Bashkir theater of opera and ballet: description, repertoire, history and reviews

The Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theater, whose history of formation is described in this article, began its creative career in the difficult prewar years. Today it is the pride of Ufa. His repertoire includes not only the standard for the theater of such an orientation of opera and ballets, but also operettas, children's musicals, musical comedies and concerts.

History of the theater

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

During the Second World War, Kiev's opera house was evacuated to the city. Bashkir troupe fruitfully cooperated with Ukrainian colleagues. Artists of Kiev shared their experience with young Bashkir soloists.

In the 1950's. The Bashkir theater of opera and ballet brightly manifested 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 conducting two international-level festivals annually. "Shalyapin evenings in Ufa" were born in 1991. It 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 Nuriev Ballet Art Festival. The idea of its creation belongs to Yuri Grigorovich. Dancers from different countries take part in the festival.

In the late nineties in Moscow the days of the Bashkir culture passed. The theater presented to residents and guests of the capital several of its performances: "On the night of the lunar eclipse", "Crane song" and "Kakhym-tur". The last of which became a laureate of the Golden Mask. The operas "The Magic Flute" by WA Mozart and the "Masquerade Ball" by G. Verdi were nominated for the main theatrical award of the country in several positions at once.

The actress of the ballet of the Ufa theater ZA Nasretdinova in 2008 was awarded the Golden Mask. She received this prize 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 prize "The Soul of Dance", awarded to her by the editorial board of the magazine "Ballet".

In 2006, the theater was declared the best creative team. The same prize was presented to the troupe at the International Volkov Festival in Yaroslavl, where the artists presented their ballet "Arkaim".

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

The theater conducts an active tour activity. 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 actors were given a copy of the Crown of the First Emperor of Korea. The Bashkir opera is highly respected and recognized all over the world.

In our country the theater was awarded with prizes "1000 best organizations of Russia-2009" and "National treasure of Russia-2010".

A lot of public resonance in the republic and in the Russian Federation was caused by several recent premier troupes. These are operas: La marionette, "Madame Butterfly", "Naki", "Prometheus" and "Prince Igor". These performances are still in the repertoire of the theater today.

In 2009, the theater had a second stage - Small Hall. There are chamber performances, as well as concerts. Recently, several premieres took place on this stage. These are: ballets "Nonclassical Divertissement" and "Seven Beauties", operas "Walpurgis Night" and "Love Drink", musical comedy "Sobuchkitsa" and children's musical "Birthday of the Cat Leopold".

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

Opera repertoire

The poster of the Bashkir theater of opera and ballet offers a large number of interesting performances. The repertoire includes performances of different genres.

The following operas are on the stage of the theater:

• "Hercules".
• "The Maid of Orleans."
• "Traviata".
• "Aleko".
• "Kahym-Turya".
• "Rigoletto".
• "On the night of the lunar eclipse."
• "School of Lovers".
• "Love Potion".
• Ovid.

And others.

Ballet, operetta, performances for children

The repertoire of the Bashkir theater of opera and ballet includes also operettas, children's musical tales and choreographic productions.

Among them the following performances:

• "Arkaim".
• "Bat".
• "Water Beauty".
• "Glass slipper".
• "Cocktail of ice and flame."
• "The Secret of the Golden Key".
• La Marionnette.
• "The man behind the door."
• "Nutcracker".
• "The Bremen Town Musicians"
• "Walpurgis Night".
• "Tom Sawyer".
• The Sylphide.
• "Silvia".
• "Crane Song".

And other productions.

Opera troupe

The Bashkir theater of opera and ballet gathered on its stage wonderful vocalists.

Among them:

• Larissa Akhmetova.
• Ivan Shabanov.
• Larisa Potekhina.
• Ruslan Khabibullin.
• Galina Cheplakova.
• Yamil Abdulmanov.
• Love Butorina.
• Artem Golubev.
• Tatyana Mamedova.
• Sergey Sidorov.
• Galina Butolina.
• Vladimir Kopytov.
• Olesya Mezentseva.

And many others.

Ballet troupe

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

Among them:

• Valeria Isaeva.
• Agata Yusupova.
• Sophia Gavryushina.
• Ekaterina Khlebnikova.
• Andrei Bryntsev.
• Dmitry Somov.
• Maxim Kuptsov.
• Artem Osipov.
• Danila Alekseev.
• Artem Dobrokhvalov.
• Olga Potapova.
• Adel Ovchinnikova.
• Svetlana Lomova.
• Kira Zaramenskaya.

And many others.

Museums

The Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater offers viewers to visit two of their 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, photos of performances, props, posters and programs, sketches of decorations, as well as personal belongings belonging to famous artists of the Bashkir theater. One of the stands is dedicated to the great singer Fyodor Shalyapin, who started his career here.

The second museum is called "Rudolf Nuriev." He is dedicated to the life and work of the legendary dancer. The exhibition presents more than a hundred subjects related to the life of a genius.

Director

Since 2011, the Bashkir Theater of Opera and Ballet has been working under the guidance of Director IR Almukhametov. Ilmar Razinovich is a graduate of the acting faculty of the Institute of Arts in Ufa. In 2004 he received a specialty as a theater director at the Academy of Retraining of Art and Culture Workers. And in 2013 he was trained in management.

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

Reviews

Bashkir theater of opera and ballet reviews from the audience receives mostly positive and enthusiastic. It is the highlight of the city. Residents of Ufa are proud of their theater. Even those who are not fans of opera and classical ballet find here interesting performances for themselves that enthrall and capture. Spectators receive a lot of positive emotions. The troupe, according to the public, is remarkable, all the artists are talented and perfectly proficient in the profession. Among them, quite a lot of young people. "Artists are so able to get used to the role that they believe 100% and watch the performance, holding their breath and genuinely empathizing with the characters," the audience writes in their responses.

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

Of the minuses, the audience notes only high enough prices in the buffet.