Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. Solovyanenko

History

Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. Solovyanenko was established in 1932 in Lugansk on the basis of fit-up theatre of Right-bank Ukraine

Right-bank Ukraine

Right-bank Ukraine , a historical name of a part of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnieper River, corresponding with modern-day oblasts of Volyn, Rivne, Vinnitsa, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad and Kiev, as well as part of Cherkasy and Ternopil...

. Since 15 March 1932 the theatre was transferred to Donetsk theatre group The first season opened on September 1, 1932 with opera Prince Igor
Prince Igor
Prince Igor is an opera in four acts with a prologue. It was composed by Alexander Borodin. The composer adapted the libretto from the East Slavic epic The Lay of Igor's Host, which recounts the campaign of Russian prince Igor Svyatoslavich against the invading Polovtsian tribes in 1185...

composed by Alexander Borodin

Alexander Borodin

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was a member of the group of composers called The Five , who were dedicated to producing a specifically Russian kind of art music...

. On April 12 1941, the Theatre opened the season in the new theater building by premiere of Mikhail Glinka's

Mikhail Glinka

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka , was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country, and is often regarded as the father of Russian classical music...

Ivan Susanin
A Life for the Tsar
A Life for the Tsar , as it is known in English, although its original name was Ivan Susanin is a "patriotic-heroic tragic opera" in four acts with an epilogue by Mikhail Glinka. The original Russian libretto, based on historical events, was written by Nestor Kukolnik, Georgy Fyodorovich Rozen,...

. On August 7, same year, the premiere of the first ballet performance Laurencia
Laurencia (ballet)
Laurencia is a ballet made by Vakhtang Chabukiani, based on Lope de Vega's Fuente Ovejuna to music by Alexander Crain. Created at a time when “choreodrama” was considered in the Soviet Union the only acceptable form of contemporary ballet, it harks back to a genuine drama, wherein movement was a...

by Alexander Crain was held.
After the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War part of the company was evacuated to Kirghizia, later, in June

June

June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of the four months with a length of 30 days. Ovid provides two etymologies for June's name in his poem concerning the months entitled the Fasti...

1942, the theater moved to Przhevalsk

Karakol

Karakol , formerly Przhevalsk, is fourth largest city in Kyrgyzstan, near the eastern tip of Issyk Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan, about from the Kyrgyzstan-China border and from the capital Bishkek. It is the administrative capital of Issyk Kul Province...

city, where actors held concerts in hospitals and military units. In January

January

January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day...

1944 the theater returned to Stalino and already in September, right after the liberation of the Donets Basin

Donets Basin

Donbas or Donbass , full rarely-used name Donets Basin , is a historical, economic and cultural region of eastern Ukraine. Originally a coal mining area, it has become a heavily industrialised territory suffering from urban decay and industrial pollution.-Geography:Donbas covers three...

a premiere of Alexander Borodin's Prince Igor took place.

On October 2 1977, the Theater was awarded with Academic status for significant contribution to the development of Soviet art

Soviet art

Soviet art was the visual art produced in the Soviet Union.-Early years:During the Russian Revolution a movement was initiated to put all arts to service of the dictatorship of the proletariat...

.
In 1992 the Choreographic School of Vadim Pisarev, the People's Artist of Ukraine

People's Artist of Ukraine

People's Artist of Ukraine is an honorary and the highest title awarding to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts ....

, was established in the Theater. Starting from 1994 the Theater has been hosting the International Festival "World Ballet Stars", Vadim Pisarev is as well the founder and art director.
On December 9 1999 by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

The Cabinet of Ukraine is the highest body of state executive power in Ukraine also referred to as the Government of Ukraine...

, the theater was named after Soviet Ukrainian opera singer A. Solovyanenko

Anatoliy Solovyanenko

Anatoliy Solovyanenko - Soviet and Ukrainian opera singer, People's Artist of USSR, Lenin Prize, People's Artist of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko State Prize laureate, Commander of the Italian Republic, holder of decorations and medals....

Architecture

The theatre building was initially designed for drama theatre, construction works started in 1936. Ludwig Kotovskiy was the leading architect and overall management of construction project was scheduled by Solomon Krol'.
The theater building is made in classic style. On three sides approaches to the theater are organized. The auditorium

Auditorium

An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...

and the lobby

Lobby

Lobby may refer to:* Lobby , an entranceway or foyer in a building* Lobbying, the action or the group used to influence a viewpoint to politicians* Lobby , a thick stew made in North Staffordshire, not unlike Lancashire Hotpot...

are decorated with stucco

Stucco

Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture...

details. Initially, the auditorium was designed for 1300 seats, at the present time there are 976. Above the mezzanine and balcony of the auditorium, as well as in some niches of the foyer there are sculptural busts of composers, poets and decorative vases.
The theater is equipped with mechanized stage, the main stage area is 560 m2. It can withstand the load of up to 75 tons.

The troupe

Many famous artists started their career in Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, among them Yuri Gulayev, Anatoliy Solovyanenko

Anatoliy Solovyanenko

, Nickolay Momot, Valentin Zemlyanskiy, Alexander Korobeychenko and others - they were the People's artists of Ukraine. The Theatre was named after prominent opera tenor Anatoliy Solovyanenko, awardee of Taras Shevchenko and Lenin Prize

Lenin Prize

The Lenin Prize was one of the most prestigious awards of the USSR, presented to individuals for accomplishments relating to science, literature, arts, architecture, and technology. It was created on June 23, 1925 and was awarded until 1934. During the period from 1935 to 1956, the Lenin Prize was...

s, who was born in Donetsk. In different years on the stage of Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theatre such stars of Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

art danced and sang, as Ivan Kozlovsky

Ivan Kozlovsky

Ivan Semyonovitch Kozlovsky was a Soviet lyric tenor of Ukrainian ethnicity, one of the greatest stars of Soviet opera, as well a producer and director of his own opera company, and longtime teacher at the Moscow Conservatory.-Biography:...

and Sergei Lemeshev

Sergei Lemeshev

Sergei Yakovlevich Lemeshev was one of the most well-known and beloved Russian operatic lyric tenors.-Early Life and Career:Lemeshev was born into a peasant family, and his father wanted him to become a cobbler. In 1914, he left a parish school and was sent to be trained to make shoes in St...

, Maria Bieshu, Olga Lepeshinskaya

Olga Lepeshinskaya

Olga Vasiliyevna Lepeshinskaya was a Soviet ballerina. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1951.-Childhood:Lepeshinskaya was born to an old Polish noble family in Kiev, Russian Empire . Her grandfather, Vasily Pavlovich Lepeshinsky, was arrested as a member of the revolutionary...

, Marina Semenova, Klavdiya Shulzhenko

Klavdiya Shulzhenko

Klavdiya Ivanovna Shulzhenko was a popular female singer of the Soviet Union.- Professional biography :Shulzhenko started singing with jazz and pop bands in the late 1920s. She rose to fame in the late 1930s with her version of Sebastian Yradier's La Paloma...

and many others.
Current troupe of the Theatre includes:

Management

Director - Honoured Artist of Ukraine Vasiliy Ryabenkiy
Art Director - People's Artist of Ukraine Vadim Pisarev
Chief Choirmaster - People's Artist of Ukraine Ludmila Streltsova
Chief choreographer - People's Artist of Ukraine Evgeniya Hasyanova
Chief conductor - Honoured Artist of Ukraine Vasily Vasilenko

Opera

People's Artist of Ukraine's Tamara Lagunova (since 1977)
People's Artist of Ukraine Valentin Zemlyanskiy
People's Artist of Ukraine Nickolay Momot (since 1969)
Honored Artist of Ukraine Kaleria Kamenyanova
Honored Artist of Ukraine Petr Labatiy
Honored Artist of Ukraine, Anatoly Voronin
Honored Artist of Ukraine Vasily Sorokin (since 1966)

Ballet

Anastasia Aseyeva
Svetlana Bednenko
Roman Belgorodskiy
Yekaterina Botaikina
Maxim Valchik
Irina Komarenko, Honored Artist of Ukraine
Yulia Polgorodnik, Honored Artist of Ukraine

and many others.

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