Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre: history, repertoire, troupe

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Musical theater them. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko every year pleases its audience with at least one premiere. The repertoire includes both classics and works that are in tune with our time. It was in this theatre, for the first time in Russia, that performances such as The Gentle One by J. Tavener, Rashomon. Variations”, “W altz” by Frederic Ashton and so on.

History of the theater

Musical theater them. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko one of the leading in Russia. Many of his productions are included in the golden fund. The names of many soloists who once served here and work now are known both in Russia and around the world. The theater was formed from two. One was led by K. S. Stanislavsky, the other - by V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. Both of these outstanding stage art reformers wanted to create something of their own, new, they were not satisfied with what the performances were then. They believed that the production should be lively and meaningful, and not resemble a concert.in suits. These two great men have united. The musical theater was named after K. S. Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. It has always been more lively and democratic than the imperial ones. For this, the public always loved him very much. Outstanding directors worked here. The theater of Nemirovich-Danchenko and K. S. Stanislavsky in 2006 was subjected to a grandiose reconstruction, now it is one of the most technically equipped.

Repertoire

The Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater offers the following operas to the audience:

• "Love Potion".
• The Barber of Seville.
• "Longing".
• "Aida".
• "Tales of Hoffmann".
• "Aladdin's Magic Lamp".
• Medea.
• Tannhäuser.
• Don Juan.
• Khovanshchina.
• "Carmen".
• "Demon".
• "Short".
• "That's what all women do."
• "La Traviata".
• "La Boheme".
• "Madama Butterfly".

The Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater offers its audience the following ballets:

• "Insomnia".
• "Sylph".
• Wings of Wax.
• "Tatiana".
• Giselle.
• "Manon".
• "Snow Maiden".
• Cinderella.
• "La Bayadère".
• Esmeralda.
• Coppelia.
• "Rashomon. Variations.”
• Don Quixote.
• "The Nutcracker".
• Mayerling and others.

Troup

The Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater has ballets and operas in its repertoire, so there is a very large troupe here. In addition to opera and ballet artists, there are also orchestra members, choristers, and mimans.

Theater Vocalists:

• Ksenia Dudnikova.
• Evgeny Lieberman.
• Anatoly Loshak.
• Liparit Avetisyan.
• Leonid Ekimov.
• Valery Mikitsky.
• Katarzyna Mackiewicz.
• Sergey Balashov.
• Khibla Gerzmava.
• Daria Davydova.
• Maxim Mironov.
• Roman Ulybin.
• Evgenia Afanasyeva.
• Vyacheslav Voinarovsky.
• Karina Flores.
• Larisa Kurdyumova.
• Alexander Nesterenko.
• Natalya Muradymova.
• Thomas Baum.
• Svetlana Sumacheva.
• Alexander Baskin.
• Vyacheslav Marutaev.

Ballet dancers:

• Alexey Lyubimov.
• Stanislav Bukharaev.
• Natalya Somova.
• Diana Vishneva.
• Ksenia Ryzhkova.
• Oksana Kardash.
• Ksenia Shevtsova.
• Valery Mukhanova.
• Maria Borodinets.
• Olga Sizykh.
• Sergey Polunin.
• Sergey Manuilov.
• Nikita Kirillov.
• Anna Perkovskaya.
• Polina Zayarnaya.
• Leonid Blinkov.
• Maria Mysheva.
• Kirill Safin.
• Roman Polkovnikov.
• Denis Perkovsky and others.

Artistic Directors

The Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater is not only a wonderful troupe, but also competent leaders. These people are responsible for the work of artists.

Alexander Titel is the artistic director of the opera company. Since 1980 he has served in the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre. There he was the chief director. In the theater named after K. S. Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko, he has been the chief director and artistic director of the opera troupe since 1991. He owns such productions as Betrothal in a Monastery by Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev, The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini, The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach, The Bat by Johann Strauss and others. Also A. Titel is a professor at GITIS, teaches at the Faculty of Musical Theater.

Igor Zelensky is the artistic director of the ballet troupe. He graduated from the choreographic school in Tbilisi. After that he served at the Mariinsky Theater, was the prime minister. Since 1990, he has performed leading roles in the ballets of the Berlin Deutsche Oper. Since 1992, Igor has been the premier of the City Ballet in New York. Since 1997 he has been a soloist at London's Covent Garden. After that he worked in La Scala, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, etc. Since 2006 he has served as artistic director of the ballet at the Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater.