Pyatigorsk, operetta theater: repertoire, history, reviews

The Theater of Operetta (Pyatigorsk) was founded in the first half of the 20th century. Its address: Kirov Street, house number 17. Initially it was called the Pyatigorsk Theater of Musical Comedy. In 1997 it was renamed. Now it is the Stavropol State Regional Theater of Operetta.

History of the theater

The Theater of Operetta (Pyatigorsk) is located in a beautiful ancient building, built in 1914. First there was the All-Class Club, the project of which was created by the architect AI Kuznetsov. The opening of the building took place in 1915. In it there was a theater hall, a restaurant, a library (one of the best in the city), a billiard room, a ballroom. His troupe did not exist initially, and entertainers came from artists from the Moscow theater-cabaret "The Bat". The audience was offered operettas, comedies and ballet performances. With the coming to power of the Bolsheviks, the building was turned into a People's House, where revolutionary rallies were held. During the Civil War, the building was plundered. When the Soviet city of Pyatigorsk again became a theater, the operetta theater (its building) turned into a workers' palace. There were exhibitions, performances and a library. Then the building was renamed again into the Palace of Trade Unions. In 1925 he suffered a renaming. Now the Karl Marx Club has found Pyatigorsk. The operetta's theater turned into a regional dramatic one. In 1935, the troupe went on tour. At that time the building of the theater was expanded, refurbished and turned into a hostel. On March 10, 1939, actors from Chechnya came to Pyatigorsk. The theater of operetta began its existence from this day on. The artists were already well known, as they had been on tour many times. Among the actors of the troupe was the legendary Mahmud Esambayev.

The very first performance, which gave the theater - the operetta "Wedding in Malinovka" B. Alexandrov. The repertoire included Viennese classical operettas, musical comedies of Soviet composers. During the Great Patriotic War, the Germans occupied Pyatigorsk. The operetta theater is partially evacuated to the Far East. Artists who did not have time to evacuate, continued to give performances. At that time the city saw such productions as "The Blue Mazurka", "Silva", "Emilia Galotti", "The Priestess of Fire", "Colombina", "Brazilian Aunt", "The Bride", "Merry Widow", "Marietta" and "Lady with Camellias." Leaving the city, the German invaders set fire to the theater building. The townspeople managed to save him. Pyatigorsk operetta was called the Stavropol Regional Theater of Musical Comedy. At the end of the XX century interest in the operetta began to decline, the troupe ceased to go on tour, the building collapsed, the actors grew old. In 1997 the name changed again. Now this is the Stavropol Territory Operetta Theater. To date, all difficulties have been overcome. The theater is flourishing, the building is restored. But the problem of lack of staff remains, and the main reason is low wages.

Repertoire

The Theater of Operetta (Pyatigorsk) offers its audience the following performances:

• "Nutcracker".
• "The Snow Queen".
• Show "12 musicals."
• "Hanuma".
• "Canterville cast."
• "The Violet of Montmartre".
• "Princess Frog".
• "Sorchinskaya Fair"
• "Fiddler on the roof."
• "The Magic Lamp of Aladdin."
• "Journey to the moon".
• "Fly Tsokotukha".
• "Knightly passions".
• "Hostages of love."
• "Do not sew the old lady."
• "Puss in Boots".
• "My Fair Lady."
• "Bayadere".
• "Bat".
• "Everything begins with love."
• "Little Red Riding Hood".
• "Mr. X".
• "Within the bounds of decency."
• "Maritsa".
• "Flying ship".
• "Eugene Onegin".
• "Merry Widow".
• "The little wind".
• "Glass Menagerie".
• "The key on the pavement."
• "Beautiful Elena".

Troupe

Soloists of the operetta theater of Pyatigorsk:

• Nikolay Smirnov.
• Natalia Vinogradova.
• Sergey Sukhorukov.
• Evgeny Zaitsev.
• Sergei Shadrin.
• Oksana Klimenko.
• Dmitry Patrov.
• Yevgeny Berezhko.
• Oksana Filipova.
• Alexey Parfyonov.
• Alexey Yakovlev.
• Nikolay Kachanovich.
• Yulia Sivkova.
• Vyacheslav Tkachenko.
• Natalya Talanova

And others.

Reviews

The Theater of Operetta (Pyatigorsk) reviews about their productions is different. I like the production of "My Fair Lady". The scenery is new, bright. The audience likes the performance very much. The actress, who plays the main character, copes admirably with her role. In general, the audience really likes the theater building. The actors who serve here, they call talented for the matchless game and beautiful voices.