National Philharmonic of Russia, conducted by Vladimir Spivakov, presented the program "All-Russian Philharmonic Seasons" to Sochi's citizens and guests". /…/ The concert "Russian geniuses" took place on October 17th; the program included famous symphonic pieces by Sergei Rachmaninof f and Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The concert "Viva Opera" took place on October 18th. The audience had a chance to enjoy arias from operas by Rossini, Bellini, Verdi, Gounod and Bizet. Philipp Kopachevsky and the Bolshoi Theatre's soloists Vasily Ladyuk (baritone) and Nikolay Didenko (bass) were the soloists. /…/ For articles published 16 October 2014 The New York Times reports that Bolshoi Principal Dancer David Hallberg and Natalia Osipova the Royal Ballet Prima will dance together in the American Ballet Theatre's spring season in performances of "La Bayadère," "Romeo and Juliet" and Alexei Ratmansky's new production of "The Sleeping Beauty." ABT guest artists will include Evgenia Obraztsova, principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi ballerina Olga Smirnova. The Evening Standard publishes a major article and interview with former Bolshoi Ballet dancer Natalia Osipova saying she is the dancer everyone wants to see and is probably the most exciting dancer in the world today. The article says Osipova left the Bolshoi about which it says "In Russia especially, the Bolshoi is virtually a divine institution". The Evening Standard publishes an article entitled: The 1000 - London's most influential people 2014: The Arts which includes Natalia Osipova. "Natalia Osipova Royal Ballet, principal dancer. When the ex-Bolshoi dancer left Russia she could have gone anywhere she wanted, but she chose London." Ouest France reports that Normandy will continue to support Les Arts Florissants in 2015. Also the show "Rameau dancing master" produced by Theatre de Caen is about to go on tour in Luxembourg, Moscow, Dijon, London and Paris, in November. "Rameau dancing master" is scheduled to be performed at the Bolshoi on 6 and 7 November. |
