Theater "Nutcracker" (Yekaterinburg) - one of the mostunique in Russia. Its peculiarity is that children act as artists here, who learn ballet at amateur and professional levels.
Theaters in Yekaterinburg enjoy a hugepopular with residents of the city, as well as with its guests. Each of them has its own story, its repertoire, its genre. They are all bright and interesting, not at all similar to each other. In them, wonderful, talented and professional artists serve the art. But there is one among them, where all the roles are played by children - the theater "The Nutcracker". Ekaterinburg became the owner of such a unique and unique in its kind ballet troupe in 1988.
In the year when the theater was 20 years old, hereceived his own building as a gift. Now it's a real palace. There is everything for teaching the ballet of young artists - spacious rehearsal rooms. And also its own large comfortable scene. The building of the theater is very large. The auditorium is designed for 300 seats. The stage is transformed, equipped with modern lighting devices and sound technology. Now the ballet theater "The Nutcracker" (Yekaterinburg) will be able to create performances and show programs at an even higher level.
Children's Theater of Ballet "The Nutcracker" presentsviewers performances, created by the subjects of various fairy tales. Small artists perform not only in their city. They toured across Russia and even happen in other countries: the USA, Italy and so on.
Performances of the theater "Nutcracker":
And other ballet productions.
Theater "Nutcracker" (Ekaterinburg) includesabout 200 small artists. They study here, perform on stage, improve ballet mastery. Training begins with 5 years. Children go to the stage at 7 years old. The graduates of the theater "Nutcracker" work in the theaters of Ekaterinburg, Perm, Moscow.
There is a theater of opera and ballet since 1912.The first performance of his was the opera "Life for the Tsar" by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka. The first ballet production was "The Magic Flute" (R. Drigo). It took place in 1914. Only in 1931 appeared the name "Theater of Opera and Ballet". The repertoire was classical. In the 20s of the 20th century the theater gained popularity and became known throughout the country, gaining the fame of one of the best in Russia. The troupe consisted of talented artists and musicians. In this theater the outstanding masters began their creative activity. Singers Ivan Kozlovsky, Sergey Lemeshev, Yuri Gulyaev, Boris Shtokolov and so on. Cyril Tikhonov started his work here. He became one of the founders of the "Helikon-Opera" theater in Moscow. Another conductor - Evgeny Kolobov. Having moved to Moscow, he founded the theater "New Opera" there. Outstanding personality - Alexander Titel. Today he serves in the Moscow Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater as the main 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 shows such performances as The Flying Dutchman by R. Wagner, Pachita L. Minkus, The Count Ori Ore G. Rossini, Amore Buffo G. Donizetti, Hansel and Gretel E. Humpinging, Katya and Prince of Siam ”P. Ovsyannikov,“ La Boheme ”by G. Puccini,“ Boris Godunov ”by M. P. Mussorgsky (modern interpretation),“ The Stone Flower ”S. S. Prokofiev,“ The Nutcracker ”. The Opera and Ballet Theater presents its audience with both classical and modern productions.
Yekaterinburg theaters offer viewerscompletely different genres. Opera, ballet, musical, operetta, drama, dolls ... One of the most popular theaters is Musical comedy. It exists since 1933. That year the city authorities decided that Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk) needed another theater, which would be called upon to entertain, to allow the working people to have an interesting rest. The genre of musical comedy for this was considered the most appropriate. Leonid Lukker, a young dramatic theater actor, was appointed director. At the beginning of his creative career, renowned directors, artists, choreographers, set designers from St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) and Moscow provided very great assistance to the Sverdlovsk musical comedy. The troupe was assembled from young actors, including soloists from the city on the Neva River, some of whom remained in Yekaterinburg.
The premiere performance of the Sverdlovsk Theater of Musical Comedy is the American operetta by G. Stotgardt and R. Freeml “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 occupy exclusive productions.
The theater of musical comedy 17 times became the winner of the National Award “Golden Mask” in various nominations.
