The theater of Alexey Rybnikov is quite young. Musical performances are staged here. Music is used exclusively by Alexey Rybnikov himself. Here are the legendary rock operas of the composer.
Alexey Rybnikov
The theater of Alexey Rybnikov was created by the composer himself. He was born in 1945 in Moscow. Alexei Lvovich’s father was a violinist in the orchestra, and his mother was an artist. A. Rybnikov wrote his first works in childhood, being an eight-year-old boy. These were small pieces for piano. At eleven, he wrote a ballet called Puss in Boots.
The future composer graduated from the Central Music School of the city of Moscow and entered the conservatory, at the composition department. Alexey Lvovich was a student of composer Aram Khachaturian. A. Rybnikov graduated from the conservatory in 1967 with honors and remained in his educational institution as a teacher, where he worked for 6 years. In 1989, he graduated from graduate school.
In 1979, Alexei Lvovich was recognized as the country's most popular composer and awarded the prize of the international film festival in the nomination "Best Music for the Film". In 1999, he received the title of People's Artist.
Alexey Lvovich is the author of music for the legendary rock operas: “Juno and Avos”, “Star and Death of Joaquin Murieta”, “War and Peace”; to the films: “Treasure Island”, “One Hundred Steps in the Clouds”, “The Horseman Over the City”, “When the Earth Shakes”, “The Mustachioed Nanny”, “The Adventures of Pinocchio”, “The Dog Walked along the Piano”, “The Alien Company”, “ The same Munchausen ”,“ Day Train ”,“ Imaginary Sick ”,“ Vasily Buslaev ”,“ Tsar Ivan the Terrible ”,“ Grand Duchess Elizabeth ”,“ Star ”,“ Tale of the Star Boy ”,“ Andersen. Life without love ”,“ About Little Red Riding Hood ”, etc .; to animated films: “Mummy Troll”, “Anancy Spider”, “The Wolf and the seven kids in a new way”, “Black Chicken”, “Feast of Disobedience”, etc. He also wrote the mystery “Liturgy of the Announced”, the musical drama “Maestro Massimo ”, the ballet on ice“ Toy Store ”, many symphonic works, chamber and choral music.
Theater History
The Alexey Rybnikov Theater has existed since 1992. Initially, the composer created it in order to stage his new work - the mystery "The Liturgy of the Announced." The building where the rehearsals and performances were held was very small, the auditorium was designed for only 40 seats. In 1999, the theater was given the status of a state. In 2008, the troupe presented to the public the premiere of the rock opera Joaquin (the old name is “The Star and Death of Joaquin Murieta”). The premiere of the production of Juno and Avos took place in 2009. The troupe goes on tour in Russia and abroad. And to this day, the theater of Alexey Rybnikov does not have its own stage. Actors who play roles in performances in Moscow most often play in the House of Music.
Repertoire
The theater of Alexei Rybnikov differs from others in an exclusively original repertoire. There are rock operas for adults and musicals for children.
Performances of the A. Rybnikov Theater :
- "Red Riding Hood".
- "War and Peace".
- Pinocchio.
- "Juno and Avos. A new version".
- "Liturgy of the Announced."
- "Joaquin."
- "Hallelujah of love."
Artists
The troupe of the theater of Alexei Rybnikov is 25 wonderful artists:
- Pavel Zibrov.
- Svetlana Milovanova.
- Julia Abdel Fattah.
- Diana Sergeeva.
- Natalya Koshkina.
- Konstantin Pankratov.
- Evgenia Blagova.
- Maria Savina.
- Dmitry Bogdanov.
- Ekaterina Kulchitskaya.
- Ivan Agafonov.
- Egor Nikolaev.
- Nikita Pozdnyakov.
- Nikolay Drozdovsky.
- Mikhail Markov.
- Svetlana Skurikhina.
- Sophia Vanyushina.
- Anastasia Kozhevnikova.
- Tatyana Pavlova.
- Ekaterina Solovyova.
- Victor Bakaev.
- Natalya Peasant.
- Andrey Karh.
- Alexander Pozdnyakov.
- Vladimir Mironov.
Reviews on the play "Juno and Avos"
The most popular theater performance by Alexei Rybnikov, of course, "Juno and Avos." For many years now, actors have been carrying it around cities and countries. Spectators leave a large number of reviews about this theater production.
They write that this is an amazing performance. The music of A. Rybnikov is brilliant. The poems of Andrei Voznesensky are magnificent. A beautiful story about eternal love unfolds before the audience. The performance is remembered for a lifetime. The performance touches to tears. The scenery is very simple - just a metal frame and ship ropes, which were used for different purposes in different scenes. Everything is very simple, but this is enough to tell from the beginning to the very end the story of great love and suffering. The theater deserves great respect from the audience for its wonderful work.
Such reviews receive from its viewers the theater of Alexei Rybnikov. Actors (photos of some of them are contained in this article) are liked by the public with their soulful play and beautiful voices. Moreover, not only the leading actors play and sing beautifully, but also those artists who are involved in secondary roles. Actors play so believably that they make viewers believe in what is happening on stage.