Temur Nodarovich Chkheidze ( Georgian. ნოდარის ძე ჩხეიძე ; born November 18, 1943 , Tbilisi , USSR ) - Soviet, Georgian and Russian theater director, actor.
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| Birth name | Temur Nodarovich Chkheidze | |||
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| Profession | theater director , actor | |||
| Years of activity | 1965 - present | |||
| Theater | Theater named after Shota Rustaveli Bolshoi Drama Theater | |||
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People's Artist of the Georgian SSR ( 1981 ). People's Artist of the Russian Federation ( 1994 ) [1] . Laureate of the Lenin Prize ( 1986 ).
Biography
He studied at the Tbilisi Theater Institute. Shota Rustaveli in the workshop of D. Aleksidze . After graduating from the institute in 1965, he worked as a director of the Drama Theater in Zugdidi (until 1967). Then, in 1967-1970. worked at the Tbilisi Theater of Young Spectators , from 1970 to 1980 at the Shota Rustaveli Theater [2] .
Since 1991, he worked closely with the Bolshoi Drama Theater. G. A. Tovstonogov , but for a long time refused the post of chief director [2] . Later, Chkheidze said on this occasion: “I knew that no matter what was done, it would be worse than at the time of Tovstonogov . But he is not, and generally Tovstonogovs are born extremely rarely. And life goes on, and I, delighted with the theater that was once, do not set it like Tovstonogov ” [3] . Nevertheless, in 2004 Chkheidze lost to many years of persuasion by the artistic director of the theater, Kirill Lavrov, and was appointed chief director of the BDT [2] . After the death of Lavrov in 2007, he became the artistic director of the theater [2] .
In recent years, critics have written about stagnation in the Bolshoi Drama, and on February 19, 2013 Temur Chkheidze resigned. He explained the reasons for his resignation at a March 4 press conference: “Now, probably, the time has come when the BDT needs changes that I personally cannot make. Many call me a retrograde, but it was my principle way - to preserve Tovstonogov’s legacy. I am convinced that less than 10 years will pass, and the Russian theater will again need the classics. One young man told me that my performances were perceived as an anachronism. I am grateful to him for honesty ” [4]
Opera
At the Mariinsky Theater :
- 1996 - “ The Player ” by S. S. Prokofiev ( Golden Mask National Award in the nomination “Best Opera Performance”)
- 1998 - Don Carlos by J. Verdi and The Flying Dutchman by R. Wagner
- 1999 - “The Mean Knight ” by S. V. Rachmaninov and “ Mozart and Salieri ” by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov [5]
In 2004, he staged the opera “ Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk County ” by D. D. Shostakovich at the Bolshoi Theater . He staged operas by Russian composers abroad: “The Player” by S. S. Prokofiev in La Scala in 1991 and at the Metropolitan Opera in 2001; The Tsar’s Bride by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov at the French opera houses in Paris and Bordeaux in 2004 [5] .
Rewards
- Order of Honor ( February 14, 2009 ) - for his great contribution to the development of domestic theater art and many years of creative activity [6]
- People's Artist of the Russian Federation ( February 12, 1994 ) - for great merits in the field of theatrical art [1]
- Breastplate of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation “For Contribution to Russian Culture” ( March 29, 2013 ) [7]
- Lenin Prize (1986)
- People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1981)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 239 dated February 12, 1994 “On conferring the honorary title“ People's Artist of the Russian Federation ”to creative workers of the G. Tovstonogov St. Petersburg Academic Bolshoi Drama Theater”
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Temur Chkheidze on the BDT website (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 22, 2008. Archived February 17, 2012.
- ↑ Dmitrevskaya M. You should know what Testament you are talking about (a conversation with T. Chkheidze) // Petersburg Theater Journal. - St. Petersburg, 2007. - No. 47 .
- ↑ Karmunin O., Sopova A. Temur Chkheidze: “I won’t work in any theater anymore” (inaccessible link) . The culture . Izvestia (official site) (March 4, 2013). Date of treatment March 4, 2013. Archived March 4, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Timur Chkheidze . State Academic Mariinsky Theater. Date of treatment August 10, 2016.
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2009 No. 162 “On awarding the Order of Honor Chkheidze T. N.”
- ↑ Vladimir Medinsky awarded Temur Chkheidze with a silver badge “For Contribution to Russian Culture”