The State Ballet Theatre of Russia began its history in 1931 as the Voronezh Comedy Theatre and was established as the Voronezh State Theatre of Opera and Ballet in 1968.
The theatre opened in 1935. largely financed by M. Gorky and F. Chaliapin, and was called the Gorkovskiy Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. Pushkin. In 1990 it was renamed the Nizhniy Novgorod State Academic Theatre. The ballet company was created in 1935 and a choreographic school was established in 1993. The Nizhniy Novgorod State Academic Theatre now specializes in classical ballet and opera.
The theatre was constructed in 1874-1879 under the direction of R. Karvovskiy. On August, 20th, 1921 the theatre reopened with its first theatrical season following the civil war. The theatre building underwent complete reconstruction 1957-1959 and in 1965 the name of P. Tchaikovsky The title ….
The company begun the history from 1994 November 10 with Giselle production performed on Officers’ House in St.-Petersburg. During the period with 1994 on 2001 ballets “Swan lake”, “Quixote”, “Nutcracker”, “the Sleeping beauty” have been producted. St Petersburg Ballet Theatre is permanently and successfully touring aboard the Russia.
The Russian National Ballet was founded in 1989 as the Moscow Festival Ballet by two former stars of the Bolshoi Ballet, the legendary Maris Liepa and Sergei Radchenko. It was the first independent (non-goverment) ballet company to be formed in Russia and quickly gained international recognition. It was renamed the Russian National Ballet in January 1998 and is currently under the direction of Sergei and Elena Radchenko.
The company was founded by Peter Gusev in 1966. In 1969 the famous Russian choreographer Leonid Jacobson was appointed Artistic Director and the original name of the company was changed to “Choreographic Miniatures” which is the title of one of his productions. After Jacobson died in 1976 he was succeeded by his friend and favorite dancer Askold Makarov. Since May 2001 the Artistic Director of the comany has been Yuri Petukhov, a former principal of the Mikhailovskiy Ballet.
The Ballet Company of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre has its origins in the famous meeting held in 1897, when the actor-director Konstantin Stanislavsky and the writer Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko met at the Slavyansky Bazaar restaurant in Moscow for a lunch that ….
The theatre was completed in February 1944 and the first performance held on May 12, 1945. The title “Academic” was awarded on December 30, 1963. It is the largest theatre in Russia and, after renovation in 2005, its computerized stage equipment is the most technically advanced in Russia.
The State Academic Opera Theatre of Russia is one of the oldest in Russia – its first season opened in 1912. Following the Russian Revolution the Theatre was called The Laboratory of Soviet Opera and often the playbills would state \”The right to first performance belongs to the Theatre.\” ….
The Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre was established in 1939 as a drama theatre and in 1949 as an opera and ballet theatre. In its 70 year history the theatre has mounted more than 200 productions, of which more than 30 are in the current repertoire.
