From February 1 to 16, 2013, a XXXI Shalyapin festival to take place on stage of M. Jalil Theatre
The dates of holding XXXI International festival named after Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin in Kazan have been determined. Opera forum will be held on a stage of Tatar academic theatre after M. Jalil from February 1 to 16. Shalyapin’s festival-2013 is dedicated to 140th anniversary of birthday of the great bass.
According to tradition, the festival is to be opened by a premiere. This season, it is «Aida» by J. Verdi in production of a well known director, RF people’s artiste Yuri Alexandrov (St. Petersburg). New scene graphic and costumes for the performance were created by Moscow artist Victor Gerasimenko. Leading singers of Europe and Russia theatres have been invited. History of love of Ethiopian queen and Egypt commander will be presented twice within a context of the festival – February 1 and 2.
The forum’s bill, besides masterpieces of the western-European and Russian classics, an opera in Tatar language, staged in 2006, «Love of the poet» by composer Rezeda Akhiyarova, includes. It is to be shown on February 11. On February 13, on 140th anniversary of the outstanding opera singer Fyodor Shalyapin «Boris Godunov» by M. Musorgsky will be staged.
«Shalyapin’s festival - this is a true fest of opera art , - deputy director theatre Yuri Larionov marks. –Every time, preparing the festival, we try to device something special, to surprise and delight our constant spectators because for the years of its existence the forum has acquired its audience. Peculiarity of present festival is an unprecedented number of the first nights - this is the new «Aida» and quite fresh, showed in Kazan only several times, performances «Turandot» and «Evgeniy Onegin». One more zest of the forum - participation of the troupe of one of the leading theatres of the world as a guest.
Detailed info: www.kazan-opera.ru, Press secretary TATOandBalletafter M/ Jalil Janna Melnikova +7 843 231-57-32, +7 927 4128275.
Press-service, RT Ministry of culture