Opera Theater (Perm): history, repertoire, troupe, artistic director

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The Perm Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theater is one of the oldest in Russia. Its repertoire contains world classical masterpieces. He is loved not only by the residents of the city, but also by guests.

History of the theater

The Opera House (Perm) appeared in 1870. It was then that the premiere of the first performance took place. It was M. Glinka's opera A Life for the Tsar. The first ballet was staged in 1926. The patrons of the theater were: Sergei Diaghilev and P. I. Tchaikovsky. All the ballets and operas of the great composer were presented at the Perm Opera. This was the reason why in 1965 the theater was named after P. I. Tchaikovsky. The grandfather of Sergei Diaghilev allocated a rather large sum for the construction of the building.

The Perm Opera and Ballet Theater is called the Musical Laboratory. His playbill really often offers the audience experimental performances. Directors often use non-standard staging solutions in the classics. And also they master modern material. The Perm theater at all times stood out precisely for this. His ballet is also unique. Dancers have the ability to work with rarematerial. The ballet performances of the theater became a sensation: "Probably Murdered" and "Orango". For the first time the viewer saw them 90 years ago. Today, these performances are staged at the Perm Theater with scenery as close as possible to the original. At the same time, their choreography is modern. The choreographer of the projects is Alexei Miroshnichenko, who has his own original style.

A new era began for the theater when Teodor Currentzis took over as artistic director. Thanks to him, the principle of repertoire planning has changed. The performances began to go in blocks, which makes it possible to increase the performing level of the artists. Productions of the Perm Opera have been repeatedly awarded the main and prestigious Golden Mask award. In 2013, the theater set a record by becoming a seventeen-time nominee. As a result, received four such awards.

Opera performances

The repertoire of the Opera House (Perm) is quite extensive. It includes both classical productions and modern ones. The theater offers its audience the following opera performances:

• "Twelve months".
• Orango.
• "Tales of Hoffmann".
• Cleopatra.
• "Maid of Orleans".
• Cinderella.
• "Malachite Box".
• Tristia.
• "Ghosts of Christmas".
• Don Juan.

And other outstanding works.

Ballet performances

The Opera and Ballet Theater (poster of it) offers the following choreographicproductions:

• "Seasons".
• "When it snowed."
• Corsair.
• "Sylph".
• "The Blue Bird and Princess Florine"
• "Skaters".
• Rubies.
• "Provisionally killed".
• Winter Dreams.
• Romeo and Juliet.
• "The Nutcracker".
• Giselle.

And others.

Opera Company

The Opera House (Perm) gathered professional vocalists on its stage. Here serve:

• Elena Galeeva.
• Tatyana Poluektova.
• Natalia Buklaga.
• Danis Khuzin.
• Eduard Morozov.
• Elena Tokareva.
• Mikhail Naumov.
• Natalia Kirillova.
• Nadezhda Kucher.
• Angelica Minasova.
• Eleni-Lydia Stamello.
• Tatiana Kaminskaya.
• Alexey Gerasimov.
• Sergey Vlasov.
• Vladimir Taysaev.

And many more.

Ballet troupe

Opera Theater (Perm) is not only wonderful vocalists, but also wonderful ballet dancers. Here are collected universal dancers who are able to work not only in the classical genre, but also in modern styles.

Theater Ballet Company:

• Inna Bilash.
• Ruslan Savdenov.
• Lyaysan Gizatullina.
• Polina Buldakova.
• Marat Fadeev.
• Oksana Votinova.
• Elmira Mursyukaeva.
• Evgeny Gromov.
• Natalia de Frauberville.
• German Starikov.
• Ksenia Barbasheva.
• Albina Rangulova.
• Artem Mishakov.
• OlgaZavgorodnaya.
• Elena Sandakova.
• Marina Shutova.
• Yana Chebykina.
• Alexey Sannikov.

Artistic Director

The artistic director of the theater is conductor T. Currentzis. He is the founder of the chamber choir and orchestra MusicAeterna. Teodor joined the Opera House (Perm) in 2004. At first he held the position of chief conductor, and today he combines it with artistic direction.

T. Curtensis was born in Greece. Graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory as a conductor. He has been living and working in Russia since 1990. Theodore was awarded the Golden Mask award six times. The MusicAeterna orchestra he created is one of the most famous and famous in Russia. The basis of his repertoire is authentic music. Although modern works are not bypassed by musicians. Teodor Currentzis is considered the best performer of W. A. Mozart's music in Russia. He is recognized not only by music lovers, but also by critics. For this feature, he is often called the "Perm Mozart". Teodor Currentzis tours with his musicians in Europe. He also worked with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, Salzburg, the Paris National Opera, Baden-Baden.

Maestro is also the organizer and leader of two festivals: early music "Territory" and Diaghilev. The latter is held in order to preserve and develop the traditions of the great impresario.