The founder of the Taganka Theatre was taken to the Botkin Hospital in Moscow on Thursday night; he was in the critical condition. Georgi Golukhov, the head of the Moscow City Health Department, told "Interfax" that "the best specialists in dif ferent spheres" examined the director to elaborate the scheme of treatment. "Interfax" was also told by the medical source that, contrary to what many mass media sources had announced last week, Lyubimov had not suffered from the cardiac failure. The source added: "His condition was associated with his age; the director was 97 years old and had undergone various illnesses. The consequences of those illnesses had certain implications for his health condition". Y uri L yubimov was born on September 30th 1917. He founded Taganka Theatre in 1964 and was its head for 20 years, until he was deprived of USSR citizenship in 1984. In 1989 Lyubimov became Taganka Theatre's director again. In June 2011, during guest performances in Czech Republic, Lyubimov and the theatre's company argued. The actors demanded Lyubimov pay them their fees for the guest performances. He gave them the money, said he did not want to work with them any longer and gave his notice to terminate. Lyubimov left the theatre on July 15th 2011. Later he started working with other theatres. The opera "Prince Igor", staged by Y. L yubimov, premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in June 2013.

On May 20 2014 the premiere of the opera-buf f "The School for Wives", based on the comedy by Moliere, premiered at the Novaya Opera. Vladimir Fleischer, the T aganka Theatre director, announced on Sunday that the theatre, which is presenting its guest performances in Crimea at the moment, was planning to organize special events to pay tribute to the memory of Yuri Lyubimov. Mr. Fleischer added: "We still cannot get over this sad news; however, in the near future we will organize an exhibition or some other event in memory of Yuri P. Lyubimov at our theatre". Y uri Lyubimov at the dress rehearsal of the opera "Prince Igor" at the Bolshoi Theatre. Photo: ITAR-T ASS, Alexandra Mudrats Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, has already expressed his condolences to L yubimov's relatives. Dmitry Peskov, the Press Attaché for the President of Russian Federation, said: "The head of the state considers that numerous brilliant Russian actors that are Yuri Lyubimov's students will continue to promote his talent in the future". The last respects to Yuri Lyubimov will be paid on Wednesday at the V akhtangov Theatre in Moscow. The director will be buried in the Donskoy Cemetery. The best productions of Yuri Lyubimov In memory of the great director On Sunday the great theatre director Yuri Lyubimov passed away. Buro 24/7 remembers productions, staged by the founder of the Taganka Theatre, which went down in the history of the theatre art. "Prince Igor" Y uri P. Lyubimov, the acknowledged reformer of the Russian theatre, was born in 1917. Hard as it may be to believe, but the founder of the Taganka Theatre started his theatre career before the Second World War: in 1935 Lyubimov played his first part in

the student production at the 2 Moscow Art Theatre Studio. He became a director in 1959, when he staged the play "Does a Man Need Much" by A. Galich at the Vakhtangov Theatre. The director devoted more than half a century to the theatre, so it is almost impossible to choose his "best" productions. /…/ "Prince Igor", 2014 In July of 201 1 Yuri Lyubimov left his native theatre. The director explained that this happened due to his conflict with the Department of Culture and the theatre's company. However, the creative career of the 94-year old luminary did not finish at that point. In 2012 the premiere of the new production "Demons" took place at the V akhtagov Theatre, where Lyubimov started his career as a director. In 2013 the Bolshoi Theatre opened its doors for the director, who staged there the opera "Prince Igor". This version of the famous opera by Borodin was called "L yubimov's Prince Igor"; it was extremely unique, laconic and elegant. The tickets were sold out long before the premiere. The production "The School for Wives" at the

Novaya Opera, which premiered on May 20 2014, was Yuri Lyubimov's last project.

The great director passed away on October 5 2014. "Prince Igor" A concert, marking the anniversary of N. Rimsky-Korsakov, took place at the Bolshoi Theatre

A concert marking the 170 anniversary of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, took place at the Bolshoi Theatre Beethoven Hall. The program included various romances. The concert starred all participants of the Young Artists Opera Program, and other October, 7 2014 Newsletter

singers. The author of this concert, a composer and a pianist Alexander Pokidchenko, came up with a program that could be called the anthology of romances in Rimsky-Korsakov's body of work. It is not a secret that many romances were written when the composer worked on his operas and sometimes were sort of sketches of those operas. For example, the program of the concert included the Jewish Song, which was composed as the work on the first opera "The Maid of Pskov" was in full swing, and two sets of romances, composed at the time when the opera "The Snow Maiden" became a huge success. Rimsky-Korsakov himself called his best romances "music sketches for "The Tsar's Bride". Those romances were included in the program of the concert as well. The audience also heard some works that are not very famous; for example, the first romances "in imitation of Balakirev", composed by Rimsky-Korsakov at the age of 20. The concert starred the participants of the Bolshoi Theatre Young Artists Opera Program and the Bolshoi Opera Company soloist Yulia Mazurova. Valeria Prokofieva and Elizaveta Malashenko played the piano. The Bolshoi art atelier won the National Fashion Award "Golden Spindle" for costumes for the ballet "Ivan the Terrible" The XII ceremony of presentation of the National Fashion Award "Golden Spindle"

took place in Saint Petersburg on October 5. The Bolshoi art atelier won the "Art of the Theatre Costume" award for costumes for the ballet "Ivan the Terrible". Costumes for the ballet "Ivan the Terrible", designed by Simon Virsaladaze, the Bolshoi Theatre Bolshoi Theatre in the Internet The costumes and settings were created by famous theatre artist Simon Virsaladze in 1975. The settings have been lost and remade for the new edition with sketches. But the costumes stayed safe and have been restored by The Bolshoi art ateliers. All the costumes for "Ivan the Terrible" are hand-made. Many of them have been created in the process of dance rehearsals: Virsaladze added details, cut the waste, while actors were repeating movements. That way the artist could immediately see how these costumes would look on the stage. Sincere congratulations to The Bolshoi art atelier for winning such an honorable award! 1975; Natalia Bessmertnova was the first to perform the part of the Princess Anastasia in the ballet "Ivan the Terrible", the Bolshoi Theatre The ballet "Ivan the Terrible", the Bolshoi Theatre

For articles published 3-5 October 2014 International newswires Associated Press, Agence France Presse, DPA, ATS, Russia Today and many others as well as The Guardian newspaper and many other editions report about the death of Russian theatre director Yuri Lyubimov, who died October, 7 2014 Newsletter October, 7 2014 Sunday aged 97, who dominated Russian theatre for half a century. Most of the reports mention that he also created a new production of Borodin's opera Prince Igor at the Bolshoi Theatre that opened last year. The Guardian (London) mentions that one of Lyubimov's final productions was an acclaimed production of Borodin's opera Prince Igor at the Bolshoi Theatre in 2013. Many editions continue to report about World Ballet Day that streamed 20 Hours of Nonstop Ballet - from the Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, The Australian Ballet and the San Francisco Ballet. These include Broadway World, The Toronto Star (Canada) that says the broadcasts were a success with a third of a million viewers. Dancelines and The Australian newspaper also reports on the event. The New York Times reviews the new ballet Pictures at an Exhibition choreographed by former Bolshoi Ballet director Alexei Ratmansky for the New York City Ballet saying it is a "fresh, complex, many-chambered new ballet, "Pictures at an Exhibition," to music by Mussorgsky; the result is intensely theatrical. New York City Ballet performed the world premiere of Mr. Ratmansky's "Pictures" The music propelled, underpinned and gave atmosphere to the ballet. At first viewing, everything about Mr. Ratmansky's conception proved unexpected". The Guardian reports about the Belfast International Arts Festival highlighting the exhibition From Bolshoi to Belfast: the Theatre of Costume. The Hong Kong Economic Times publishes an article in Chinese about the Bolshoi Theatre's 239 season. , 7 In brief Krasnoyarsk mass media: Krasnoyarsk will become an international ballet center The Third International Forum "21st-Century Ballet" opened in the Krasnoyarsk State Theatre of Opera and Ballet. The program of the forum includes events of an international scale; most importantly, the international ballet competition "Siberia Grand Prix " will be organized during the forum. /…/ More than 50 participants from various countries came to Krasnoyarsk to take part in the event. Russia will be represented by dancers from the Bolshoi Theatre, the Mariinsky Theatre and the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre. Yuri Grigorovich, the People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the Lenin prize and State prizes and an academician will be the head of the jury. The forum opened with a great premiere. The author's version of the ballet "Swan Lake" to the music by P. T chaikovsky was staged for the first time in the past 130 years. The new version is dif ferent from those versions we are all used to. /…/ V arious concerts, screenings and exhibitions will take place during the forum as well. For example, there will be the exhibition "The Stage History of the Ballet "Swan Lake" before the Revolution". This exhibition will be presented by the A.A.Bakhrushin State Central Museum. The exhibits will include playbills with members of the cast and photos from the engraving of the world premiere of the ballet, which took place on February 20 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre. On October 7 laureates of the 1 All- Russian competition of ballet dancers and choreographers in the category "Choreography" present a gala-concert at the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. The audience has a chance to see future ballet stars perform. The closing

ceremony of the forum will take place on October 9.