Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater named after D. A. Hvorostovsky

The house in which the People’s Conservatory was located. Krasnoyarsk, st. Gorky 11.

In 1887 - 1888, Sergei Mikhailovich Beznosikov, musician, student of N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov , who was educated at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, created the first symphony orchestra in Krasnoyarsk . Its members included amateur musicians and musicians of a military orchestra. The orchestra on the stage of the city ​​theater performs works by A. Dargomyzhsky , M. Balakirev , music from the operas Life for the Tsar by M. Glinka ; "Rognedy" A. Serov , "Mermaid" A. Dargomyzhsky .

In 1897, the troupe of V. I. Rozanov presented to the public the operas The Mermaid by A. Dargomyzhsky, Pebbles by S. Monyushko, Life for the Tsar by M. Glinka, The Askold Grave by A. Verstovsky, Mazep by P. Tchaikovsky , “Pagliacci” by R. Leoncavallo, “Faust” by C. Gounod, “Samson and Delilah” by C. Saint-Saens, “Troubadour” by D. Verdi and several operettas ^[2] .

In Krasnoyarsk was born and began to speak V. R. Peacock . In the summer of 1897, Pavel Iosifovich Ivanov-Radkevich came to Krasnoyarsk from St. Petersburg and became the leader of the choir of the Krasnoyarsk Theological Seminary . In 1918 P.I. Slovtsov arrived from Petrograd to Krasnoyarsk . On April 5, 1920, at the initiative of P. I. Ivanov-Radkevich and with the active participation of Slovtsov, the People’s Conservatory was opened in Krasnoyarsk, the first director of which was P. Ivanov-Radkevich ^[3] . In 1923, P.I. Slovtsov and his wife M.N. Rioli-Slovtsova renew opera performances.

In 1920-1922, the first Soviet theater worked in the city; his opera company staged scenes from operas, operettas, gave symphony concerts.

At the end of 1924, on the basis of the amateur collective of P. I. Slovtsov, an opera troupe was created under the name "Labor Opera Collective" consisting of one hundred people. The City Council allowed to use the theater building named after A.S. Pushkin , and allocated a subsidy of three thousand rubles. The troupe staged forty-four performances.

During the war in Krasnoyarsk on the stage of the Drama Theater. A.S. Pushkin worked evacuated troupe of Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk opera and ballet theaters.

The Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater was created on December 30, 1976 .

The building was built in 1966-78 by the project of the laureate of the State Prize of the USSR Union architect I.A. Mikhalev. Originally intended for the Krasnoyarsk Theater of Musical Comedy; In the early 70s, when it was decided to open an opera and ballet theater in the city, the author made significant changes to the original project. The opening of the theater was timed to the 350th anniversary of Krasnoyarsk, located on the eponymous square ( now Theater Square ).

The first performance - the opera of A. Borodin "Prince Igor" - the theater presented on August 12, 1978. The first theater season was opened by Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor ( December 20, 1978 ) and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake ( December 21, 1978 ). The theater hosted the absolute premieres of the operas Woe from Wit by Banshchikov (1985), Hamlet by Slonimsky (1993), Odyssey ballets by Gevorkyan (1983), White Deer by Banevich (1987), and the musical Under the First Star by Pleshak ( 2000); for the first time in the USSR, Bizet's opera Don Procopio (1983) and the rock ballet Jesus Christ the Superstar to the music of the rock opera by E. L. Webber (1989) were staged.

The artistic leadership of the theater of the first years: director - Honored Artist of the RSFSR Dementiev Yu. V., chief director M. Vysotsky, chief conductor Shavruk I. L. , chief choirmaster - honored art worker of Russia Mayevsky E. K., chief ballet master - laureate Uzbekistan State Prize Markaryants N. S. ^[4] , chief artist - N. Kotov

The Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater has performed more than eighty opera and ballet performances. In 1999, the theater staged the ballet “Tsar-fish” based on the stories included in the book of V.P. Astafyev “Tsar-fish”.

Among the best productions: operas - Boris Godunov (1983) by Mussorgsky, Faust (1986) Gounod, Aida (1979), Troubadour (1987), La Traviata (1992, Russian-French production) Verdi, “Tosca” (1980, new post. 1994) Puccini, “Mermaid” (1988) Dargomyzhsky, “Hamlet” (1993) Slonimsky, “Mazepa” (1990) Tchaikovsky, “Mavra” (1991) Stravinsky, “Daughter of the regiment "Donizetti (1998)," Betrothal in a Monastery "(2003) Prokofiev; ballets - “Swan Lake” (1978, new post. 1985) by Tchaikovsky, “Giselle” (1978) Adana, “Carmen Suite” (1991) Bizet-Shchedrin, “La Bayadere” (1982) Minkus, “Bakhchisarai Fountain” (1988 ) Asafiev, Romeo and Juliet (2005) Prokofiev, Spartak (2007) Khachaturian, Stone Flower (2012) Prokofiev.

Since 1986, the theater began to hold the International Opera Festival. P. I. Slovtsova and vocalists contest “Young Voices”.

The theater is also one of the founders of the International Music Festival of the Asia-Pacific Region.

In different years, they worked in the theater

• Conductors - Honored Artist of Russia Georgy Muratov, Igor Shavruk ; Honored Artist of Russia Vladimir Kovalenko;
• Directors - Honored Artists of Russia Evgeny Buzin, Maximilian Vysotsky, Honored Artist of Russia Boris Ryabikin, Vyacheslav Tsyupa; Stanislav Ulitenko;
• choreographers - Honored Worker of Culture of Russia Vladimir Burtsev, laureate of the State Prize of Uzbekistan Nikolay Markaryants, Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Pavlenko , Vladimir Fedyanin; Stanislav Kuryaninov;
• choirmaster - Honored Artist of Russia Efim Maevsky, Honored Artist of Russia Konstantin Yakobson , Natalia Bush;
• artists - Henry Arutyunov, Honored Artist of Russia Nikolai Kotov;
• singers - people's artists of Russia Vladimir Ognovenko , Larisa Marzoeva , Nikolai Putilin, Dmitry Hvorostovsky (the theater was named after him in 2018 );
• Honored Artists of Russia Nina Abt-Neufert, Vladimir Alekseev, Svetlana Efremova, Marat Gareev, Vasily Gorshkov, Svetlana Kolyanova, Alexander Litvinov, Valentin Mostitsky , George Motinov, Victor Savchenkov, Alexander Samoilov, Nikolai Ostrovsky, Tamara Pronina , Vladimir Prudnik, Jean Lyudmila Yanitskaya;
• soloists Boris Ageev, Nina Lavrova, German Kuklin, Anatoly Lysenko, Evgeny Oleinikov, Anatoly Pilipenko, Lesya Shevchenko;
• People's Artist of Turkmenistan Gurt Nazarov, People's Artist of Buryatia Shogdar Zonduyev, Honored Artist of North Ossetia Garry Harutyunyan, Honored Artist of the Tuva Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Grigory Kontsur, Honored Artist of Khakassia Vladimir Kirbizhekov;
• ballet soloists - folk artists of Russia Gennady Akacheonok, Flora Kaydani , Vasily Polushin , Larisa Sycheva , Natalya Chekhovskaya ;
• Honored Artists of Russia Olga Akinfeeva, Natalya Khakimova, Marina Shefer, Nikolay Shilnikov, Mark Peretokin , Arkady Zinov ;
• Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR Nadezhda Burtseva; ballet soloists Olga Andreeva, Alexandra Volkhovskaya, Tatyana Gubina, Larisa Dobrozhan, Irina Kuzmina, Gennady Budko;
• soloists of the orchestra Honored Artists of Russia Vasily Karaulov, Alexander Betts, Nikolay Izotov; Artist of the choir Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR Tamara Gorodetskaya.

In the troupe of the theater (2018): singers - people's artists of Russia Anatoly Berezin , Vladimir Efimov; Honored Artists of Russia Vera Baranova, German Efremov, Natalia Sokolova, Oleg Alekseev; ballet soloists - Honored Artists of Russia Maria Kuimova, Alla Yukhimchuk; soloists Olesya Aldonina, Ivan Karnaukhov, Kirill Litvinenko; Tutoring - People's Artist of Russia Alexander Kuimov , Honored Artists of Russia Igor Klimin, Vera Surovtseva; soloist of the orchestra Honored Artist of Russia Tatyana Savelyeva; Conductors - Honored Artist of Russia Alexander Kosinsky, Alexander Yudasin; the main conductor is Honored Artist of Russia Anatoly Chepurnoy, the chief choirmaster is Dmitry Khodosh. The artistic director of the theater is Sergey Bobrov, Honored Artist of Russia ^[5]

The theater was on tour in many cities of Russia, including Moscow; the opera company toured in the UK; ballet - in the UK, Norway, Hungary, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, China, Mexico, Slovakia, Japan, India, the Philippines, Cyprus, Taiwan.

• 2003 - “ Betrothal in the Monastery ” by Sergei Prokofiev , director Vladimir Gurfinkel
• 2009 - P. I. Tchaikovsky’s opera The Queen of Spades (new stage version by S. Bobrov)
• 2010 - R. M. Glier's ballet Red Poppy. Choreographer Vladimir Vasiliev .

• Opera in Russia

• Krivosheya G.V., Lavrusheva L.G., Preisman E.M. Musical life of Krasnoyarsk. - Krasnoyarsk: Krasnoyarsk Book Publishing House , 1983.
• Rychkov S. Yu. Cover article for the CD “Peter Slovtsov-“ Siberian nightingale. ”2007. The Moscow State Metallurgical and Metallurgical Center named after M. I. Glinka .

• Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theater
• Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater on a map of Krasnoyarsk
• About G. Ulanova Competition and premieres of the 2010-2011 season
• P.I. Slovtsov on the disk of the M.M.
• Disk "Peter Ivanovich Slovtsov-Russian tenor", published in the USA, in 2008
• Maria Kuimova: “The look of proud Carmen is rehearsed in a ballet class.” Interview with the newspaper "City News", 2013
• History of the People’s Conservatory of Krasnoyarsk