Musical Theater (Krasnoyarsk): repertoire, troupe, about the play "Casanova"

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The Theater of Musical Comedy (Krasnoyarsk) has existed since the middle of the 20th century. The repertoire consists of classical operettas, performances to the music of Soviet composers, vaudeville, modern musicals, and so on. The theater employs wonderful vocalists, ballet, orchestra, choir.

History of the theater

The Musical Theater (Krasnoyarsk) was opened in February 1959. The first performance of the troupe was the operetta to the music of Isaak Dunayevsky "Free Wind". Actors who graduated from the Moscow, Lvov, Odessa and Kharkov conservatories were invited to the troupe. Pretty soon the theater became loved by the audience. Over the years of its existence, the Krasnoyarsk Musical Committee has staged more than 200 performances on its stage. These are ballets, musicals, comic operas, musical comedies, vaudevilles and operettas. The theater is famous throughout the country, its performances have repeatedly won festivals and competitions.

The Musical Theater (Krasnoyarsk) celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2009.

Repertoire

HisThe city of Krasnoyarsk is proud of the music committee. The musical theater offers its audience a repertoire for every taste. Here you can see the following performances:

• The Merry Widow.
• "Trouble from a tender heart."
• The Canterville Ghost.
• "In war as in war".
• "Emelino happiness".
• "Beautiful Galatea".
• "Bat".
• "Fiddler on the Roof".
• Star Rain.
• "A fairy tale for children about the Wolf and the goats".
• "Nameless Star".
• "Love is always right."
• Teremok.
• "Two Stories of the Wedding Night"
• "Juno" and Avos".
• Casanova.
• "Ordinary Miracle".
• Zoyka's apartment.
• "Dog in the Manger".
• "Blue Cameo".
• "Little Red Riding Hood. It was completely different.”
• "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
• "Cabaret Beauty".
• "Emelino happiness".
• “Marlene. My 20th century.”
• "Hello, I'm your aunt!".
• "The Snow Queen".
• White Acacia.
• "Flying ship".
• "The Adventures of Cipollino".
• "Incognito from Petersburg".
• "The Sleeping Beauty, or the Witch Morton's Curse".
• "Gadfly".
• "Tsarevich".
• "The Tale of Cinderella, the Prince and the Good Fairy".
• "The night before Christmas".
• "A servant of two masters, or the Tricks of Truffaldino."
• "A guide for those who want to get married."
• "We're just different."
• "Where there is no war."
• "Nutcracker,or The Secret of the Krakatuk Nut.”
• Golden Chicken.

Troup

The Theater of Musical Comedy (Krasnoyarsk) is four creative workshops of artists: vocalists, ballet, choir and orchestra.

Vocal workshop represents 38 actors. Twelve of them have the honorary title of Honored Artist of Russia. They are: Yuvenaly Efimov, Galina Kichka, Valentina Litvina, Alexander Alexandrov, Svetlana Kolyanova, Mikhail Mikhailov, Irina Boyko, Vladimir Rodin, Svetlana Kolevatova, Vladislav Pitalsky, Alexander Litvinov and Viktor Savchenkov. Also, fourteen ballet dancers serve in the theater troupe.

Casanova

The performance "Casanova" was staged by the Musical Comedy Theater (Krasnoyarsk) in 2013. This is a new musical by the famous composer and producer Kim Breitburg. The performance of "Casanova" became a bright event in the life of the theater. The performance was a great success with the audience. The world-famous lover of Casanova will win the hearts of all spectators with his songs about love, and he will tell men the secrets of his success with the weaker sex. Everything is here: love, betrayal, spectacular fights, meetings, intrigues, partings, secrets, chases. The plot of the musical is original. The world has never seen a Casanova like this. In the play, he appears as a handsome young thirty-year-old, but a joker, a great romantic and a mysterious heartthrob.

As mentioned above, the music for the production was written by Kim Breitburg. He is known to a wide audience as a producer of the television projects "The Secret of Success" and "People'sartist”, and he is also the author of more than six hundred famous pop songs that are included in the repertoire of such artists as Lyudmila Gurchenko, Larisa Dolina, Alexei Chumakov and many others.

Besides this, he wrote the musical "The Blue Cameo", the rock opera "The Tale of Igor's Campaign", the suite "Once Upon a Tomorrow" and so on.

The libretto for the musical "Casanova" was written by Evgeny Muravyov. This poet wrote lyrics for songs for famous Russian TV series, such as: “Doomed to become a star”, “Silver Lily of the Valley”, “Return of Mukhtar” and others. Songs based on his poems are sung by: L. Dolina, Lolita, A. Pugacheva, T. Povaliy, I. Allegrova, N. Baskov and others.

Projects

Musical Theater (Krasnoyarsk) organized the project "The whole family - to the theater". Within its framework, the troupe presents performances that are suitable for viewing by both adults and children, which would allow families to get together and spend their leisure time in the theater. This is a great way to instill a love of art in your child and relax together.

One of the most popular performances that the musical theater (Krasnoyarsk) offers for family viewing is the musical "The Canterville Ghost". This is a ghost story. The plot is based on a short story by Oscar Wilde. The play is funny, fascinating and at the same time very touching, because ghosts can also be unhappy, touchy and vulnerable. The musical "The Canterville Ghost" will not only entertain, but also give food for thought.