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October 31st - the opera "Don Carlo " was performed in honor of Tamara A. Milashkina, a People's Artist of the USSR, who celebrated her jubilee on September 13th 2014 "Don Carlo ". Debuts. October 31st - Aquiles Machado (Don Carlo) and Vladislav Sulimsky (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa) made their debuts at the Bolshoi Theatre November 1st - Oleg Dolgov made his debut with the part of Don Carlo, Dmitry Ulyanov with the part of Philip II, King of Spain, Agunda Kulaeva with the part of Princess Eboli November 5th - 9th - premiere performances of the ballet "A Legend of Love " Historic Stage - A Legend of Love. Ballet in three acts. PREMIERE New Stage - La Boheme. Opera in four acts Beethoven Hall - The Classics. Romanticism. Avant-garde. Bolshoi Theatre Wind Quintet's Concert and CD Presentation The Bolshoi Theatre Woodwind Quintet, which was founded a year ago, gives a concert to mark the release of its first CD. Beethoven Hall, November 5th The premiere series of "A Legend of Love " - November 5th - November 9th, Historic Stage. Photo: Damir Yusupov " A Legend of Love " at the Bolshoi - All lifts are not so easy to do; they are very risky today as well. They surprise and astonish as much as they did during the first premiere. Besides, whether the production is considered modern or old-fashioned is something that depends not on the choreography, but on the artists. For example, we do not dance the ballet "Swan Lake" in the same manner that people danced it when it was first created. The same can be said about "A Legend of Love". Moreover, this ballet has everything that will always make a great success. Like all ballets by Grigorovich, it has phenomenal mass scenes, when a great number of people move across the stage to loud music and form various patterns. It has real male dances, which is extremely beautiful. - She is unhappy. During the whole story she does not smile for a single time, because she is unhappy from the very beginning till the very end. The only thing that she - and I - has to go through is the unthinkable pressure at the end of her tether. At first it is desperation and being angry with her court that cannot find a cure for the terminal illness of her sister Shireen, then there is the painful choice and sacrifice, when she gives her beauty for the life of her dear sister. Then the young man they both fall in love with chooses the pretty sister, and Mekhmene has only pain, suffering and torment. It is impossible not to feel her grief and horror when she puts on the mask to cover her face forever. Of course, I feel pity for her and I hope the audience will feel this pity as well. - It is hard to say. When I entered the choreographic institute at the age of ten it was hard, but I was sure this was the way it was supposed to be. When you learn to overcome yourself it becomes a norm and then you do not even think about it. Well, my childhood did end when I was ten years old, but I do not feel that I did not get something important or should have had more time to play games and have fun. Everything was right and everything was to my benefit. Perhaps, thanks to ballet I avoided some difficulties that teenagers usually face, because all I thought about was studying, practicing and becoming the best in what I was doing. Of course, people of art sacrifice themselves for it. But talking about myself, I would put this word in quotes. Thanks to my "sacrifice" the world opened for me. If I had a dif ferent profession, I probably would not have visited so many cities and countries, seen so many theatres and met so many extraordinary and talented people. - I cannot remember any occasions when we quarreled about something or had some heated arguments. We always ask each other for advice and make plans together. If it is necessary to give something up so that the family can stay together, each of us will do everything for it. The main things in a family are love and respect. If people understand this, there are no major disagreements. Our family is big and friendly. I have lived with my mother for my whole life; she is my good angel. Since Anyuta was born, I simply cannot imagine my life without my mother's help. - She started dancing as soon as she started walking. When she was two years and three months old, she watched the whole production of "Giselle" that I performed. This means a lot. There were times when she watched the famous recording of the ballet "The Nutcracker", starring Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev, for a whole day. If she hears the music from "The Nutcracker", she recognizes it at once. - I do not mind her doing ballet, because this is good for a girl. Right now she is too small to understand what her talents and abilities are. But I will be happy if she starts dancing. If something goes wrong, the main thing is to understand it in time and stop. - Of course there is not enough time; my schedule is extremely busy. But after a rehearsal I rush home to spend an evening with my daughter. If a tour lasts a week or more, my mother and Anya come with me. Vadim also comes to us, no matter where we are, even if he can come for just 24 hours. We try not to part for a long time. This is a great support for me, because it is sad to return to an empty hotel room after a rehearsal. But I often say that I am not going to a hotel, but home. Because my home is where my family is. An exhibition of Russian costumes opened in Belfast An exhibition of Russian costumes from the Bolshoi Theatre opened in Belfast (Northern Ireland), which is famous for the fact that "Titanic" was floated out there. The exposition is a part of the Year of Russian Culture in the UK. The unique collection of 50 costumes (the exhibits vary from kokoshniks to tutu skirts) was brought to Ireland from Russia. Visitors have a chance to take a look at the stage costumes for Bolshoi Theatre's classical productions - "Swan Lake" and "The Golden Cockerel". As the visitors enter, they are greeted by a ballerina. Besides, the exposition has authentic national costumes from the Russian Museum of Ethnography. It is worthy of note that the exhibition of Russian costumes is organized in the building of a former prison, which is known as "European Alcatraz". In 2012, after a reconstruction, it became a tourist center. Svetlana Zakharova will perform in the premiere performance of "Sleeping Beauty " in Novosibirsk Bolshoi Theatre's prima ballerina will dance the main part in the production only once; this will happen during the Trans-Siberian Art Festival The artistic director of the Trans-Siberian Art Festival and the virtuoso violinist Vadim Repin announced on Thursday that on May 10th 2015 Svetlana Zakharova, Bolshoi Theatre's prima ballerina, will dance the main part in the premiere performance of "Sleeping Beauty" at the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. Mr. Repin stressed: "Zakharova will perform only once. She agreed to come to Novosibirsk, even though her schedule is extremely busy. This is one of our joined projects, carried out together with the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre as a part of the festival". A Symphony Gala-Concert, marking the anniversary of P. Tchaikovsky, will be the second project. Vadim Repin said: "We will perform together with the Opera and Ballet Theatre's orchestra. Most likely, we will perform Piano Concert No. 2 and several suites. A young cellist Alexander Buzlov will perform as well". The First T rans-Siberian Art Festival took place in Novosibirsk from March 31st till April 12th 2014; Vadim Repin was the artistic director of the festival. The 2nd Trans- Siberian Art Festival will take place in the central city of the region from March 22nd till April 5th 2015. Newsletter November, 5 2014 Mass media about the Theatre Svetlana Zakharova. Photo: ITAR-T ASS/Artem Korotaev A gala-concert "Opera Ball", marking the anniversary of Elena Obraztsova, took place at the Bolshoi Theatre. The famous singer, who performed in La Scala, Metropolitan Opera and other world-famous opera theatres, gathered bright opera singers in Moscow. Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky also came to congratulate Elena Obraztsova on her 75th anniversary. Elena Obraztsova Alexandra Durseneva and the company "Melody " invite you to a presentation of the album "Russian Romances. Alexandra Durseneva ". The event will take place on November 5th at the Otokomae Gallery, Neglinnaya Street 10 (entrance from the Kuznetsky bridge). Guests are welcome at 5 p.m. A dm is s io n by in vit a tio n on ly. Accre dit a tio n fo r jo urn a lis ts is oblig ato ry : m.lygina@melody.su The company "Melody " presents a jubilee album of Alexandra Durseneva, a wonderful Russian singer, an Honored Artist of Russia and Bolshoi Theatre's soloist .soundcloud.com/firmamelodia/sets/durseneva-russian-songs-2014 This is what the famous music critic M. Kazinik says about Durseneva's voice: "Her singing is a high-voltage current. This is a monologue of the soul". The singer is a laureate of such international competitions as the International Glinka Singing Competition in Moscow (1993) and the International Moniuszko Singing Competition in Warsaw (1994); she also became the first prize winner at the international Chamber Singing Competition The Amber Nightingale in Kaliningrad (1994). She has been singing at the Bolshoi Theatre for two decades. Durseneva presents her guest performances at the most prestigious European theatres: La Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera House in London, Teatro La Fenice in V enice, the Royal Danish Opera, at the Glyndebourne Festival and the Bregenz Festival, at Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Konzerthaus in Vienna and Palau de les Arts Reina SofГa in V alencia. Alexandra Durseneva takes part in productions and concerts conducted by outstanding maestros: Mark Ermler, Y uri Temirkanov, Mikhail Jurowski and M. Pletnev. Her discography includes opera recordings made together with V. Jurowski, V. Fedoseyev and G. Rozhdestvensky. Alexandra Durseneva's vast repertoire includes parts from Russian, French and Italian operas, as well as pieces by R. Schuman, J. Brahms, G. Mahler, A. Dvorak, L. JanáДЌek and R. Vagner. The singer pays particular attention to Russian chamber music vocal lyrics. This CD is devoted to the genre of the Russian romance of the 19th-20th centuries. It includes selected masterpieces by A. Rubinstein, M. Mussorgsky, A. Borodin, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, P. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninof f and N. Medtner, whose pieces are rarely performed nowadays. Alexandra Durseneva recorded these pieces in 1994 and 2014 together with the pianists Vladimir Slobodyan and Lyubov Orfenova. Newsletter November, 5 2014 " Opera Ball " in honor of Elena Obraztsova Bolshoi Theatre in the Internet Newsletter , 7 On the Bolshoi Theatre official pages in the social networks we also published an invitation to the concert of the Bolshoi Theatre Woodwind Quintet, which takes place on November 5th and marks the release of the first CD. The Bolshoi Brass Quintet and the Violin Ensemble, which has been revived recently, was founded by a group of musicians from the Bolshoi; the woodwind soloists and artists have also united their efforts and founded the Bolshoi Woodwind Quintet. The participants are: Nikolai Popov (flute) a laureate of international and all-Russian competitions, an Honored Artist of Russia and all-Russian competitions' laureate Sergei Lysenko (oboe), winner of the 1st prize at the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Competition in Saint Petersburg Sergei Petrov (clarinet), artistic director of the project "Bassoon+" Andrei Rudometkin (bassoon) and Alexei Raev (French Horn) laureate of all-Russian and international competitions, winner of the "Yamaha Scholarship" prize and the Bolshoi Theatre's Board of Trustees Prize. The group started giving concerts in 2013 when they were "blessed" by Vassily Sinaisky, who was Bolshoi's music director at that time. The Quintet recently performed at the project "The Night of Music" (October 4th ). However, this time the musicians present their own CD. The concept of the CD is unusual; the program includes only original pieces for a woodwind quintet composed by Russian composers of the 19th and the 20th century. Alexander Alyabyev, one of the founders of Russian professional music and the author of numerous chamber instrumental pieces, was the first composer who started writing music for such ensembles. A quintet by Edison Denisov represents a very different epoch; this is one of the early pieces composed by the most prominent representative of the Soviet musical avant-garde. Finally, there is the quintet "One Day in the Village", composed by Evgeny Svetlanov, an outstanding conductor, composer and pianist; a whole epoch in the existence of the Bolshoi Theatre is connected with the name of this musician… The CD (and the concert as well) also has pieces composed by the participants of the quintet; several of them are talented composers. There is a Fantasy on the theme from the opera "The Queen of Spades" by P. T chaikovsky, written by Sergei Lysenko, and "Carnival of Animals and Insects" by Nikolai Popov. The famous music critic and composer Petr Pospelov will be the MC. Accreditation for mass media via pr@bolshoi.ru and fax 8 (495) 692-33-67 For articles published 30 October 2014 Alaistair Macauley writes in The New York Times about the exhibition "American Ballet Theater: Touring the Globe for 75 Years opened at the Library of Congress, mentioning that Alexei Ratmansky "will start to define Ballet Theater's style in one of the repertory's central classics". Many broadcasters and newspapers continue to report on the projection of the emblem for the 2018 football World Cup on the Bolshoi Theatre including Associated Press and The Guardian, reporting that FIFA apologises for a video showing Crimea as part of Russia, and also The Week (UK) and CTV News (Canada). Belfast NewsLetter highlights the main events at the Belfast Festival at Queen's, including the "beautiful exhibition of costumes from the Bolshoi Ballet". In an interview for Amsterdam News, Arthur Mitchell, the founder of the historic Dance Theater of Harlem, recalls a trip to Russia when he was "treated like royalty" and where he saw the flowering of the career of Precious Adams who was then studying at the Bolshoi. Sarasota Magazine followed Iain Webb, the artistic director of Sarasota Ballet, through a typical day in his life. He says that his style is influenced by Balanchine, the Bolshoi, the Royal Danish Ballet and more. Paris Normandie publishes a story about the new head of Gaumont Cinema from Docks V auban, Le Havre. He says that the live broadcasts from the Bolshoi Ballet from Moscow or the Metropolitan Opera from New York have a loyal audience who wouldn't be able to attend them otherwise. November, 5 2014 |
