The 38th creative season is complete
The 38th creative season of the Krasnoyarsk state opera and ballet theatre has come to the end. This season differed in the saturated poster, non-standard shares, new forms and solutions of our theatre projects.
In addition to premieres, this creative season was rich in various large-scale projects and shares. The international cultural project "Last Tribute" devoted to the 70 anniversary from the date of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and Year of literature in Russia became one of significant actions. It has passed within the program of the international cultural centers of Russia "The intersection of cultures of 2015". We will note, Krasnoyarsk became the fourth city whose project has been included in this All-Russian program.
Besides, the theater has taken part in the social theatre project "Family as the Gift". The public has seen the children's ballet "Three Pigs" with participation of pupils of one of orphanages of Krasnoyarsk. In January the traditional International festival "Parade of Stars at the Opera" started. This time it has been devoted to the people's artist of the USSR Galina Vishnevskaya. Eminent opera singers and conductors from Russia, Italy, the USA, Slovakia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have participated at the festival.
In this season actors of theatre have for the first time taken part in unusual experiment – opera battle which has taken place at the karaoke club "PLAY-POY" where teams of soloists have met at the vocal duel. And in the International day of theatre within the walls of Opera has passed quest "Night at the theatre, or The Phantom of the Opera".
Has not managed and without awards – to the conductor of the Krasnoyarsk state opera and ballet theatre Alexander Kosinsky the rank of the honored artist of Russia is given. And at the regional festival "Theatre Spring" the theatre became the winner directly in nine nominations!
The 39th theatrical season will be opened on September 24 with big Gala concert. The new season also promises to be saturated – in November there will take place the IV International forum "Ballet XXIst Century" devoted to the 125 anniversary since the birth of the outstanding Russian composer Sergey Prokofiev. International contest of the ballet "Grand Prix of Siberia" will become the central event of the forum. The jury will be headed by the people's artist of the USSR Yury Grigorovich. And in the second half of the season the VIII International festival "Parade of Stars at the Opera" will take place, it will be devoted to memory of the great opera prima Elena Obraztsova and the IV International contest of young opera singers and directors named after Pyotr Slovtsov.
