At the International Nuriyev Festival the Kremlin Ballet Theater will present the play Ruslan and Lyudmila for the first time
From December 17 to 26, 2020, the XXXIII International Festival of Classical Ballet named after Rudolf Nureyev will be held on the stage of the Tatar State Academic State Opera and Ballet Theater named after M. Jalil. The ballet forum was supposed to be held in Kazan in May 2020, but was postponed to December due to the pandemic.
The festival program will include eight performances. First of all, these are productions of the M. Jalil Theater with the participation of guest stars and leading soloists of the Kazan troupe: the playbill includes masterpieces of the classical repertoire - "Swan Lake" by P. Tchaikovsky, "La Bayadere" and "Don Quixote" by L. Minkus, as well as the main national ballet "Shurale" F. Yarullin (show on December 21 is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the creation of the play). In addition, within the framework of the festival, two invited ballet companies will arrive at once: the Kremlin Ballet Theater will present for the first time in Kazan the play Ruslan and Lyudmila to the music of M. Glinka-V. Agafonnikov, the Boris Eifman Ballet Theater - the play Anna Karenina at music by P. Tchaikovsky. The performances of the invited groups will be accompanied by soundtracks.
Soloists from leading Russian theaters have been invited to take part in the performances of the festival. Olga Smirnova, Jacopo Tissi, Maria Vinogradova, David Motta Soares, Mark Chino and others are expected to represent the Bolshoi Theater troupe. The role of Solor in La Bayadère will be performed by the Mariinsky Theater premier Kimin Kim, the role of Basil in Don Quixote will be played by the world ballet star Ivan Vasiliev (Mikhailovsky Theater). The main roles in the play "Shurale" will be performed by the soloists of TAGTO and Bim.M.Dzhalil Kristina Andreeva, Mikhail Timayev and Oleg Ivenko.
The full cast of performers will be listed on the theater's official website later.
Tickets for the performances of the XXXIII Rudolf Nureyev International Classical Ballet Festival went on sale on November 10, 2020. Tickets can be purchased at the theater box office (daily from 10.00 to 19.00), on the theater website (no commission), on the Kassir.ru website, as well as from authorized distributors.
Detailed information: https://kazan-opera.ru/about/buy/
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The International Festival of Classical Ballet named after Rudolf Nureyev is annually held on the stage of the Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theater named after I. Musa Jalil since 1987.
In the spring of 1992, at the invitation of the director of the Tatar Opera House RaufalMukhametzyanov, Rudolf Nuriev visited Kazan. The outstanding dancer signed a labor agreement with the theater management on cooperation at the Kazan Ballet Festival. On May 21, 1992, Rudolf Nureyev performed on the stage of the Tatar Opera and Ballet Theater: the maestro conducted the Nutcracker performance. Since 1993, with the personal consent of Rudolf Nureyev himself, the classical dance festival in Kazan bears his name.