The musical theater "Helikon-Opera" is quite young. His repertoire includes operas and operettas. The founder of the theater is Dmitry Bertman.
History
In the 90s of the 20th century, Moscow celebrated the emergence of a new creative young team. The Helikon-Opera Theater was conceived by its creator as musical, which he has been all the years of its existence. The troupe was assembled from talented young artists. What does the name "Helikon" mean? There are several versions. Some believe that it came from a mountain in ancient Greece, where musicians and singers sacrificed themselves. Others - that the theater is named after a musical wind instrument.
The building along Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street, in which the theater is located, is the mansion in which Princess Nastasya Dashkova lived. Then its owner was Senator Fedor Ivanovich Glebov. Musical evenings always took place in this estate, performances were shown. At the end of the 19th century, the premises were transferred to the theater, where French and Italian troupes performed. At the beginning of the 20th century a chamber scene opened here. The building inherited by the troupe of Dmitry Bertman is historical. The opening of the Helikon Opera Theater took place on April 10, 1990. In 2007, the building was closed for large-scale reconstruction. Artists temporarily worked at another site. The performances on Bolshaya Nikitskaya resumed recently. The updated building meets all modern requirements.
"Helikon-Opera" is a theater whose troupe of 7 artists has grown into a team of more than five hundred people.
Repertoire
The opera theater "Helikon" offers its viewers the following performances:
- "Visiting an opera tale."
- "Cartoon Opera".
- "Love for three oranges."
- "Means of Makropoulos."
- "Masquerade Ball."
- "Pyram and Fisba."
- "Dr. Haase."
- "Peasant Cantata."
- "Tales of Hoffmann."
- "Bat".
- "Imaginary gardener."
- Falstaff.
- Back in the USSR.
- Gershwin Gala.
- "CALMANIA".
- Lulu.
- Nabucco.
- "Fallen from the sky."
- "Coffee cantata."
- "Beautiful Elena."
- "Nightingale".
- www.nibelungopera.ru.
- "The Mercy of Titus."
- "Queen".
- "Dialogues of Carmelites."
- "Moor".
- "Maid-maid."
- Apollo and Hyacinth.
- "Love forever".
- Rasputin.
- "The ban on love."
- “Mozart and Salieri. Requiem".
- "Vampuka, African bride."
- "Siberia".
- "Koschei the Immortal".
- "Pygmalion".
- "Rita" and others.
Troupe
The opera theater “Helikon” gathered wonderful vocalists, choristers, musicians and conductors on its stage.
Troupe:
- M. Karpechenko.
- S. Creator.
- S. Russian.
- D. Ponomyorev.
- A. Miminoshvili.
- A. Pegova.
- M. Maskhulia.
- I. Morozov.
- K. Brzhinsky.
- M. Perebeinos.
- M. Barkovskaya.
- I. Zvenyatskaya.
- L. Svetozarova.
- V. Efimov.
- A. Gitsba.
- I. Reynard.
- T. Kuindzhi.
- V. Gopher.
- M. Maksakova.
- M. Pasteur.
- N. Zagorinskaya.
- D. Yankovsky.
- K. Vyaznikova.
- O. Tolkmit.
- V. Letunov.
- M. Kalinina.
- S. Toptygin.
- E. Ionova.
- I. Samoilova.
- K. Lisanskaya.
- I. Govzich.
- M. Guzhov.
Dmitry Bertman
Under the artistic direction of Dmitry Alexandrovich Bertman, "Helikon Opera" "lives." The theater, thanks to him, is distinguished by the originality of the productions. Dmitry Alexandrovich is not only an artistic director, but also a director. He was born in Moscow. He graduated from GITIS with a degree in musical theater director. Dmitry Alexandrovich staged performances in theaters in Russia and Ukraine, while still a student. D. Bertman is not just the artistic director of the Helikon-Opera, he is its creator. He opened his own theater in 1990. And in 1993, his brainchild received the status of a state. Dmitry Alexandrovich is an active teacher. He holds master classes in different countries of the world, as well as in his own studio in Switzerland. He is a professor and head of the department of directing musical theater in GITIS. D. Bertman is a multiple winner of theater awards, including three times was awarded the Golden Mask. Dmitry Alexandrovich received a large number of awards for his contribution to the development of world culture. He has the title of People’s Artist of the Russian Federation. Since 2012, D. Bertman has been a member of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art.
Dmitry Alexandrovich performs performances not only in his theater, he is in demand around the world. D. Bertman collaborated with such celebrities as P. Domingo, A. Netrebko, M. Caballe, M. Rostropovich, D. Hvorostovsky, V. Gergiev.
"Siberia"
For several seasons this interesting performance has been offered to its viewers by Helikon Opera. The Dmitry Bertman Theater was the first in Moscow to carry out this production. The music for the opera Sibir was written by the outstanding Italian composer Umberto Giordano. The play is based on the Russian plot. This is a melodrama with a tragic end. The libretto text uses the motives of N. Nekrasov and F. Dostoevsky. Spectators can easily distinguish native words in Italian speech - “troika”, “vodka”, “hut” and others. The director of the opera Siberia is Dmitry Bertman. The parts of the main characters are performed by Natalia Zagorinskaya, Dmitry Ponomarev and Andrey Vylegzhanin.
The plot is based on the story of the Italian courtesan Stefania, who lives in St. Petersburg. She has many wealthy fans. But she is in love with the young officer Vasily. They meet secretly. But the young man does not know that his lover is a courtesan, she introduced herself to him as an embroiderer. The truth opens by chance. There is a quarrel between Vasily and one of Stefanie’s fans. A young officer injures an opponent. Vasily is arrested and exiled to Siberia. Stephanie rides after him. Lovers try to escape, but they fail. Stefania is mortally wounded, and she dies in the arms of her lover.
For future opera fans
The play “Visiting the Opera Tale” offers its young viewers “Helikon Opera”. Using this production, the theater introduces children to opera. The main characters of this tale are Ole-Lukoye, a crazy professor, a clockwork doll Gamma, the queen of the night, a magician-chimney sweep. Boys and girls fall into the magical city of Tam-Tam. Here they get to know its inhabitants. A crazy professor shows a musical instrument that he himself invented. A clockwork doll sings couplets. The Queen of the Night sends darkness to the city. All heroes sing arias from famous operas by V.A. Mozart, J.F. Lamp, J. Rossini and other composers. Such an acquaintance with the musical theater will be remembered for a lifetime.