The main musical theatre of the country revealed plans for the new season.

Photo: Inna Fomina

Before the end
the current season, the Bolshoi theatre has announced its plans for the future, 243-iy account
season. The press conference was held in the Imperial foyer.

According to tradition, about the
Opera plans said the chief conductor Tugan Sokhiev, ballet — ballet Director
troupe makharbek Vaziev. And about the tour —
the General Director of the Bolshoi Vladimir urin. In particular, he confirmed that different
countries want to see the ballet “Nureyev”, the statement which accompanied
scandals: “But to show the usual big ballet on tour
I need to get 240 people, and the “Nureyev” on the stage and it employs 360. It is yet
unaffordable cost for the impresario”.

Vladimir urin, Tugan Sokhiev and press officer Katerina Novikova Big at the press conference

Photo: Inna Fomina

To disclose details of how
work new site a Large — Chamber stage (formerly Chamber music
theatre.Pokrovsky on Nikolskaya street) urin did not: “at First we will announce these
plans the company Chamber theatre — in summer, before leaving on vacation. And then, in the fall,
tell them about the journalists.”

The main event
in the Opera “the shop” — a new production of “Eugene Onegin” on the stage of history. Last
12 years on the New stage was performed an innovative version of Director Dmitry
Chernyakova, caused the hot enthusiasm and a strong rejection from critics and the public.
However, this did not stop the play to go as much as 150 times in a Large theater and
all the best scenes of the world – in France,
England, Italy, China, Japan. On a new version of a musical masterpiece
Tchaikovsky will be working with the Director Yevgeny Arye and artist Semyon Pastukh.

makharbek Vaziev at the press conference

Photo: Inna Fomina

Another Opera
hit — “the Barber of Seville” by Rossini — put on the New stage artistic Director of the theater
them.Pushkin Is Yevgeny Pisarev. This student of Oleg Tabakov has already made a Big
a very successful production of “the marriage of Figaro” by Mozart. And now he once again entrusted to work
in the genre of comic Opera.

While on the scene of Italian Damiano Michieletto
put Rossini’s “Viaggio a Reims”. The premiere of this production took place in
Rome a year ago, the Bolshoi presented it in concert. The audience took “Journey”
heat and now will work on full performance.

A scene from the ballet “Nureyev”

Photo: courtesy of the Bolshoi theatre (Mikhail Logvinov)

The rest
the Opera premiere will present the little known to Muscovites of the work. Over the operetta
“Candide” Leonard Bernstein (in this
year celebrates one hundred years since the birth of the author of “West side story”) will be
work Alexey frandetti. And “the Mermaid” Dvorak put the infamous
directed by Timothy kulyabin (in a Large successful is his Opera “don Pasquale”).

Plans ballet
troupe next season no new productions of classical ballets. But
promises two world premieres: “Petrushka” by Stravinsky, with choreography by Edward Klug
and “Krasavina-Samodurova” (in the title of this work contains the names of
a composer who writes music specifically for this project, and choreographer).

Will also prepare for the public the proven masterpieces of the 20th century: “Artifact”
Foresight (first shown to the public in 1984), “Symphony in C” Balanchine (written
in 1947) and “the Parisian fun” by Maurice Bejart (premiere 1978).

The biggest
draft season is a three-act ballet “the Winter’s tale” by Shakespeare’s play. Choreographer
Christopher Wheeldon has set “fairy Tale” on the original music Jobe Talbot in 2014
year at the Royal theatre. Ballet immediately called a masterpiece of the latest
years, and now he will be moved to a Large.

A scene from the Opera “masquerade Ball” by Verdi

Photo: courtesy of the Bolshoi theatre (Damir Yusupov)

Also Great
will be touring. “Othello” by Verdi will show Opera festival Savonlinna, and the “Tannhauser”
Wagner, the national Opera of Estonia. He will travel to Milan with
unbeaten classic “La Bayadere” and the magnificent “the Taming of the shrew”,
created specifically for the Great choreographer Jean-Kristrom Mayo (the last
ballet show in Riga). And for the summer long tour is scheduled ballet
company in Australia and London. Opera part will show “Eugene Onegin” and
“The maid of Pskov” in Toulouse (as the name of Rimsky-Korsakov’s for the French
almost unpronounceable, on the posters it will be referred to as “Ivan the terrible”).

A scene from the Opera “the snow maiden”

Photo: courtesy of the Bolshoi theatre (Damir Yusupov)

Traditionally
the season will be a gala concert in honor of anniversaries — of the alive folk
artist bass Vladimir Matorin and the legendary
Ekaterina Maximova and Zurab Sotkilava. And to mark the centenary of the theatre Museum in
Small Manezh in December will open a large exhibition of theatrical memorabilia.