April, 11, 2014. Issue No. 273April 2 - 11 - the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra tour in Germany, Switzerland and Austria April 9 - the first large scale exhibition dedicated to the outstanding theatre designer Fyodor Fedorovsky opens at the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky ValMass media about the TheatreA sketch of the set for the opera "Boris Godunov", "Coronation". 1948The exhibition dedicated to Fyodor Fedorovsky opened at the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val. F. Fedorovsky. Four women's costumes. A sketch of costumes for the opera "Carmen" by G. Bizet. 1922. Director: A.A. Sanin, conductor: V.I. Suk. The Bolshoi Theatre. Paper, gouache, graphite pencil, bronze paint. 48.5 x 64.5/…/ Another large-scale exposition opened at the Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val. The exhibition of Golovin's works has recently opened there and now visitors can see the works of another genius of theatre decorative art. The exhibition is entitled "Legend of the Bolshoi Theatre. Fyodor Fedorovsky". Fedorovsky truly is the Bolshoi Theatre's legend, just like M. Petipa, F. Chaliapin and B. Pokrovskiy. This is his first solo exhibition, organized by the Treytakov Gallery together with the Bolshoi Theatre Museum and The A. A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum. His sets are still used for such masterpieces of the Russian opera art as "Boris Godunov" and "The Tsar's Bride". The exhibition features sketches and set models for the Moscow Zimin Private Opera (1907-1917), Diaghilev's enterprise (1913-1914) and sketches for the operas "Carmen", "Faust", "Khovanshchina", "Prince Igor", "Sadko" and "The Maid of Pskov". Genuine costumes and a model of the Bolshoi Theatre curtain, based on his sketches, also are presented. "Stars of the Commonwealth" will be awarded at the Bolshoi Theatre The "Stars of the Commonwealth" award ceremony will take place at the Bolshoi Theatre Beethoven Hall on April 17 at 5 p.m. The Intergovernmental award "Stars of the Commonwealth" was founded by the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council for Humanitarian Cooperation and the Intergovernmental Foundation for Educational, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation of the CIS on May 21 2009. The award has been given out in three nomination categories - in the area of science and education, culture and art and humanitarian activity - for achievements that comply with international standards and promote humanitarian cooperation within CIS member countries. Laureates are chosen by the Award Council which is composed of Council for Humanitarian Cooperation members and Intergovernmental Foundation for Educational, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation board members as well as outstanding workers in scientific, educational, cultural and art spheres. On March 25 the list of candidates for the Intergovernmental award "Stars of the Commonwealth" was considered at the Council's meeting, which took place at the Newsletter Bolshoi Theatre in the InternetOn the Bolshoi Theatre official pages in the social networks we published the following information: the recording of the ballet "Marco Spada" will be transmitted on April 27 2014 in 27 cities of Russia and three cities of Kazakhstan. "Marco Spada" is back at the cinemas Bel Air Media Pathé Live The Bolshoi Theatre Art-group CoolConnections Present Theatre Cinema Season 2013-2014 The Bolshoi Ballet at the cinemas: "Marco Spada" The live transmission took place on March 30th. The recording of the production will be transmitted in 27 cities of Russian and three cities of Kazakhstan on April 27th at 3 p.m. "Cinema Park" chain in the following cities: Belgorod Volgograd Vologda Yekaterinburg KaliningradKrasnodar Murmansk April, 112014Newsletter Digest has been compiled by The Bolshoi Theatre Press Office Photos: Damir Yusupov and Mikhail Logvinov Design layout: Vladimir AndrusenkoAll materials used in the digest are the public domain of information agencies, mass media, civil society organizations and government In briefMinsk and Moscow celebrated the Day of Union of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia Union State of Russia and Belarus celebrated its age of majority. It is now looking forward to new rhythms, new poetry and prosaic details of everyday life and the new and most important things to focus on /…/ The celebration started with the solemn sounds of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, performed by the Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra, which set the tone for the whole concert. The soloist of the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus Anatoly Sivko performed the aria from "The Barber of Seville", the Bolshoi Theatre's soloist Alina Yarovaya performed the waltz "The Kiss"; "The Swan" to the music by Saint-SaГ«ns was performed by the international duet of the Bolshoi's ballerina Elena Andrienko and the cellist Ivan Renansky (Belarus), who accompanied the dancer in a very sophisticated and emotional manner. The Moscow State Chamber Choir, conducted by Vladimir Minin, also performed in the concert, which was another treat for the audience; it was not the first time that the collective took part in the Russian-Belarusian celebration.Volgograd mass media: The Volgograd Music Theatre will present the imperial concert The premiere of the concert "…created by the Muse!" takes place on April 11. The program of the concert includes pieces from repertoires of the Mariinsky and the Bolshoi imperial theatres. Vocal and choreographic numbers from the world opera and ballet classical heritage are presented. The concert was initiated by Vladimir Rylov, the artistic director of the Volgograd Music Theatre, and Elena Kochetkova, the ballet master of this theatre. Spectators are to see the one-act ballet "Pas de quatre" by C. Pugni, fragments from such ballets as "Don Quixote" by Minkus, "Swan Lake" by P. Tchaikovsky and "Carnival in Venice" by Drigo, and such operas, as "A Life for the Tsar" by Glinka, "Ruslan and Lyudmila" and "Eugene Onegin" by Tchaikovsky, "L'elisir d'amore" by Donizetti, "La Traviata", "Rigoletto" and "Les vêpres siciliennes" by Verdi and many other masterpieces. Laureates of the vocal competition were announced in Lipetsk. This year the competition can almost be called international. More than 200 people applied. But the strict jury chose only 32 people, representing musical institutions and academic opera and ballet theatres of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, the UK, France, the USA, China, South Korea and Mongolia who were allowed to compete for prizes. The competition is named after a great Russian singer, the Bolshoi Theatre's soloist Nadezhda Obukhova, who spent her childhood in her grandfather's estate in the village Khvorostyanka of the Lipetsk Oblast. |
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