Tours of the Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater

From 17 to 21 November 2010, was held the tour of the Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater


November 17, 18, P. Tchaikovsky, "The Swan Lake", 19:00
Odette-Odile - Laureate of the Youth "Triumph" Award Elena KABANOVA and Honored Artist of Russia Margarita RUDINA.
Prince Siegfried - Victor MEKHANOSHIN and Honored Artist of Russia Alexei NASADOVICH.

November 20, 21, A. Adan, "Giselle", 19:00
Giselle - Honored Artist of Bashkortostan Aliya MURATOVA and Elena KABANOVA.
Albert - Nikita MOSKALETS and Victor MEKHANOSHIN.


Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater is one of the oldest opera houses in Russia, the bearer of the traditions of Russian and world musical culture. In 2012, the theater will celebrate its most significant anniversary in history – 100 years from its foundation.
The repertoire of the theater invariably contains masterpieces of world opera and ballet classics and works by contemporary composers: W.A. Mozart, R. Wagner, J. Verdi, J. Puccini, J. Rossini, P. Tchaikovsky, A. Borodin, N. Rimsky- Korsakov, M. Mussorgsky, S. Prokofiev, D. Shostakovich, R. Shchedrin, A. Petrov, and others.
The Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater has gained fame as one of the best in Russia, primarily thanks to the constant presence of talented musicians and performers in the troupe. In Yekaterinburg, the singers S. Lemeshev, I. Kozlovsky, the Pirogov brothers began their creative career. At all times outstanding masters worked here: soloists of the opera I. Arkhipov, B. Shtokolov, Y. Guliaev, E. Altukhova, V. Ognovenko, G. Gorchakova, E. Voznesenskaya, conductors K. Tikhonov (one of the founders of "Helikon-Opera") And E. Kolobov (the founder of the "New Opera"), director A. Titel (the main director and artistic director of the opera of the Moscow Musical Theater named after Konstantin Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko) and many others...
To support these traditions in modern society, the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater allows the creation and display of new performances of high artistic quality. In recent years, the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater has proved that it can set itself a wide variety of creative tasks and achieve a qualitative result. The last theatrical premieres are "Snow Maiden" by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, "Traviata" by G. Verdi, "Corsair" by A. Adan, "Tosca" by J. Puccini, folk musical drama "Khovanshchina" by M. Mussorgsky, "Madame Butterfly" by J.Puccini, "Stone flower" by S.Prokofiev, "The Queen of Spades" by P. Tchaikovsky, "Giselle" by A. Adan, "Wedding of Figaro" by W.A. Mozart, "Love and Death" by P. Bulbyl oglu, "The Tsar's Bride" by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, "Hansel and Gretel" by E. Humperdink, "La Boheme" by G. Puccini, "Swan Lake" by P. Tchaikovsky, "Don Juan" by W.A. Mozart.
The tour performances of the theater team have always been and will serve as verification of the troupe's professionalism, an opportunity to demonstrate creative achievements and successes. Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater conducts tours at the leading theatrical stages and cooperates only with well-known world agencies.
Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theater today is an opera and ballet troupe, capable for solving a wide variety of creative tasks.
Ekaterinburg Ballet has an extensive repertoire, today one of the richest and most diverse collections of ballet classics, especially in comparison with other non-capital Russian theaters. Among the productions of recent years, the "Corsair" by A. Adan (choreographer - Jean-Guillaume Bar, France), "Stone Flower" by S. Prokofiev (choreographer - People's Artist of Russia Andrei Petrov, Moscow), “Giselle” by A. Adan (choreographer - People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the State Prize of the USSR Lyudmila Semenyaka), "Love and Death" by P. Bulbyl oglu (choreographer - Honored Artist of Russia Nadezhda Malygina), "Swan Lake" by P. Tchaikovsky (choreographer - People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the State Prize of the USSR Lyudmila Semenyaka).
Since the mid-80s, the ballet company regularly performs foreign tours to such countries as France, Norway, Denmark, Japan, India, Mexico, Chile, Korea, Australia, and Italy.


The joint project is the ballet troupe of the Yekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater and the Symphony Orchestra of the SABT named after A.Navoi.

November 23, 2010

23 ноября 2010