The Bolshoi Theatre will present a lot of ballet and opera premieres in the coming 239 season The Bolshoi's music director Tugan Sokhiev will make his debut with the concert version of "The Maid of Orleans", which will be presented on September 26 and 28 International mass media write about the coming World Ballet Day - October 1 Facebook: The Bolshoi Theatre praises Glinka

September 20 and 21 - debuts in "Swan Lake""

Xenia Zhiganshina - Neapolitan Bride (September 20, noon)

Angelina Karpova - Spanish Bride (September 20, 7 p.m.)

Nikita Elikarov (September 20, noon),

Vitaly Biktimirov (September 21) - Tutor Historic Stage - rehearsal day New Stage - rehearsal day Mass media about the Theatre The Bolshoi's music director Tugan Sokhiev will make his debut with the concert version of "The Maid of Orleans", which will be presented on September 26 and 28. A photo from a rehearsal. Photo: Damir Yusupov On October 1 a unique internet broadcast will be organized; five leading ballet companies of the world will show their audiences what is going on behind the scenes and in the rehearsal rooms .youtube.com/watch?v=jwiS8NrlZEs Newsletter

"The Maid of Orleans" was first staged at the Bolshoi Theatre in April of 1990. The production was created by the director Boris Pokrovsky, the composer Alexander Lazarev and the set designer Valery Levental; it was a significant event. 25 years later the Bolshoi Theatre has decided to present this opera again, as it

prepares to celebrate the 175 anniversary of P. T chaikovsky. Photo courtesy: Bolshoi Theatre According to Tugan Sokhiev, when he made his choice, he based it on the fact that this is P. Tchaikovsky, the composer that has always been associated with the Bolshoi's creative career. Besides, this piece will allow the theatre to demonstrate its capacities and creative aspirations. The concert version of the opera "The Maid of Orleans" will star the Bolshoi Theatre's soloists, the Young Artists Opera Program's participants and guest soloists. Mr. Medinsky awarded cultural luminaries and people of art Honored guests received letters of recognition and letters of acknowledgement from the President of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Culture; they also will be awarded by Orders of Honor, Orders of Friendship and Medals of the Order of Merit for the Motherland. Vladimir Medinsky, the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, awarded cultural luminaries on Friday; there was Anatoly Iksanov, the former General Director of the Bolshoi Theatre, Vladimir Naumov, the filmmaker and Andrei Merkuriev, the Bolshoi Theatre's soloist. According to the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the honored guests received letters of recognition and letters of acknowledgement from the President of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Culture; they also will be awarded by Orders of Honor, Orders of Friendship and Medals of the Order of Merit for the Motherland.
They also were awarded various titles: People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Honored Man of Art of the Russian Federation and Honored Cultural Worker of the Russian Federation. /…/ The Bolshoi Theatre praises Glinka

The exhibition, marking the 210 anniversary of Mikhail I. Glinka, the pioneer of the Russian national opera, opened at the Bolshoi Theatre Choral Hall (Historic building). V isitors will have a chance to see unique exhibits: photographs of singers and scenes from productions, copies of set design sketches, costumes, the director's copy of the score of "A Life for the Tsar" with the composer's notes and the clavier of this opera that the great Fyodor Chaliapin used to learn the part of Ivan Susanin. Mikhail I. Glinka at the time when he was working on the opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila". I.Y. Repin. 1887 In order to get into this exhibition, one should buy a ticket for an excursion around the Bolshoi Theatre. All information about the cost of the tickets and the place where to buy them is available on the Bolshoi's web-site:

On the Bolshoi official pages in the social networks we published video announcement of the upcoming on-line broadcast, which will take place on

October 1, the International Ballet Day! .youtube.com/watch?v=jwiS8NrlZEs Five leading ballet companies will cooperate to bring one day in the life of the world of

ballet to audiences around the globe. On Wednesday, October 1, the live internet- broadcast will enable ballet lovers to see what happens behind the scenes and in rehearsal rooms of five famous theatres. The Australian Ballet (Melbourne), the Bolshoi Ballet, the Royal Ballet (London), the National Ballet of Canada (Toronto) and the San Francisco Ballet will participate in the project.

For articles published 18 September 2014 The Toldeo Blade (USA) publishes a short article about the upcoming World Ballet Day on YouT ube that will stream live behind the scenes and rehearsal videos live from the Australian Ballet, the Bolshoi Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, London's Royal Ballet, and the San Francisco Ballet. The Sri Lanka Daily News publishes an article about Oxana Karnovich a teacher of the Ballet teacher of Moscow State Academy of Choreography and author of the Encyclopedia of the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet. She is currently in Sri Lanka at the request of the Russian Cultural Center for their annual ballet examinations. La Depeche publishes a large article about the new season of the Symphony Orchestra of the Capitol of Toulouse which will open with a concert of two famous scores by Tchaikovsky and Dvorak conducted by Tugan Sokhiev who is also the music director of the Bolshoi Theatre. Bolshoi Theatre in the Internet September, 22 2014 Newsletter

September, 22 2014 , 7 Balletnews.co.uk publishes an article about World Ballet Day including information about the Bolshoi Ballet and writing that the "Bolshoi Ballet is a magic word for many ballet lovers all around the world. It is the largest company in the world consisting of 220 dancers, most of who have graduated from the Moscow Academy of Classic Ballet - one of the oldest and most prominent ballet schools in Russia. The Bolshoi is renowned for its unique style which combines true virtuosity with incredible stage presence. " There is also information about the 239 Bolshoi Theatre season. Y ekaterinburg mass media: The Bolshoi's prima ballerina performed at the "Dance-platform" The gala-concert of the third choreographic workshop "Dance-platform" took place

at the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre on September 21. Yekaterinburg dance lovers were the first to see new oeuvres of young ballet masters. The beginner choreographers, chosen by the respected international jury, presented exclusive numbers that had been created specially for the artists of the Y ekaterinburg ballet company. The works of the young choreographers were presented in the first part of the gala; in the second part of the concert the audience was presented with the one-act ballet "V acancy", created by Konstantin Keichel, a talented choreographer from St. Petersburg and a graduate of the first "Dance-platform". In the third part of the gala guest stars, including the Bolshoi's prima ballerina Ekaterina Krysanova and the English National Ballet soloist Anton Lukovkin, performed pieces of modern choreography.
In brief Sergei Lavrov congratulated the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on its 80 anniversary

On September 18 the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the

Russian Federation celebrated its 80 anniversary. The celebration, marking the birthday of this unique scientific and educational center, took place at the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre. Sergei Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, congratulated the staf f, the students and the graduates of the Academy. Buryatia mass media: T wo concerts of the festival "Vladimir Spivakov invites…" will take place in Ulan-Ude on September 25 and 26 The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, conducted by Vladimir Spivakov,

will open the 77 concert season at the Buryatia State Philharmonic Hall.

On September 25 V asily Ladyuk (baritone), the leading soloist of the Novaya Opera and the permanent guest soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre, and Pavel Chervinsky (bass), the guest soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre, will take part in the festival "Vladimir Spivakov invites…"