Sochi is a Russian resort city with a rich and interesting history. In the modern fashionable southern city, there are less and less buildings and other objects reminiscent of those glorious times when Sochi was an all-Union health resort for residents of the entire USSR. Now the city sparkles with glass and metal, the bizarre architecture of expensive hotels and nightclubs. But there were still places in Sochi where heart filled with nostalgia for bygone times and fond memories. So you feel in the park named after Frunze, which is not far from the embankment.
Summer theater in the city of summer
As befits a resort town, Sochi has its Winter and Summer theaters. And if the Winter Theater has always been a hallmark of the city, included in the list of cultural heritage and still hosts the most famous theater and music groups, then the Sochi Summer Theater has a difficult fate.
The oldest Sochi park named after Frunze was created back in tsarist Russia. It got its current name after the revolution. Later, this beautiful urban corner of nature was decorated with a theater building, where the country's most famous and popular performers performed throughout the holiday season. Summer Theater in the park. Frunze in Sochi has been a popular vacation spot for guests and citizens for a long time.
Theater History: Part 1, Positive
The theater was conceived and built as an open-air stage stage, in 1937, by the architect V. Krolevets. The place for construction was wonderful. Shady large park near the sea promenade. Summer Theater Frunze in Sochi turned out to be airy, light, with an open-air stage.
Spectators were greeted by an impressive facade, and behind it an open space awaited, surrounded by openwork walls of columns. The acoustics of the hall made it possible to conduct concerts at the Summer Theater in Sochi of the most eminent musical groups. At that time it was the only platform with such characteristics.
Theater History: Part 2, Sad
After perestroika, many objects of culture and art became useless to anyone and fell into absolute decline. The photos of the Sochi Summer Theater of those times have survived, when it is clear that the theater is plundered, disfigured by vandals and more closely resembles a haven of marginal personalities.
In 2001, businessman Frolenkov tried to restore the theater building and restore its former glory. It was then that a multi-tiered fountain appeared in front of the theater, which still operates today. But for some reason he was not able to complete what he started. For several years, the Sochi Summer Theater was moving from one investor to another. Changed the concept of its reconstruction, operation plans. There was even a threat of demolition of this historic building.
But in the end, the rights to the reconstruction were transferred to the company Buenas Kubanas, which carried out work to restore the legendary concert venue. An auditorium with 800 seats was rebuilt, a powerful heating and ventilation system was carried out. In fact, the Sochi Summer Theater has become a year-round concert venue. New seats were installed, a modern speaker system appeared.
Also in the theater opened a restaurant. In 2013, the new stage of the old theater hosted the first artists - the Cabaret Kurban of the famous Santiago Alfonso. In fact, since its second birth, the Summer Theater has turned into a cabaret with vivid musical performances and the delights of a local restaurant.
Not all locals share a new image of their favorite theater. But many are glad that he just survived and continues to live, which means that the history of the Summer Theater in Sochi continues.
Who does the old theater stage remember?
In the past glorious days, the stage of the Summer Theater saw many celebrities of the first magnitude. Valentina Tolkunova and Edita Pieha, cult "Songs" and "Blue Guitars" performed here. Now you can only imagine what emotions the audience experienced while listening to Svyatoslav Richter or Veronika Dudarova’s orchestra under the open starry sky. The mysterious and mystical Wolf Messing visited the legendary theater.
Times change. Changing tastes, fashion, life values. But the people of Sochi hope that the best at the Summer Theater is yet to come. Perhaps it will still be possible, having walked through the beautiful park alleys, to get to the joint concert of symphonic music and the starry southern sky.