Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theatre: description, repertoire, history and reviews

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The Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre, the history of which is described in this article, began its career in the difficult pre-war years. Today it is the pride of Ufa. Its repertoire includes not only operas and ballets that are standard for a theater of this kind, but also operettas, children's musicals, musical comedies and concerts.

History of the theater

The Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater (Ufa) played its first performance in 1938. The troupe included graduates of the Moscow Conservatory and the Leningrad Choreographic School.

During the Second World War, the Kyiv Opera House was evacuated to the city. The Bashkir troupe fruitfully collaborated with Ukrainian colleagues. Kyiv artists shared their experience with young Bashkir soloists.

In the 1950s The Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater clearly showed itself as a mature creative team. As a result, almost 7 artists of the troupe received government awards and honorary titles.

For more than 20 years, the theater has been holding two international festivals every year. "Chaliapin Evenings in Ufa" was born in1991. This is a festival of opera soloists. Professional artists from the best theaters of the country and the world come here. The second project is the festival of ballet art named after R. Nuriev. The idea of its creation belongs to Yuri Grigorovich. Dancers from different countries take part in the festival.

In the late 90s, days of Bashkir culture were held in Moscow. The theater presented several of its performances to residents and guests of the capital: “On the Night of the Lunar Eclipse”, “Crane Song” and “Kakhym-Turya”. The last of which became the winner of the Golden Mask. The operas The Magic Flute by W. A. Mozart and Un ballo in maschera by G. Verdi were nominated for the main theater award of the country in several positions at once.

The ballet dancer of the Ufa Theater Z. A. Nasretdinova was awarded the Golden Mask in 2008. She was awarded this award in the nomination "For Honor and Dignity". In addition, the International Biographical Council, located in British Cambridge, awarded her the title of "International Professional". And also Z. Nasretdinova received the Soul of Dance prize, awarded to her by the editorial board of the Ballet magazine.

In 2006, the theater was declared the best creative team. The eponymous award was presented to the troupe at the F. Volkov International Festival in the city of Yaroslavl, where the artists presented their ballet "Arkaim".

Leading soloists of the Ufa Opera often become members of delegations of art masters from the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Russian Federation. They travel abroad for presentations, conferences, gala concerts.

The theater is actively touringactivity. The artists have already visited Holland, Mexico, USA, Egypt, Italy, Belgium, France, China, Turkey, Thailand, Brazil, Portugal and other countries. In 2008, the troupe performed in South Korea. The tour was so successful that the team was awarded a high award. The artists were presented with a copy of the Crown of the first Emperor of Korea. The Bashkir opera enjoys great prestige and is recognized all over the world.

In our country, the theater was awarded the "1000 Best Organizations of Russia-2009" and "National Treasure of Russia-2010" awards.

Great public outcry in the republic and in the Russian Federation was caused by several recent premieres of the troupe. These are operas: La marionette, Madama Butterfly, Nucky, Prometheus and Prince Igor. These performances are still in the theatre's repertoire today.

In 2009, the theater got a second stage - the Small Hall. There are chamber performances, as well as concerts. Recently, several premieres took place on this stage. These are: the ballets "Non-classical divertissement" and "Seven Beauties", the operas "Walpurgis Night" and "Love Potion", the musical comedy "Sister-in-law" and the children's musical "The Birthday of Leopold the Cat".

Today's repertoire includes the best works of Russian and foreign classics. The main principle of the Ufa opera is a careful attitude in the traditions of the past and constant professional improvement. It is in this and in talented personnel that the theater sees the key to its success.

Opera repertoire

Bashkir posterThe Opera and Ballet Theater offers a large number of interesting performances. The repertoire includes productions of different genres.

The following operas are on stage:

• "Hercules".
• "Maid of Orleans".
• "La Traviata".
• "Aleko".
• "Kakhym-Turya".
• "Rigoletto".
• "On the night of the lunar eclipse".
• "School for lovers".
• "Love Potion".
• "Ovid".

And others.

Ballet, operetta, performances for children

The repertoire of the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater also includes operettas, children's musical fairy tales and choreographic productions.

Among them are the following performances:

• "Arkaim".
• "Bat".
• "Water beauty".
• "The Crystal Slipper".
• "A cocktail of ice and fire".
• "The Secret of the Golden Key".
• La Marionnette.
• "Husband at the door".
• "The Nutcracker".
• "The Bremen town musicians"
• Walpurgis Night.
• "Tom Sawyer".
• "Sylph".
• "Silva".
• "Crane song".

And other performances.

Opera Company

The Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater gathered wonderful vocalists on its stage.

Among them:

• Larisa Akhmetova.
• Ivan Shabanov.
• Larisa Potekhina.
• Ruslan Khabibullin.
• Galina Cheplakova.
• Yamil Abdulmanov.
• Lyubov Butorina.
• Artyom Golubev.
• Tatiana Mammadova.
• Sergey Sidorov.
• Galina Butolina.
• Vladimir Kopytov.
• Olesya Mezentseva.

And many more.

Ballet troupe

The Bashkir Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (Ufa) has talented professional dancers.

Among them:

• Valery Isaeva.
• Agata Yusupova.
• Sofya Gavryushina.
• Ekaterina Khlebnikova.
• Andrey Bryntsev.
• Dmitry Somov.
• Maxim Kuptsov.
• Artyom Osipov.
• Danila Alekseev.
• Artyom Dobrokhvalov.
• Olga Potapova.
• Adel Ovchinnikova.
• Svetlana Lomova.
• Kira Zaramenskaya.

And many more.

Museums

The Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater invites the audience to visit two of its museums. One of them is dedicated to his history. It was opened in 1993. Among the exhibits of the museum are costumes for productions, awards and diplomas of the troupe, photographs of performances, props, posters and programs, sketches of scenery, as well as personal items,owned by famous artists of the Bashkir theater. One of the stands is dedicated to the great singer Fyodor Chaliapin, who started his career here.

The second museum is called "Rudolf Nureyev". It is dedicated to the life and work of the legendary dancer. The exhibition features more than a hundred items related to the life of a genius.

Director

Since 2011, the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater has been working under the direction of director I. R. Almukhametov. Ilmar Razinovich is a graduate of the acting department of the Institute of Arts in Ufa. In 2004, he received the speci alty of a theater director at the Academy for the Retraining of Workers of Art and Culture. And in 2013 he was trained in the field of management.

Ilmar Razinovich is not only an actor, director and director, but also a playwright. He wrote a number of plays for the puppet theatre. I. Almukhametov is the organizer of several festivals, as well as a teacher at the Ufa Academy of Arts.

Reviews

The Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater receives mostly positive and enthusiastic reviews from the audience. It is the highlight of the city. Residents of Ufa are proud of their theatre. Even those who are not fans of opera and classical ballet find interesting performances here that captivate and capture. Spectators get a lot of positive emotions. The troupe, in the opinion of the public, is wonderful, all the artists are talented and excellent in their profession. Among them are quite a fewyoung. "The actors are so able to get used to the role that you believe them 100% and watch the performance with bated breath and sincerely empathize with the characters," the audience wrote in their reviews.

The theater building, according to the public, is very beautiful both outside and inside. Interesting museums allow you to have an interesting and useful time before the performances and during intermissions.

Of the minuses, viewers note only rather high prices in the buffet.