La Traviata opened the first tour of the Opera and Ballet Theatre from Mordovia in Minsk
Today, on November 12, on the stage of the Belarusian State Academic Musical Theatre, the opera performance “La Traviata” opened a tour of music.
Today, November 12, on the stage of the Belarusian State Academic Musical Theatre, the opera performance “La Traviata” opened the tour of the I.M. Yaushev State Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Mordovia. The theater from Saransk will show five performances in Minsk: La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, Esmeralda by Caesar Puni, Hanuma by Gia Kancheli, the classics of Diaghilev’s Russian Seasons – the ballet Egyptian Nights by Anton Arensky and the ballet to the music of contemporary Russian composer Kuzma Bodrov “Gifts of the Magi” based on the novella by O. Henry. This production so far was only in Saransk: touring in Minsk for her is the first show outside Mordovia.
The basic principle is to bring on tour what you do not go. It is important for us to show the versatility of our performances: to bring an opera, a musical performance, two ballets and a children's musical. I think we’ll make friends and next time we’ll bring Madame Butterfly and our other performances.
— Our repertoire is very large, — said the head of the literary part Yuri Kondratenko. — 9 operas, 19 ballet performances, and in the calculations of musical comedies even lost. We are delighted to visit the capital of Belarus for the first time. From November 12 to 15, we will show five performances, and there will be six screenings, because the fairy tale “Aladdin’s Magic Lamp” will be shown twice.
Yuri Kondratenko reminded that at the same time in Saransk this evening began the tour of the Belarusian State Academic Musical Theatre, so we can talk about a full-fledged exchange format of the tour:
- The musical theater performs in Saransk for the second time. But today is an exciting day for them as well as for us.
The conductor from Colombia Ivan Francisco Gomez will work for these three days, and on the fourth day the main conductor of the theater Maxim Akulov will stand behind the remote. Maestro Gomez commented on his collaboration with the team:
- The first time I was invited to conduct a performance of Truffaldino from Bergamo was somewhere in 2012, and maybe even earlier. I met this wonderful band and orchestra. We immediately found a mutual understanding. I am glad that our cooperation continues. It’s easy for us – we’re all excited to make music together.
