The Opera and Ballet Theater (Saransk) began its career in the first half of the 20th century. He underwent several reorganizations: he was either opera, or musical-dramatic, or musical comedy. Today it is called the I. Yaushev Musical Theater.
History
The musical theater was opened in 1935. He immediately received the status of state. The first performance of the theater was the operetta "The Pauper Student" by K. Millaker. Over the years of its existence, the team several times changed its status and, accordingly, the name. The repertoire also changed.
At first the theater was called "Musical Comedy." On his stage were only operettas. From 1937 to 1948 it was the Opera and Ballet Theater. Saransk then invited artists from different cities to the troupe. These were vocalists who had a musical education, experience and could work in different genres. Young artists from Mordovia attracted special attention. One of the leading soloists of that time was I. Yaushev.
In 1948, the Opera and Ballet Theater (Saransk) became musical and dramatic. A new life began in 1992. Since then, the theater has been called musical, and its repertoire includes performances of various genres and concerts.
The public interest attracted the interest of the public immediately. The first performance of the theater, working in a new status, was the opera of Georges Bizet "Carmen". Then the troupe was still small, but the artists managed to carry out a variety of performances. There were even complex operas by composers such as J. Rossini, J. Verdi, R. Leoncavallo and S. Gounod.
The name of the artist Illarion Yaushev was awarded to the theater in 1994. In 2010, the team celebrated its 75th anniversary. In honor of this celebration, the audience was shown a concert entitled “We gave the fraternity to us for centuries.”
On the occasion of the anniversary, the city authorities made the theater a very expensive, important and, one might say, royal gift - a new building. It is very beautiful, with excellent modern technical equipment. The stage area in this room is 400 square meters. The hall is designed for 714 spectators. It has great acoustics. Thanks to this, the theater got the opportunity to expand its repertoire and begin to delight the viewer with large-scale productions. And now there is the opportunity to complement the performances with various special effects. In addition, the new stage allows not only to show performances, but also to hold concerts and various festivals.
On the occasion of the opening of a new stage and housewarming, the theater hosted events. They were attended not only by theater artists, but also by invited celebrities.
Opera repertoire
A wide selection of performances has at its disposal Saransk. The Opera and Ballet Theater, whose poster offers musical performances of various genres, pleases the audience with performances, concerts, and children's tales.
Opera repertoire:
- "Patriarch Nikon";
- Carmen
- “How to become a husband and survive”;
- "Madame Butterfly";
- "Eugene Onegin" and other operas.
Ballet repertoire
State Musical Theater I. Yausheva offers her viewers the following ballets:
- "Nutcracker";
- "The ship of fools";
- Grand Ballet Gala;
- "Territory" (dance show);
- Giselle
- Carmen and others.
Operetta and musical
The theater’s repertoire also includes the following operettas, musical comedies and musicals:
- “Long live love”;
- “The Story of Lieutenant Rzhevsky” (musical comedy);
- Maritsa
- "Bat";
- "Ancient Cupids" (musical comedy) and others.
Performances for children
The theater’s repertoire includes performances not only for adults, but also for children.
Young viewers can visit the following musical productions here:
- "Cinderella";
- "Twelve months";
- “Anfisa-Krasa and fabulous miracles”;
- "Elena the Wise";
- "Peter and the Wolf";
- "Emely has New Year" and so on.
Troupe
The Opera and Ballet Theater (Saransk) gathered a rather large troupe on its stage, as its repertoire is rich in performances of various genres. The collective includes vocalists, dancers, artists of the choir and orchestra.
Theater troupe:
- Talgat Beishekeyev.
- Valeria Kolesnikova.
- Daria Pyshmintseva.
- Natalia Tsareva.
- Irina Filatkina.
- Andrey Forsmatov.
- Anastasia Arikova.
- Irina Novichkova.
- Vyacheslav Marinkin.
- Julia Yakhina.
- Sergey Semenov.
- Ulyana Patlasova.
- Natalia Seliverstova.
- Julia Sharabarina.
- Alexander Baulin.
- Ekaterina Perepelkina.
- Irina Filatkina.
- Nikolay Yeryomkin.
- Valeria Tarlykova and many others.