On Opening and Plans of the theater season for 2015-2016 years

The opening of the theatrical season of 2015-2016 years is at its peak. Theatres of the Republic of Tatarstan are starting out by premieres   and classic performances. October, a theatrical decade, organized at the stages  of  the Kamal TSAT,   the theater after  K.Tinchurin, Buinsk Tatar Drama Theater with the participation of theaters in the republic, and visitors from other regions, will give spectators  the opportunity to experience the fullness and diversity of contemporary theater produced assortment. During the season, we are waiting for a lot of new productions of works by national, domestic, foreign drama, including a significant place is given to the children's repertoire.

September 7, the Tatar State Theatre of Drama and Comedy named after Karim Tinchurin opened the season with a  premiere of the last season of "Oh, almagachlary!" ("Oh, my apple trees!") by  Shamil Farkhutdinov.

The theater plans for the new  2015-2016 season  - six premieres. The work   of  Tatar classical drama - play  by Naki Isanbet "Tulek"   will be staged.  It was created as a libretto for an opera, but  K. Tinchurin  theater K.Tinchurin  will be delivered as an epic drama, legend. The storyline of the play reflects the history of the Bulgarian Khanate.

Currently, the theater's artists started to work on Chekhov's play "The Wedding" with adapted translation by  Ilfak Khafizov.  The acting of the  play will be transferred to present  day.

In the new season viewers are waiting for new productions - a comedy of the absurd "Karol" by Polish playwright Slawomir Mrozek, the play of Rustam Mingalim "In the third room there lives a dog," the author of the romance of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Igor Herman "Forgive me," reconstruction of   K.Tinchurin comedy "Beware, do not Blow up "and the drama   by  M. Gorky" The Lower Depths. "

For children  the theater will  stage  a fairy tale   by  Shamil Farkhutdinov "Fairytale Book". Also, the theater assumes a joint project with the Turkish side – staging  a comedy based on the play  by  the Turkish classic of dramaturgy  Sadiq Shandy "Seven men for Hurmuz."

 September 11,  Tatar State Puppet Theatre "Ekiyat" opened the 82nd theater season with three performances: the Grand Hall at 11.00AM,   “Park of  road signs "   by R. Davydov was staged, at 18.00PM -"Khanum " by  A. Tsagareli (play for adult audiences ), and the Small Hall at 13.00PM  held a performance "Kyazhya belyan Saryk"  by  G. Tukai  in  staging   by  Garay Rahim.

The puppet theater began to work on the production of "Aibolit "   by Kornei  Chukovsky in staging   by  N.Egorova,  R.Tagirova. This is a story about the adventures of the good doctor Dr. Aibolit  and his true friends - Parrot Koruda, dog Ava,  monkey Chichi  and other animals. Director of the play - young artiste Rafael Tagirov. Today, Rafael is a student at the department of directing at the  Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy.

 September 18,  its 225th season opened  Kazan Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre named after Vasily Kachalov  by  premiere production of "Crazy Day or  Marriage of Figaro"  by P.O. Bomarshe. This is the first large-scale reconstruction after the main stage premiere. One of the most famous plays of world drama, the comedy "Crazy Day or  Marriage of Figaro" for over two centuries with success has been going  on the stages of the world. Director - People's Artist of Russia and Tatarstan, a laureate of RT G.Tukai state award  Alexander Slavutskii,  art director - Honored Artist of Russia, People's Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan, a laureate  RT  G.Tukai  State award  Alexander Patrakov, costume - Rustam Iskhakov, lighting designer - Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Ganzburg (St. Petersburg),  choreographer - Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan Sergei Sentyabov, in the play  musical themes by  Rene Abri, poems by Goethe, Shakespeare, Shelley, Vs.Rozhdestvensky, Juan de Menawill sound.

Cast: People's Artists of Russia and Tatarstan, winners RT  G. Tukai State award  Svetlana Romanova and Gennady Prytkov,  RT  Honored artists  Ilya  Slavutskii,  Elena Ryashina,  Marat Golubev, artists Ilya Petrov, Xenia Khramova, Alexei Zakharov and others.

In December Kachalovskaya Theatre will present another premiere - a play by Jean-B.Molera "Don Juan", statement by one of the most famous film directors of Russia Grigory Dityatkovsky (St. Petersburg). In the theater and comedy Eduardo De Filippo "Filumena Marturano" and one of the best plays of Russian drama - "Marriage" Nikolai Gogol.

In March, at the Festival in Marseille (France) kachalovtsers  will  show performance "Golden Elephant" on the play  by  A.Kopkov,  and hold a full-scale tour in  summer,  at  one of the Russian cities.

During the anniversary season it is planed to open a permanent   exhibition    of museum theater.

 September 25,  Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet named after Musa Jalil   opened a new season of opera "Il Trovatore". Director  of  the  play  premiere  - Yefim Meisel, conductor and musical director of the performance - Vasily Valitov. Season in the theater of opera and ballet,   by  tradition,  will last 10 months, and to be over  during the second half of July 2016. In the new season  viewers are waiting for repertory performances (today in the repertoire TAGTOiB - 38 opera and ballet performances), premiere  performances, international festivals, meetings with favorite artists and guest stars of the world stage.

In May 2016,  the  premiere of the ballet "Esmeralda" to the music and Ts.Puni, R.Drigo    is scheduled (choreographer - Andrei Petrov (Moscow), the artist-scenographer - Grigory Belov (Moscow), costume designer - Olga Polyanskaya (Moscow); fragments of the ballet choreographed by Marius Petipa and Agrippina Vaganova.

The  XXXIV International Opera Festival named after  Shaliapin will be held from   February  1 to 20,  2016. The program includes  15 performances and concerts. Participants of the festival will be invited singers and conductors from Europe, CIS and Russia.   The  XXIX International Festival of Classical Ballet n.a. Rudolf Nureyev in May,  2016. The program includes  performances of classical and contemporary repertoire.

In the 2015/2016 biennium,  the  troupe of Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theatre  after  M.  Jalil will make 3 tours in Europe. In October-November,  2015,  and  in  spring of 2016  touring of   opera company to  the Kingdom of the Netherlands (performances of "Aida", "Il Trovatore") will be held. Since November 2015, January 2016,  touring of  ballet company to  Switzerland, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Austria (the ballet "Romeo and Juliet", "Swan Lake", "Sleeping Beauty", "Nutcracker") will take place.

October 1, 2015, a theater season of  Kazan State Theatre of Young Spectators and Kazan Tatar State Theatre of Young Spectators named  after  Gabdulla Kariev opned.

On the opening day,  Russian TYuZ   presented a performance collage "War through the eyes of children. Fragments ",  fresh cast. International Project  of  Berlin -Kazan devoted to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The director of performance - Tufan Imamutdinov. Currently, the theater is preparing a New Year fairy tale for children.

 Kazan Tatar State Theater of Young Spectators n.a. G.Kariev   it  29th season opened    by a play "Ayryz Batyr"   by  Rkail Zaydulla  and Renata Aiupova at  the Children's center "Ekiyat." Performance is put on motives of medieval Oguz heroic epic - "The Book of Grandfather Korkut". In view of the performance within the framework of the Day of the Older  Persons a charity based  labor veterans, pensioners of   Kirov, Moscow districts  and people with disabilities were invited.

Tatar State Academic Theatre named after  G. Kamal  October 2 opened the 110th anniversary season of the  by a play "The Blue Shawl".

"Season of the 110th,  but the theater will celebrate the anniversary on  December 22, 2016. However, the season still is considered as jubilee    one. During the new season  theater audience is  waiting for  seven premieres on the big four and three on the small stage, "- said the chief theater director Farid Bikchantaev.

The first premiere of the season was held on October 3. This  is a play by Mirhaydar Faizi "Galiyabanu." It has been  played for   100 years, and this is the tenth  production. Director of  anniversary version - Ilgiz Zayniev tried to preserve color of national drama and musical score,  created exactly a century ago   by  Salih Saidashev.

From   October 5 to 11,     the  theater shows     performances   by   the Republic of Tatarstan, Bashkortostan - the participants of  Theatre decade, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of  the  outstanding playwright T.Minnullin. At the end of the Decade,  a solemn   closing of the Decade - The memorial evening  of T.Minnullin.

October 25, at the small stage,  the premiere of "Cool  dancing" on the play   by  Salavat Yuzeev. As a director will make the young director Ramil Garayev.

November 7,   a small stage  will present a play based on the children's fairy tale  by  Ilgiz Zaynieva "Goat, sheep and other 'directed by debutant - married couple in the composition of the ballet master of the theater Salima Aminova and lead actor Ildus Gabdrakhmanov.

November 20th, the  performance "This is me, my son," based on the play  by  the Tajik playwright Barzu Abdurazakov  will take place. Director - Farid Bikchantaev.

In December, on the big stage,  the premiere of the play by Moliere's "Don Juan". Also,  in December,   the Russian classics  appears  at  the  Kamal  theater,  chief director of the Tomsk Drama Theater Alexander Ogarev, will stage "The Forest" by Alexander Ostrovsky.  The  play will be translated  in  Tatar language by  the play writer Rkail Zaydulla. In April,  Ilgiz Zayniev staged "Bauishki bayu-bayu " in his own play, which is written based on the play   by  Tufan Minnullin "Lullaby."

In Naberezhnye Chelny,  October  2,  production of "Uncle Vanya" by Anton Chekhov, the  play  of Tatar State Drama Theatre opened 25th anniversary art season.  This play by Chekhov, as known,  repeatedly was staged performances in a variety of theaters, and each director came to the formulation   in his  own way. Now there  Tatar  "reading" came out   that will  make  us  re-think about the well-known story, once again reflect on the eternal theme of human quest for self-fulfillment and happiness.

October 8,  Almetyevsk Tatar State Drama Theater opened a new season of theatrical presentation-panorama "Kalem ochynda - Galem" ("The Word of the Universe" -  director Ilyas Garayev)  creativity  of writer, winner of the  RT  State Prize n.a. G.Tukay, literary award after  G.Iskhaki and the All-Russia Prize  n.a.  G.Derzhavin Marcel Galiev.

In the new season the theater plans to present to the viewers 7 premiers. October 30,   a  troupe  will deliver a performance,   remake – comedy   by  A. Atnabaev "Igezyaklyar" ("Twins" -  director G.Akberdina). November 13-14, directed by Iskander Sakayev, a  view-parable "Merhemetle keshe" ("The Good Person of Sezuani") by  Brecht  will presented. In December, children   will   be delighted  by  the New Year  program.

After the new year,  the theater plans   to  work on the performance of the work  by  N.Isanbet  ("Hidzhrat" -  director Ilgiz Zayniev). In January, the small stage, underwent some changes, the chief director of the theater will deliver performance "Medine" ("Madina") on the play   by  I. Zayniev. In April, viewers will see the famous "Shuryale",  which  the  Almetyevsk theater has  timed to the 130th anniversary of the poet G. Tukai.

October 10,  Bugulma State Russian Drama Theater named after A.V. Batalov will open the season    by  play "Ma-mure"   Zh.Sarman, directing and plastic solution  by  Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan  A.E.Molostov,  artist - Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kalmykia Valery Yashkul. "Ma-mure" -  a play a little-known French playwright Jean Sarman, named after the main character of the play. Around  the  old woman Mamure,  over inheritance numerous relatives a flying , suddenly the volcano such vitality woke up  that her guardians may envy, but all signs she  (she is more than 100 years) may at any time leave this mortal coil.

For children  the  theater offers  premieres of two tales. "The  Most  Secret Secret" (directed   by  R.Usmanov), "The good old fairy tale" (directed    by  R.Fayzdrahmanov).

Also,  at the 81st theater season  new productions  are planned: "Fool" by Lope de Vega, "Bashmachkin" O.Bagaev,  "Golubtzy by announcement "    by A.Finka, "Thunderstorm"   by A. Ostrovsky, "Give place tomorrow" by V .Delmar.

October 14,  Buinsky State Drama Theatre opens season  by performance "Kiyalyar" ("Grooms")     by Tufan Minnullin. The director of the performance - the Honored artist of the Republic of Tatarstan  Rail Ildarovich Sadriev artist and set designer - Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan Lenar Rafisovich Gilmutdinov.

October 15 - the premiere of the play "Baybichyalyar" in the staging of Azat Zaripov. Theatre is preparing yet another comedy on work by  Aigul Akhmetgalieva "Ber segatke ir  kirek" ("Husband for an hour"). Director from  Moscow Leonid Krasnov put children's performance "Aladdin's Magic Lamp" in Russian.

From  October 15 to 24,  2015, the theater has  scheduled a theatrical decade "Theatrical  Bua - 2015" with the participation of  Buinsky State Drama Theatre, Atninsky State Drama Theater named after G. Tukai, Dimitrovgrad  Drama Theater named after Ostrovsky, Moscow theater "Theatre house" "Fourth Wall", "New Art Theater," Tatar State Academic Theatre named Kamal, Tatar State Theatre of Drama and Comedy named K.Tinchurin, Chuvash  Young  Spectators  theater   named after  M.Sespel, Mordovia State National Drama Theatre. Holding   theatrical decade "Theatrical  Bua - 2015" is aimed at the promotion of theatrical art, aesthetic and patriotic education of the younger generation, as well as to preserve the common cultural space between the regions, theaters and artists. Also, this event is a preparation for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Buinsk  theater.

At the  Nizhnekamsk Tatar State Drama Theater n.a.  T.Minnullin  and   Menzelinsky State Tatar Drama Theater after S.Amutbaev    season opening will take place on October 16th. In Nizhnekamsk a memorial evening devoted to the 80th anniversary of T.Minnullin will be held, and Menzelinsk -   the premiere of "Yoldyz eget" ("Star-Child")   by O. Wilde.