Operetta Theater (Engels): history, repertoire, troupe

The Theater of Operetta (Engels) was opened in the second half of the twentieth century. Today his repertoire includes mainly Viennese classical operettas. There are also musicals for the children's audience. The theater enjoys great popularity in its city.

History

His own musical comedy in 1968, Mr. Engels got. The operetta theater was built by the decision of the regional executive committee of the Saratov region. He was given a building, where previously housed the House of Culture. In August 1968, the theater began to prepare its repertoire. The first performance of the musical comedy of the city of Engels was called "Let's be acquainted, dear fellow countrymen!". The troupe was assembled from young graduates of theatrical educational institutions. The post of the main director was then occupied by G. Keller - Honored Artist. E. Neumann was appointed to the post of director. For the years of its existence, the operetta theater (Engels) has staged more than a hundred performances. 54 of them were created for young spectators. Also the theater demonstrated to the public 9 various concert programs. The troupe often tours the country and performs at the best scenic stages of Murmansk, Moscow, Kaluga, Sevastopol, Volgograd, Ryazan, Novgorod, etc.

Today, the theater is headed by Alexander Gornov. He bears the honorary title of Honored Worker of Culture. The main director of the theater is Dmitry Leontiev. Among the soloists there are actors who are awarded the title of "Honored Artist of Russia". The main choreographer of the theater is Vladimir Lomakin. He is a multiple winner of international competitions. The success of the theater is not only in a wonderful troupe. The selection of the repertoire also plays a role. The theater attaches great importance to this issue. The basis of the repertoire consists of a classical operetta. But the theater regularly searches for new musical drama. Thus, on the stage of the musical comedy of the city of Engels, the first performances in our country were "Golden Web", "God's Dandelion", "Glass Door" and "Favorite".

Performances

The operetta (Engels) repertoire offers its audience the following:

• "Merry Widow".
• "Bayadere".
• "Wake up and sing."
• "Wait for me".
• "Hello I'm your aunt".
• "Silvia".
• "Mowgli".
• "Bat".
• "Cipollino."
• "Hip-hop goat kids."
• "The roads of war."
• "The miracle of the swamp."
• "Emelya + Barbie".
• "Frascit."
• "Tsar-city".
• The Gypsy Baron.
• "Princess Frog".
• "Babi rebellion."
• "Snow White".
• "Ladies' Affairs Master."
• "As a soldier, Ivan Tsarevna Nastya rescued."
• "Cinderella".
• "Truffaldino."
• "Flying ship".
• "The Duchess of Chicago."
• "The New Adventures of the Cat in Boots."
• "Little Muck".
• "The Princess of the Circus".
• "The Bremen Town Musicians".
• "And some girls are jazz."
• "My wife is a liar."
• "The young lady-peasant woman."
• "Hanuma".
• "Brys".
• "A ghost from Canterville."
• "The true story of Lieutenant Rzhevsky."

Actors of the theater

The theater of the operetta (Engels) gathered on its stage wonderful actors:

• Yuliya Boboryko.
• Oksana Kolchina.
• Larisa Komisarova.
• Anton Kuznetsov.
• Svetlana Zhukova.
• Andrey Kalenyuk.
• Tatiana Savinova.
• Mikhail Kreschikov.
• George Bazanov.
• Evgeny Tsekinovsky.
• Vera Samoylova.
• Natalia Karamysheva.
• Olga Berestenko.
• Anfisa Makarova.
• Marina Frolova.
• Love Danilov.
• Anatoly Gorevoy.
• Alexey Khrustalev.
• Arthur Mukhametdinov.
• Natalia Antonova.
• Love Kizer.
• Elena Komisarova.
• Daniel Wilpert.
• Olga Bryatko.
• Ravil Ulyamaev.
• Nikolay Sukhoruchkin.

Ballet Theater

The operetta theater (Engels) has a ballet troupe. It includes 20 artists.

Ballet Theater:

• Julia Kuznetsova.
• Inna Baeva.
• Artem Sergeyev.
• Marina Usanova.
• Vera Derbeneva.
• Elena Moskvichyova.
• Olga Sobenko.
• Valery Matyuk-Zozulya.
• Pavel Barkhatov.
• Vera Karapetyan.
• Arkady Chervov.
• Vadim Krylov.
• Yevgenia Nurseytova.
• Anna Genj.
• Yana Mirushkin.
• Alexey Soloviev.
• Maria Maslennikova.
• Dmitry Kochkurov.
• Ekaterina Sentyurova.
• Kirill Nurseytov.