The Ministry of Culture has published the salaries of the heads of museums and theaters. Artistic director and director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Gergiev accepts birthday greetings Modern Mariinsky Theater

His whole life is music. Today is the artistic director's birthday. Mariinsky Theater Valeria Gergiev. virtuoso musician, citizen capital letter, a real workaholic - he does not even think about rest on his holiday. The Easter Festival is in full swing, and every time he goes on stage, he gives himself to his beloved work completely, without a trace.

“I was lucky to lead the Mariinsky Theatre. The world was eager to get acquainted with unknown masterpieces,” says Valery Gergiev.

Unknown masterpieces are Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich… Some compositions famous composers have never been fulfilled. to Gergiev. They seemed technically complex or incomprehensible. The Mariinsky Theater Orchestra plays dozens of composers almost by heart: for example, all the symphonies of Beethoven, Mahler, Sibelius... Today, the maestro only needs ten minutes to stand in an unfamiliar hall to announce that the acoustics allow Strauss to be played. And the musicians are playing! Masterly.

They played in the best halls of the world - from New York to Tokyo. And with the same enthusiasm they give concerts in Omsk and Kirov. They consider it their civic duty to perform in the destroyed Tskhinvali, and in the mourning Kemerovo, and in Palmyra, which has just been liberated from terrorists.

Gergiev, the son of a front-line soldier, was read military career. Even named after Valery Chkalov. Then a career as a football player - he played quite professionally. But at the music school they decided that the guy was deaf: he looked out the window, where his friends were playing football, and instead of the given rhythm, he beat out some syncopations with his palms to the beat of the ball.

When the future conductor turned 13, his father died unexpectedly.

“My father passed away at 49, too early, too young. My mother, already at an advanced age, she somehow saved me for music school. It was not easy for her, very difficult, she raised three children alone,” he says.

He entered the Leningrad Conservatory at the conducting faculty at the age of 19. Usually such young people are not taken into this profession. But two years later Gergiev became a laureate international competition Herbert von Karajan, beating 70 the best conductors world, having completed 18 symphonic works! To play composers in cycles, all compositions in a row - this grandiose idea was born under the influence of outstanding Leningrad teachers.

“These were professors with a great reputation, they were Petersburgers, connoisseurs, intellectuals, but also aristocrats of the soul. We could find time to take a walk with the student after the performance, talk about Schubert, about Bach,” recalls the conductor.

In 1988, the Kirov (now the Mariinsky) Theater elected Gergiev as its chief conductor. The pace at which they have been working since then seems crazy. The Easter Festival is in full swing right now. A hotel train has been booked under it. In the morning, for example, a concert in Cherepovets, in the evening - in Vologda, and tomorrow at noon Arkhangelsk is waiting.

“We sometimes walk more than 1,000 kilometers a day. We just have to go to the limit. Recently, even the locomotive could not stand it,” says Valery Gergiev.

Many of today's orchestra members were not yet born when Gergiev took over the band. Average age- 25 years. For these young people, such a pace of life and such volumes of repertoire are already the norm. The listener of Gergiev is also rapidly getting younger - five- and even three-year-old spectators come to concerts with their parents.

On his 65th birthday, the maestro does not arrange special ceremonies. Friends will come to the Moscow concert, and the very next day - again at the conductor's stand. In the morning - in Smolensk, in the evening - in Bryansk.

Going to the performance, I kept in mind the recent premiere of the Mariinsky Theater on the stage of the KZ "Notes of a Madman" staged by Gleb Cherepanov. Gogol was rethought in a very original and innovative way, in the spirit of Butsko's music. The action took place in the circus arena. The only, but, unfortunately, the most dominant drawback of "Notes ..." was the slurred diction of quite vocally decent baritone Dmitry Garbovsky. And Cherepanov did not provide for the titles, then my textbook knowledge of the test saved me - the day before the premiere I re-read Gogol. But I liked this theater of the grotesque and the absurd.
I expected the same unusual and bizarre from his production of Mozart's "Director of the Theater". During the overture, they started with a video sequence of real shots of scenery installation on different stages of the Mariinsky Theater - idols from the "Ring of the Nibelungs" flashed by and trunks of birches from Shchedrin's "Not Only Love" flashed into the sky. Will the plot really be tied to the modern backstage of the Mariinsky Theater - a seditious thought slipped through my head.
But the screen rose - and everything fell into its quite traditional places. Late 19th century Europe, theater director and bass comedian Buff gather a troupe for a tour of a festival in the city of Rumburg. The technique of bleached and painted clown faces was repeated. White Clown - Theater Director (Andrey Gorbunov - non-singing actor) and Red Clown (bass Denis Begansky).
Opera program:


Frankly, in the presented singspiel of Mozart there is a “zing”, and even what, it definitely was, but there was a problem with the “spire”. In the absence of music, the action sank hopelessly into banality and boredom. I blame this, firstly, on the unsuccessful Russian-language dialogues, and, secondly, on the faded play of the only dramatic actor Andrey Gorbunov- a rather poor speech technique (it is not audible when he turned sideways or back), and a primitive manner of playing. Against its background, our singer Denis Begansky with a perfectly choreographed voice and comical plasticity, he simply saved the boring dialogues with the director.
But when the main heroines of the opera appeared on the stage Mrs. Hertz (Olga Pudova) And Mrs. Silberklang (Antonina Vesenina), and most importantly - the music began to sound, the performance gained a second wind. These young singers can do almost everything - sing virtuoso, play talentedly and, if necessary, dance great. Probably inspired by the abilities of Pudova and Vesenina, the director showed imagination and fiction in the scenes of the arias. It turned out four concert numbers - each singer added a bonus aria to the score.
An imaginary coloratura battle between two sopranos captivated the audience. Experienced prima donna Mistress Hertz vs rising star Mrs Silberklang.
Pudova first sang in the form of a mermaid in the sea, capriciously throwing out her fake tail in the finale. Then she came out in the form of Cleopatra with a plush snake, easily singing the most complex aria of Alceste "Io non chiedo, eterni Dei" with some insanely transcendent top notes.
Vesenina together with Begansky played a scene of Little Red Riding Hood and gray wolf. And Clorinda's bonus aria "No, che non sei capace" was presented in the form of a warlike Maid of Orleans.
Tenor output Mr. Vogelsang (Dmitry Voropaev) was greeted with thunderous applause - everyone already adored the tenor :). True, he had nothing special to sing there - only in the tercet and the finale, along with everyone else. And how I would like a bonus for Dmitry Voropaev ...
Orchestra led by Anton Gakkel sounded wonderful - easy, transparent, Mozartian.

IMHO, for the further successful fate of the performance, the following should be done:
- Transfer to the stage short circuit. historical scene turned out to be too spacious for this chamber singspiel.
- Change the Russian-language dialogues, making more comic and grotesque.
- Replace the actor playing the Theater Director. And it’s better to grow up in your Mariinsky team :).
- Add aria for tenor.
I'll chime in some more :). The duration of the performance with all inserted arias is only 1 hour. As children's matinee these "zings" in German are unlikely to work, and adults will clearly miss the "continuation of the banquet" in the form of a second chamber opera after the intermission. Otherwise, it doesn’t turn out solidly - they called the people for an hour and took the money, as if for a serious opera.

P.S. In the repertoire of the theater "Through the Looking Glass" there is an excellent "Director of the Theater". It is a pity that they are extremely rare. There invented wonderful plot- The director of the theater, adoring Mozart, saves the theater from bankruptcy. A lot of actors, a lot of music. In short - a lot of great "zing" and a lot of good "spire". And one evening they give comic opera Puccini "Gianni Schicchi".

Photos of bows:

Director Gleb Cherepanov and conductor Anton Gakkel

Theaters have taken an important step in the history of the formation of the culture and traditions of Russia. Among the significant and outstanding theaters and a unique historical and architectural landmark of the country has become the Mariinsky Theater. Art connoisseurs have always considered him to be one of the best. Many historians, architects, and even ordinary citizens are interested in the history of the creation of the Mariinsky Theatre.

It is rich in events and deserves attention. The date of foundation and the beginning of the existence of the Mariinsky Theater is considered to be 1783, when, on the direct order of Catherine, it was decided to open the Bolshoi Stone Theater on Theater Square, at that time it was called Carousel Square.

In the middle of the nineteenth century in 1859, built just opposite the famous Bolshoi Theater The theater-circus was, unfortunately, completely destroyed, the cause was a severe fire. Instead of the burnt building, a new building was erected - the building of the now famous Mariinsky Theater. It received the name not by chance, it was customary to call it the Mariinsky. This name was given to him for good reason - in honor of Empress Maria Alexandrovna (wife of Alexander II).

This theater is the first theater season opened a little later only in 1860. A little later, it was decided to rebuild it, and the entire repertoire was transferred to the stage of the Mariinsky Theater.

Each era in history has left its historical imprint. During the revolutionary period, the theater changed its name to the State, and since 1920 it was renamed the State academic theater opera and ballet. But the renaming of the theater did not end there either - in the mid-thirties (1935) it was named after the famous revolutionary Sergei Kirov.

Modern Mariinsky Theater

On this moment It includes three active sites:

— the main platform is the building of the theater on Teatralnaya;
– the second stage was opened in 2013;
- third scene - Concert hall open on st. Decembrists.

Over the years of its existence, a huge number of unique works have been staged on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater. It was possible to buy tickets for the Nutcracker ballet, enjoy the magnificent production of Sleeping Beauty, Peter Grimes, etc.

In total, over thirty operas and 29 ballets were staged on its stage during the years of the twentieth century. This is a very high figure. Find your inspiration here best composers and artistic directors of the country. Works here today great amount professional actors - real aces of theatrical art.

It should be noted that the Great Patriotic War left a huge unpleasant imprint in the history of the theater itself. Apart from material damage, the theater team lost about three hundred artists, who, unfortunately, died at the front.

To see unique game talented actors many guests from other countries came to the country. Every year the theater hosted many people wishing to see the famous "Mariinsky" performances.

Many artists participating in popular and well-known productions even today have received special thanks and awards.

Let's hope that such buildings as the Mariinsky Theater are no longer threatened with cardinal changes. Due to the small funding from the state, the actors have to connect to the development of the repertoire. Every year we can observe that the efforts of our ancestors were not in vain - the stage of the Mariinsky Theater presented a fairly large number of outstanding actors and opera performers.

History of the Mariinsky Theater is counted from the Bolshoi Theater founded by decree of Catherine II in 1783, which was located on the site of the current Conservatory ( theatre square Petersburg). In 1848, the outstanding architect A. Kavas, a prominent representative late classicism, the building of the Mariinsky Theater was erected. The name of the theater is associated with the name of the wife of Alexander II, Empress Maria Alexandrovna.

The first performance at the theater took place on October 2, 1860. It was an opera by M.I. Glinka "Life for the Tsar". The Mariinsky Theater hosted the premieres of such masterpieces of Russian classics as Ruslan and Lyudmila, Boris Godunov, Khovanshchina, operas and ballets by Tchaikovsky were staged and presented to the audience. At the Mariinsky Theater, Aida, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Carmen and others were staged for the first time on the Russian stage.

The theater became the center cultural life St. Petersburg. In the period from 1883 to 1896 under the direction of V. Schroeter, a Russian architect German descent, the theater was reconstructed, mainly the auditorium. Auditorium The Mariinsky Theater is one of the most beautiful in the world. It is decorated with a luxurious three-tiered chandelier and a picturesque ceiling made by the painter Fracioli, gilded moldings and sculptures, the famous work curtain Russian artist, stage designer A. Golovin.

Listing the names of cultural figures associated with the state academic theater would take an infinite number of pages, let's name just a few of them: M. Petipa, F. Chaliapin, A. Istomina, E. Semenova, V. Nizhinsky, L. Sobinov, G. Ulanova, A. Pavlova, R. Nuriev. The Soviet period in the history of the theater was marked by the fact that in 1919 the "Mariinsky" - Mariinskii Opera House received academic status. In 1935 he was named after S.M. Kirov, which he wore until 1992. During the war, the theater was evacuated to Perm, where it held its performances. Currently, work is underway to create the second stage of the theater. The new building will be located next to historic building, on the other side of the Kryukov Canal. The architect is the Frenchman Dominique Perrault. The artistic director and director of the theater is Valery Abisalovich Gergiev. His productions become a discovery for the world musical community. V. Gergiev is one of outstanding conductors world modernity.

Historical places, sights in St. Petersburg:

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Mariinskii Opera House(modern official name State Order of Lenin and Order October revolution Academic Mariinsky Theater, from 1935 to January 16, 1992 - Leningrad State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after S. M. Kirov) - Musical Theatre in St. Petersburg. One of the most famous and significant opera and ballet theaters in Russia and the world. It was founded in 1783.

• 1. History
• 2 Venues
• 3 Repertoire
• 4 Troupes
  • 4.1 Opera
  • 4.2 Ballet
  • 4.3 Orchestra
• 5 Guide
• 6 Festivals
• 7 Partners and sponsors
• 8 See also
• 9 Notes
• 10 Literature
• 11 Press
• 12 Links

Story

The theater traces its history back to the Bolshoi Theater founded in 1783 by order of Empress Catherine the Great, which was located in a building later rebuilt as the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He was a member of the Imperial Theaters of Russia.

Maria Alexandrovna, after whom the theater is named

On July 12, 1783, a Decree was issued approving a theatrical committee "for the management of spectacles and music." On October 5, the Bolshoi was inaugurated Stone theater on Carousel Square, from which the history of the theater begins. Later, Carousel Square changed its name to Theater Square.

In 1859, the Circus Theater located opposite the Bolshoi Theater burned down. In its place, the architect Alberto Cavos built new theater, which was named the Mariinsky in honor of the wife of Alexander II, Empress Maria Alexandrovna. The first theatrical season in the new building opened on October 2, 1860 with Glinka's Life for the Tsar. In 1886, the old theater building was rebuilt as a conservatory, and the repertoire was completely transferred to the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre.

On November 9, 1917, with the change of power, the theater, which became the State, was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR, in 1920 it became academic and since then it has been fully called the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (abbreviated as GATOB). 1935, shortly after the assassination of the first secretary Leningrad regional committee VKP(b) Sergei Kirov, the theater, as well as many other objects, settlements, enterprises, etc. of the USSR, was named after this revolutionary.

In 1988, after the death of Yevgeny Mravinsky and the departure of Yuri Temirkanov to the Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev became artistic director and principal conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre.

Venues

• The main building of the Mariinsky Theater (Teatralnaya Square, 1)
• The second stage of the Mariinsky Theater (Mariinsky-2). The grand official opening and gala concert took place on May 2, 2013
• Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theater (third stage), (Dekabristov st., 37)
• From 2016, the branch of the Mariinsky Theater (fourth stage) will start working in opera house Vladivostok

In the off-season, the theater provides its stage for the performance of other groups.

Repertoire

Troupes

• Persons: Mariinsky Theater

Opera

The opera troupe is famous for such names as Maria Maksakova, Leonid Sobinov, Irina Bogacheva, Yuri Marusin, Olga Borodina, Sergei Leiferkus, Olga Kondina and Anna Netrebko.

Ballet

Orchestra

• Musicians of the Symphony Orchestra
• Principal Conductors of the Mariinsky Theater

Management

Artistic director and director - Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation, National artist Russian Federation, laureate of the State Prizes of the Russian Federation Valery Abisalovich Gergiev.

Festivals

• International Festival of Arts "Stars of the White Nights"
• Moscow Easter Festival
• Festival contemporary music"New Horizons"
• Maslenitsa festival
• Ballet Festival "Mariinsky"
• Brass Evening at the Mariinsky Festival

Partners and sponsors

General partner of the theater

• VTB Bank

The main partners of the theater

• Sberbank
• Yoko Ceschina
• Gazprom

The main sponsors of the theater

• Total
• Mercury
• TeliaSonera

Director and artistic director of the theater Valery Gergiev said that American film director James Cameron and Apple Corporation could become partners of the Mariinsky Theater. Cooperation with Cameron is connected with the plans of the theater management to develop the filming of productions in 3D.

see also

• Conductors of the Mariinsky Theater

Notes

1. Official website of the Mariinsky Theatre. About the theater
2. Petersburg new scene Mariinsky Theater welcomed the first spectators - Channel One
3. A branch of the Mariinsky Theater will start operating in Primorye in 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
4. Story opera troupe- on the website of the Mariinsky Theater
5. Opera artists - on the website of the Mariinsky Theater
6. Ballet soloists - on the website of the Mariinsky Theater
7. Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater - on the website of the Mariinsky Theater
8. Journal of the Other - "Stars of the White Nights" in Moscow
9. Sponsors of the Mariinsky Theater - on the website of the Mariinsky Theater
10. James Cameron may become a partner of the Mariinsky Theater - The Voice of Russia

Literature

• Opera and Ballet Theater named after S. M. Kirov / compiled by T. S. Kruntyaeva; the authors of the essays A. M. Sokolova, Ya. I. Lushina, A. K. Kenigsberg; general edition of V. N. Gurkov; scientific editor A. S. Rozanov. - L.: Music, 1983. - 240 p. - 20,000 copies.
• Pantheon and repertoire of the Russian stage / F. Koni. - Petersburg: SPb., 1850.
• Classic dance. History and modernity / L. D. Blok. - M.: Art, 1987. - 556 p. - 25,000 copies.
• V. A. Telyakovsky. Diaries of the director of the imperial theaters. 1901-1903. St. Petersburg / Under the general. ed. M. G. Svetaeva. Prep. text by S. Ya. Shikhman and M. A. Malkina. Comment. M. G. Svetaeva and N. E. Zvenigorodskaya with the participation of O. M. Feldman. - M.: ART, 2002. - 702 p.
• V. A. Telyakovsky. Diaries of the Director of the Imperial Theatres. Saint Petersburg. 1903-1906 / Under the general. ed. M. G. Svetaeva; Prep. text by M. A. Malkina and M. V. Khalizeva; Comment. M. G. Svetaeva, N. E. Zvenigorodskaya and M. V. Khalizeva. - M.: ART, 2006. - 928 p.
• V. A. Telyakovsky. Diaries of the Director of the Imperial Theatres. Saint Petersburg. 1906-1909 / Under the general ed. M. G. Svetaeva; Prep. text by M. V. Khalizeva and M. V. Lvova; Comment. M. G. Svetaeva, N. E. Zvenigorodskaya and M. V. Khalizeva. - M.: ART, 2011. - 928 p.
• A. Yu. Rudnev. Mariinsky Theatre: quarter-century results

Press

• Alexey Konkin. Black text on a white background: The famous opera director Graham Vick showed The Makropulos Affair at the Mariinsky Theater. " Russian newspaper"- vol. No. 5320 (241) dated October 25, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
• Maria Tabak. The Mariinsky Theater will present the ballet Giselle in Washington. RIA Novosti (02.08.2011). Retrieved February 22, 2011. Archived from the original on August 27, 2011.
• The Mariinsky Theater will bring opera and ballet to Moscow on tour. RIA Novosti (19.01.2011). Retrieved February 22, 2011. Archived from the original on August 27, 2011.
• Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theater - history. Retrieved February 22, 2011. Archived from the original on August 27, 2011.
• The Mariinsky Theater will show the premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Attila. RGRK "Voice of Russia" (13.07.2010). Retrieved February 22, 2011. Archived from the original on August 27, 2011.
• Mariinsky Theater (inaccessible link - history). Encyclopedia "Circumnavigation". Retrieved September 24, 2011. Archived from the original on April 1, 2009.

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