Булгаков и Большой балет
01.12.2021
The Bolshoi Theatre is presenting the world premiere of the ballet “Master and Margarita”, a performance created by the same team which realised the ballet “Petrushka” three years ago. They are a Slovenian choreographer of Romanian origin, manager of the ballet troupe of the Slovene National Theatre, Edward Clug, set designer Marco Japelj and costume designer Leo Kulaš. Joining the team are composer Milko Lazar and lighting designer Tomaž Premzl, who are also Clug’s old “brothers-in-arms”. 


Он просто хотел получить от жизни всё…
03.11.2021
Don Giovanni by Mozart appeared at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1825 and since then it has returned to our stage more than any other opera by the great Austrian. A new version, the premiere of which is taking place on the 3rd of November, was suggested by the staging team of Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), Semyon Spivak (director), Semyon Pastukh (set designer), Galina Solovyova (costume designer) and Sergei Gritsay (choreographer).


«Там, где русские видят смертельные страсти, французы — повод улыбнуться и пошутить»
29.10.2021
The Chamber Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre continues the tradition of uniting two one-act operas into a complete performance. This time we have a premiere of the production which combines Maddalena by S. Prokofiev with L’heure espagnole by M. Ravel.


22.07.2021
Ariodante opera premiere by Handel will be closing current theatre season. For a reason, this particular opera was planned to become dramatic final point.


И бьется чайка о высокий берег…
01.07.2021
The last ballet premiere of the outgoing 245th season will be the world premiere of the ballet The Seagull. The music was commissioned of St Petersburg composer Ilya Demutsky. The production is realised by the duo of Yuri Possokhov and Aleksander Molochnikov. This creative union originated directly from the work on The Seagull. The union of Possokhov and Demutsky has a much longer story: it is their sixth collaboration, their third for the Bolshoi theatre and the fourth which contains a Russian literary writing at its foundation.


«И летней тёплой ночи тьма душна...»*
23.06.2021
The large-scale historical opera Mazeppa by Pyotr Tchaikovsky returns to the repertoire of the Bolshoi.


*A.S. Pushkin Poltava



Амстердамский Дневник и мюнхенская Роза на нашей сцене!
06.05.2021
On the eve of Victory Day, there will be a premiere on the Boris Pokrovsky Chamber Stage. It will combine one-act operas The Diary of Anne Frank by Grigory Frid and Weiße Rose by Udo Zimmermann. Famous German director Hans-Joachim Frey is the author of both idea and stage version of it. Maestro Philipp Chizhevsky is behind the conductor stand.


«Тоска» как трагедия
21.04.2021
One of the most favourite operas in the world is returning to the Bolshoi Theatre after almost a seven-year break. An Italian staging crew is working on the production – conductor Daniele Callegari and director Stefano Poda.


«Музыка Шостаковича улыбалась, хохотала, танцевала, издевалась, шалила, а иногда чуть-чуть грустила...»
25.03.2021
For the first time at the Bolshoi Theatre – on the Chamber Stage – is the premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich’s only operetta Moscow, Cheryomushki.


Самый «балетный» роман Вирджинии Вулф на нашей сцене!
24.03.2021
The most “ballet” novel of Virginia Woolf is now on our stage!
Commissioned by the Bolshoi Theatre: ballet Orlando, production by Christian Spuck. World premiere will take place on New Stage on 24th March. Bolshoi Ballet leading artists will be performing there.


Сегодня вечером царевна Саломея…
25.02.2021
Salome by Richard Strauss reveals a number of premieres of the new year on the Historic Bolshoi stage. This joint production with The Metropolitan Opera theatre will first be introduced in Moscow, then in New York. The stage director – well-known operatic director in Europe, Claus Guth – debuts on our stage. At the conductor's stand, we have musical director and chief conductor of the Bolshoi theatre Tugan Sokhiev.


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