Mintimer Shaimiev: “A good start to the Year of the Theater”
Today, on the day of the 144th anniversary of the great Russian artist Vasily Ivanovich Kachalov, a solemn opening ceremony of the theater museum was held at the Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theater.
The guests were met by the artistic director and director of the theater, Alexander Slavutsky.
The State Councilor of Tatarstan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Republican Renaissance Foundation Mintimer Shaimiev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Leila Fazleeva, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Oleg Glebov, Chairman of the State Council Committee on Education, Culture science and national issues Razil Valeev participated in the celebration, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan Irada Ayupova, also heads of theaters, museums, representatives of public STI republic took part.
The guests of the ceremony gathered in the foyer-atrium of the theater near the monument to Kachalov. Among them were Dmitry Rodionov, Director General of the State Central Theater Museum named after A.A. Bakhrushin, Boris Lyubimov, Rector of the Shchepkin Higher Theater School, Mariya Bubnova, great-great-grandson of V.I. Kachalov, director of the Moscow Art Theater Museum Marfa Bubnova, director of the Academic Puppet Theater named after A. Bakhrunov S.V.Obraztsova Irina Korchevnikova, special correspondent of the federal magazine "Theatrical" Anna Timina.
After the dramatized introduction on the history of the theater, performed by young artists of the theater, the State Councilor of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev welcomed the participants.
“Thank you very much to all the theaters of the republic, the Year of the Theater has been a good start. Recently, we held a remarkable board of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic, with the participation of the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Medinsky. Today we are opening a theater museum. This is a good start to the Year of the Theater. I congratulate all of us on this. This is a good signal to the entire Russian public. Keep it up! ”He noted.
The museum’s exposition will be available to viewers who have bought tickets to the performances of the Main Stage, before performances and intermissions.