Theater of musical comedy, Novosibirsk: history, troupe, repertoire

The theater of musical comedy (Novosibirsk) is one of the leading in Russia. The troupe includes professionals in their field. The repertoire of the theater is diverse: classical operettas, modern musicals and musical performances for children.

History of the theater

The eight-time winner of the Golden Mask award, the winner and the winner of various festivals and competitions - all this is the theater of musical comedy (Novosibirsk). The history of its existence dates back to 1959, when it was founded. Actors of the theater every year take an active part in various competitions and festivals. Novosibirsk's music creates new modern projects and at the same time preserves and develops the best classical traditions. The Novosibirsk Theater of Musical Comedy is the organizer of the festival "Other Shores". It takes part in various productions, which are created in the last few years. These are new original compositions in the field of musical theater. In 2010, the State Conservatory and the Theater of Musical Comedy (Novosibirsk) created a joint project called "Young Remember". It was dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Great Victory. Within the framework of this project two performances were shown: "In the beginning of May" and "A dawns here are quiet ...". Performances were demonstrated on the stage of the theater. Together with the actors of the Novosibirsk Musical Comedy, the conservatory students took part in them.

In 2011, the theater began to actively tour the cities of Siberia. The best theater figures of our country, laureates of the Golden Mask Award, People's Artists of Russia, honored artists and so on are invited to perform the productions.

Troupe

The theater of musical comedy (Novosibirsk) is 37 soloists, ballet, choir and orchestra. Among the actors, three have the title of People's Artist of Russia. These are Ivan Romashko, Alexander Vyskribentsev and Olga Titkova. Five actors were awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia. They are Veronika Grishulenko, Lyudmila Shalyapina, Vera Alferova, Marina Akhmedova and Vladimir Valvachev. In addition, there are actors in the troupe who do not yet have the titles of People's Artist or Honored Artist, but they are laureates of the national prize in the theater - "The Golden Mask". They are Elizaveta Dorofeeva, Natalya Danil'son, Evgeni Dudnik, Roman Romashov. And also the winners of the Novosibirsk theatrical prize "Paradise". These are Svetlana Sklyomina, Yana Kovanko, Alexey Shtykov, Anna Frololo, Marina Kokoreva.

Artistic director

The Novosibirsk theater of musical comedy now lives under the leadership of Leonid Mikhailovich Kipnis. He holds the title of Honored Artist of Russia. In 1975, Leonid Mikhailovich graduated from the theatrical school in Novosibirsk, acting faculty. After that he continued his education. In 1981 he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinema at the Faculty of Theater Studies. And in 1986 he finished his postgraduate studies. Simultaneously with studying at the faculty of theatrical studies, he worked at the Novosibirsk Philharmonic as a reader, and afterwards became its artistic director. The director of the theater of musical comedy Leonid Mikhailovich was in 1995. Thanks to him, the repertoire became more diverse: there were performances that allow actors to fully discover all their talents and creative abilities. Leonid Mikhailovich - active, purposeful, he develops and perfects the theater, which he manages.

In 2008, L.Kipins was awarded the title of "Man of Business in Culture" at the annual interregional competition.

Performances for adults

The theater of musical comedy (Novosibirsk) repertoire for the audience of 12 years and older offers the following:

• «White Acacia»,
• "12 chairs",
• "Wii",
• "And the dawns here are quiet,
• "Zoykina apartment",
• "Merry Widow",
• "Silvia",
• Cyrano de Bergerac,
• "There are only girls in jazz"
• "Bat",
• "Hanuma",
• "Viper",
• "The man of her dreams,
• Charlie's Aunt,
• "Dubroffsky",
• "Tristan and Isolde"
• "Women's tricks, or How to seduce a man,
• "Mr. X",
• "Eight loving women,
• "The High Syllable of the Russian Romance"
• "Khoja Nasreddin".

Performances for children

The Novosibirsk Theater of Musical Comedy offers its young spectators the following performances:

• "Puss in Boots",
• "Cat house",
• The Golden Chicken,
• "The Tale of Cinderella"
• "Cipollino",
• "The Bremen Town Musicians",
• "Carlson, who lives on the roof,
• "The Wizard of Oz",
• "The mystery of the third planet,
• "Flying ship",
• "Baby elephant".

Touring performances

The theater of musical comedy (Novosibirsk) very often welcomes its colleagues from other cities. On his stage, several guest performances are being shown.

• "Everywhere Life": This production is presented by the RUARTS PRODJECT troupe, the actors here play without words.
• The musical "The Blue cameo" by the famous composer C. Breitburg. He was brought to Novosibirsk by a musical theater from Krasnoyarsk.
• The musical "The Waste". This performance came from Moscow. Presenting it to the inhabitants of Novosibirsk is the actors of the theater of the musical.
• "The Nameless Star." Seversky musical theater.
• "Captain's daughter". Novosibirsk has the opportunity to see this rock opera performed by the Moscow Musical Theater "Na Basmannaya". Its leader is Zhanna Terteryan.
• The musical-parable of the "Plough". The performance is represented by the Moscow Musical Theater, directed by Gennady Chikhachev.
• "Scarlet Sails" and "Do not Forge Your Soul" (based on the film novel by Vasily Shukshin). The performances of the musical theater of Kuzbass named after A. Bobrov, the city of Kemerovo.

Such a repertoire to date has the Novosibirsk Theater of Musical Comedy. In Novosibirsk there are other cultural institutions, but the theater described above is by right considered the best and most visited.