Operetta Theater (Engels): history, repertoire, troupe

The Theater of Operetta (Engels) was opened in the secondhalf of the twentieth century. Today, his repertoire includes mainly Viennese classical operettas. There are also musicals for the children's audience. The theater enjoys great popularity in its city.

History

In 1968 he acquired his own musical comedy.Engels. The operetta theater was built by the decision of the regional executive committee of the Saratov region. He was given a building, where previously housed the House of Culture. In August 1968, the theater began to prepare its repertoire. The first performance of the musical comedy of the city of Engels was called "Let's be acquainted, dear fellow countrymen!". The troupe was assembled from young graduates of theatrical educational institutions. The post of the main director then was occupied by G.Keller - the honored worker of arts. E. Neumann was appointed to the post of director. For the years of its existence, the operetta theater (Engels) has staged more than a hundred performances. 54 of them were created for young spectators. The theater also demonstrated to the public 9 various concert programs. The troupe often tours the country and performs at the best stages of Murmansk, Moscow, Kaluga, Sevastopol, Volgograd, Ryazan, Novgorod, etc.

Today, the theater is headed by Alexander Gornov.He bears the honorary title of Honored Worker of Culture. The main director of the theater is Dmitry Leontiev. Among the soloists there are actors who are awarded the title of "Honored Artist of Russia". The main choreographer of the theater is Vladimir Lomakin. He is a multiple winner of international competitions. The success of the theater is not only in a wonderful troupe. Playing a role and selection of repertoire. The theater attaches great importance to this issue. The basis of the repertoire consists of a classical operetta. But the theater regularly searches for new musical drama. Thus, on the stage of the musical comedy of the city of Engels, for the first time in our country performances were staged "Golden Cobweb", "God's Dandelion", "Glass Door" and "Favorite".

Performances

The operetta (Engels) repertoire offers its audience the following:

• "Merry Widow".
• "Bayadere".
• "Wake up and sing."
• "Wait for me".
• "Hello I'm your aunt".
• "Silvia".
• "Mowgli".
• "Bat".
• "Cipollino."
• "Hip-hop goat kids."
• "The roads of war."
• "The miracle of the swamp."
• «Emelya + Barbie».
• "Frascit."
• "Tsar-city".
• The Gypsy Baron.
• "Princess Frog".
• "Babi rebellion."
• "Snow White".
• "Ladies' Affairs Master."
• "As a soldier Ivan, Princess Nastya rescued."
• "Cinderella".
• "Truffaldino."
• "Flying ship".
• "The Duchess of Chicago."
• "The New Adventures of the Cat in Boots."
• "Little Muck".
• "The Princess of the Circus".
• "The Bremen Town Musicians".
• "A jazz is a girl."
• "My wife is a liar."
• "The young lady-peasant woman."
• "Khanuma".
• "Brys".
• "A ghost from Canterville."
• "The true story of Lieutenant Rzhevsky."

Actors of the theater

The operetta theater (Engels) gathered on its stage wonderful actors:

• Yulia Boboryko.
• Oksana Kolchina.
• Larisa Komisarova.
• Anton Kuznetsov.
• Svetlana Zhukova.
• Andrey Kalenyuk.
• Tatyana Savinova.
• Michael Kreschikov.
• George Bazanov.
• Evgeny Tsekinovsky.
• Vera Samoylova.
• Natalia Karamysheva.
• Olga Berestenko.
• Anfisa Makarova.
• Marina Frolova.
• Love Danilov.
• Anatoly Gorevoy.
• Alexey Khrustalev.
• Arthur Mukhametdinov.
• Natalia Antonova.
• Love Keeser.
• Elena Komisarova.
• Daniel Wilpert.
• Olga Bryatko.
• Ravil Ulyamaev.
• Nikolay Sukhoruchkin.

Ballet Theater

The theater of the operetta (Engels) has a ballet troupe. It includes 20 artists.

Ballet Theater:

• Julia Kuznetsova.
• Inna Baeva.
• Artem Sergeyev.
• Marina Usanova.
• Vera Derbeneva.
• Elena Moskvicheva.
• Olga Sobenko.
• Valery Matyuk-Zozulya.
• Pavel Barkhatov.
• Vera Karapetyan.
• Arkady Chervov.
• Vadim Krylov.
• Evgenia Nurseitova.
• Anna Gen.
• Yana Mirushkina.
• Alexey Solovyov.
• Maria Maslennikova.
• Dmitry Kochkurov.
• Ekaterina Sentyureva.
• Kirill Nurseytov.