The Nutcracker Theater (Yekaterinburg) is one of the most unique in Russia. Its peculiarity is that children who study ballet at the amateur and professional levels act as artists here.
Theaters of Yekaterinburg
Theaters in Yekaterinburg are very popular with both residents and visitors. Each of them has its own story, its own repertoire, its own genre. All of them are bright and interesting, completely different from each other. They serve art as wonderful, talented and professional artists. But there is one among them where all the roles are played by children - this is the Nutcracker Theater. Yekaterinburg became the owner of such a unique and one-of-a-kind ballet troupe in 1988.
The Nutcracker Theater
The Children's Ballet Theater in Yekaterinburg is not a school or choreographic studio. All performances are played by artists aged 7 to 17 years. This is a full-fledged ballet theater. There are no discounts on age. Young artists dance chamber and full-length performances at a high technical and professional level. The Nutcracker Theater (Yekaterinburg) was created by Mikhail Kogan, an outstanding ballet dancer, choreographer. To this day, he is his artistic director.
In the year when the theater turned 20 years old, he received his own building as a gift. Now it is a real palace. There is everything for teaching ballet for young artists - spacious rehearsal rooms. As well as its own large comfortable scene. The theater building is very large. The auditorium is designed for 300 seats. The stage is transforming, equipped with modern lighting devices and sound equipment. Now the Nutcracker Ballet Theater (Yekaterinburg) will be able to create performances and show programs at an even higher level.
Theater repertoire
The Nutcracker Children's Ballet Theater presents to the audience performances based on the plots of various fairy tales. Little artists perform not only in their city. They tour in Russia and even visit other countries: the USA, Italy and so on.
Performances of the Nutcracker Theater:
- "Aircraft of childhood."
- "Alice".
- "The Adventures of Cipollino."
- "Gingerbread Man".
- "Good Horton."
- "Thumbelina."
- "Tales of the magic lantern."
- "Hare heart."
- "Lived once".
And other ballet performances.
Young actors
The Nutcracker Theater (Yekaterinburg) has about 200 small artists. They study here, perform on stage, improve ballet skills. Education starts from 5 years. Children go on stage at 7 years old. Graduates of the Nutcracker Theater work in theaters in Yekaterinburg, Perm, and Moscow.
The first musical theater of the city
There is an opera and ballet theater since 1912. His first performance was the opera Life for the Tsar by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka. The first ballet production - “The Magic Flute” (R. Drigo). It took place in 1914. Only in 1931 did the name "Opera and Ballet Theater" appear. The repertoire was classic. In the 20s of the 20th century, the theater gained popularity and became known throughout the country, gaining the glory of one of the best in Russia. The troupe consisted of talented artists and musicians. Outstanding masters began their work in this theater. Singers Ivan Kozlovsky, Sergey Lemeshev, Yuri Gulyaev, Boris Shtokolov and so on. Conductor Kirill Tikhonov began to work here. He became one of the founders of the Helikon Opera Theater in Moscow. Another conductor is Evgeny Kolobov. Having moved to Moscow, he founded the Novaya Opera Theater there. Outstanding personality - Alexander Titel. Today he serves in the Moscow Stanislavsky and V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Musical Theater as the chief director and artistic director. Many vocalists and dancers became soloists of the capital's theaters. Some are world stars.
The repertoire of the theater is very rich. To date, the play has announced performances such as “The Flying Dutchman” by R. Wagner, “Paquita” L. Minkus, “Count Ori” by J. Rossini, Amore Buffo G. Donizetti, “Hansel and Gretel” E. Humperding, “Katya and the Prince of Siam ”P. Ovsyannikov,“ Bohemia ”by J. Puccini,“ Boris Godunov ”by M. P. Mussorgsky (modern interpretation),“ Stone Flower ”S. S. Prokofiev,“ The Nutcracker ”. The Opera and Ballet Theater presents its audience with both classical and modern productions.
Musical comedy theater
Theaters of Yekaterinburg offer spectators completely different genres. Opera, ballet, musical, operetta, drama, dolls ... One of the most popular theaters is Music Comedy. It exists since 1933. In that year, the city leadership decided that Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk) needed another theater that would be called upon to entertain, to allow the working people to have an interesting rest. The genre of musical comedy was considered the most suitable for this. Leonid Lucker, a young actor in the drama theater, was appointed director. At the beginning of the career, great help to the Sverdlovsk Musical Comedy came from eminent directors, artists, choreographers, stage designers from St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) and Moscow. The troupe was assembled from young actors, including soloists from the city on the Neva were invited, some of them remained in Yekaterinburg.
The premiere performance of the Sverdlovsk Theater of Musical Comedy is the American operetta G. Stotgardt and R. Friml “Rose-Marie”. With great success, she walked since 1924 on Broadway.
The repertoire includes classical operettas and musicals, as well as musical performances for children. A special place in the poster is occupied by exclusive productions.
Musical Comedy Theater became the laureate of the Golden Mask National Award 17 times in various nominations.