The Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theater, the history of which is described in this article, began its career in the difficult pre-war years. Today he is the pride of Ufa. His repertoire includes not only operas and ballets standard for a theater of this orientation, but also operettas, children's musicals, musical comedies and concerts.
Theater History
The Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater (Ufa) played its first performance in 1938. The troupe included graduates of the Moscow Conservatory and the Leningrad Choreographic School.
During the Second World War, the Kiev Opera House was evacuated to the city . The Bashkir troupe fruitfully collaborated with Ukrainian colleagues. Artists of Kiev shared their experience with young Bashkir soloists.
In 1950 The Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater clearly showed itself as a mature creative team. As a result, almost 7 artists of the troupe received government awards and honorary titles.
For more than 20 years, the theater annually holds two international level festivals. "Chaliapin evenings in Ufa" was born in 1991. This is a festival of soloists of the opera. Professional artists from the best theaters of the country and the world come here. The second project is the festival of ballet art named after R. Nuriev. The idea of its creation belongs to Yuri Grigorovich. Dancers from different countries take part in the festival.
In the late 90s, Moscow hosted the days of Bashkir culture. The theater presented to residents and guests of the capital several of its performances: "On the night of the lunar eclipse", "Crane Song" and "Kakhym-Turya." The last of which became the winner of the Golden Mask. The opera The Magic Flute by V.A. Mozart and The Masquerade Ball by J. Verdi were nominated for the country's main theater award in several positions at once.
Ballet dancer of the Ufa theater Z. A. Nasretdinova in 2008 was awarded the Golden Mask. She was awarded this prize in the nomination “For Honor and Dignity”. In addition, the International Biographical Council, located in British Cambridge, awarded her the title of "International Professional." And also Z. Nasretdinova received the prize "Soul of Dance", awarded to her by the editorial board of the magazine "Ballet".
In 2006, the theater was declared the best creative team. The prize of the same name was awarded to the troupe at the F. Volkov International Festival in the city of Yaroslavl, where the artists presented their ballet "Arkaim".
Leading soloists of the Ufa Opera often become members of delegations of artists of the Republic of Bashkortostan and the Russian Federation. They travel abroad for presentations, conferences, gala concerts.
The theater is actively touring. Artists have already visited the Netherlands, Mexico, USA, Egypt, Italy, Belgium, France, China, Turkey, Thailand, Brazil, Portugal and other countries. In 2008, the troupe performed in South Korea. The tour was so successful that the team was awarded a high award. The artists were handed a copy of the Crown of the first emperor of Korea. The Bashkir Opera enjoys great authority and is recognized throughout the world.
In our country, the theater was awarded the prizes "1000 of the best organizations of Russia-2009" and "National Treasure of Russia-2010".
A large public outcry in the republic and in the Russian Federation was caused by several recent prime ministers of the troupe. These are operas: La marionette, Madame Butterfly, Naki, Prometheus and Prince Igor. These performances are still in the repertoire of the theater.
In 2009, the theater had a second stage - the Small Hall. Here are chamber performances, as well as concerts. Recently, several premieres took place on this stage. These are the ballets Non-Classical Divertissement and Seven Beauties, the operas Walpurgis Night and Love Drink, the musical comedy Sister-in-Law, and the children's musical The Cat of Leopold’s Birthday.
Today’s repertoire includes the best works of Russian and foreign classics. The main principle of the Ufa opera is a careful attitude in the traditions of the past and constant professional development. It is in this and in talented personnel that the theater sees the key to its success.
Opera repertoire
The poster of the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater offers a large number of interesting performances. The repertoire includes productions of different genres.
The following operas are on the stage of the theater:
- Hercules.
- "Orleans Maiden".
- "La Traviata."
- Aleko.
- "Kakhym-Turya".
- Rigoletto.
- "On the night of the lunar eclipse."
- "School of lovers."
- "Love drink."
- Ovid.
And others.
Ballet, operetta, performances for children
The repertoire of the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater also includes operettas, children's musical tales and choreographic productions.
Among them are the following performances:
- "Arkaim".
- "Bat".
- "Water Beauty".
- "Glass slipper".
- "Cocktail of ice and flame."
- The Secret of the Golden Key.
- La Marionnette.
- "The husband is at the door."
- "Nutcracker".
- "The Bremen Town Musicians"
- "Walpurgis Night".
- "Tom Sawyer".
- La Sylphide.
- "Sylvia".
- "Crane Song".
And other productions.
Opera company
The Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater gathered wonderful vocalists on its stage.
Among them:
- Larisa Akhmetova.
- Ivan Shabanov.
- Larisa Potekhina.
- Ruslan Khabibullin.
- Galina Cheplakova.
- Yamil Abdulmanov.
- Love Butorina.
- Artyom Golubev.
- Tatyana Mamedova.
- Sergey Sidorov.
- Galina Butolina.
- Vladimir Kopytov.
- Olesya Mezentseva.
And many others.
Ballet troupe
The Bashkir Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (Ufa) has talented professional dancers.
Among them:
- Valery Isaev.
- Agatha Yusupova.
- Sophia Gavryushina.
- Ekaterina Khlebnikova.
- Andrey Bryntsev.
- Dmitry Somov.
- Maxim Kuptsov.
- Artyom Osipov.
- Danila Alekseev.
- Artyom Dobrokhvalov.
- Olga Potapova.
- Adele Ovchinnikova.
- Svetlana Lomova.
- Kira Zaramenskaya.
And many others.
Museums
The Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater invites viewers to visit their two museums. One of them is dedicated to its history. It was opened in 1993. Among the exhibits of the museum are costumes for performances, awards and diplomas of the troupe, photographs of performances, props, posters and programs, sketches of scenery, as well as personal items belonging to the famous artists of the Bashkir theater. One of the stands is dedicated to the great singer Fedor Chaliapin, who began his career here.
The second museum is called "Rudolf Nuriev". It is dedicated to the life and work of the legendary dancer. The exhibition presents more than a hundred items related to the life of a genius.
Director
Since 2011, the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater has been working under the direction of Director I.R. Almukhametov. Ilmar Razinovich is a graduate of the acting department of the Institute of Arts of the city of Ufa. In 2004, he received the specialty of theater director at the Academy of Retraining of Art and Culture Workers. And in 2013, he completed training in management.
Ilmar Razinovich is not only an actor, director and director, but also a playwright. He wrote a number of plays for the puppet theater. I. Almukhametov is the organizer of several festivals, as well as a teacher at the Ufa Academy of Arts.
Reviews
The Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theater receives mostly positive and enthusiastic reviews from the audience. It is the highlight of the city. Residents of Ufa are proud of their theater. Even those who are not fans of opera and classical ballet find here interesting productions that captivate and capture. Viewers get a lot of positive emotions. The troupe, according to the public, is assembled wonderful, all artists are talented and have a great knowledge of the profession. Among them are quite a lot of young people. "Artists are so good at getting used to the role that you believe them 100% and watch the performance with bated breath and sincerely empathizing with the characters," viewers write in their reviews.
The theater building, according to the public, is very beautiful both outside and inside. Interesting museums allow you to spend time interestingly and profitably before the start of performances and during intermissions.
Of the minuses, viewers note only fairly high prices in the buffet.