What is the difference between the Maly Theater and the Bolshoi? Probably a lot of people are asking this question. The main difference is in the genres. Bolshoi is an opera and ballet theater. Small is dramatic.
History
The Bolshoi Theater differs from the Maly Theater in the date of its foundation. It is believed that it was opened in 1776. The Maly Theater troupe has been reporting since 1756. It was the first public entertainment institution of its kind in Russia. Soon, an opera company appeared on the basis of the Maly Drama Theater. It consisted mainly of students from Moscow University, where a good musical education was given.
Thus, the current Maly and Bolshoi theaters formed a single troupe - the opera and drama. Its structure included both serf artists and guest stars from abroad. In the season 1824-1825. The troupe was divided into two independent groups - drama and opera. Each of them has found its own separate building.
Thus, two art temples appeared in Moscow - the Bolshoi Theater and the Maly. The difference in names originally meant the size of the buildings in which they are located. The premises of the Maly Theater are much smaller than the Bolshoi. But soon their names turned from definitions indicating the area of buildings into proper names. Now the words "big" and "small" are usually written with a capital letter. And they are not translated into foreign languages. In all countries of the world, the names of these theaters sound only in Russian - "Big" and "Small".
Repertoire plans
The Bolshoi Theater differs from the Maly Theater in its repertoire. It hosts exclusively musical performances - opera and ballet. In the Maly Theater they show only dramatic productions.
The repertoire of the Bolshoi Theater includes the following productions:
- The Enchantress (opera).
- Esmeralda (ballet).
- "Billy Budd" (opera).
- Hamlet (ballet).
- Somnambulist (opera).
- Cipollino (ballet).
- "Child and magic" (opera).
- "Lady with Camellias" (ballet).
- "Rodelinda" (opera).
- "Idiot" (opera).
- "Apartment" (ballet).
- The Queen of Spades (opera).
- "The Legend of Love" (ballet).
- "History of Kai and Gerda" (opera).
- "Hero of our time" (ballet).
- Carmen (opera).
- "Swan Lake" (ballet) and so on.
The repertoire of the Maly Theater includes performances:
- "Dowry."
- "Tsar Boris".
- "Vassa Zheleznova."
- "Efforts of love."
- "The power of darkness."
- "Theater of the Empress."
- "Day to day is not necessary."
- "The Snow Queen."
- "Children of the Sun".
- "The heart is not a stone."
- "The life and love of M. Moliere."
- The Examiner.
- "Masquerade".
- "Almost all about love."
- "The heirs of Raburden" and other performances.
Troupe
The Bolshoi Theater differs from the Maly Theater in that its troupe employs opera singers, ballet dancers and musicians. This is due to its specifics. At the Maly Theater, dramatic actors serve. Another difference in the number of artists. The Bolshoi Theater has a huge troupe. In Maly, there are much fewer actors.
Bolshoi Troupe:
- Maria Gavrilova.
- Elena Novak.
- Vadim Tikhonov.
- Evgeniya Obrazshchtsova.
- Konstantin Shushakov.
- Vyacheslav Pochapsky.
- Anna Volkova.
- Denis Rodkin.
- Victoria Epiphany.
- Olga Drobysheva.
- Vyacheslav Voynarovsky.
- Anastasia Goryacheva.
- Dmitry Grishin.
- Irina Vasilieva.
- Andrey Denisov.
- Vyacheslav Lopatin.
- Olga Kulchinskaya.
- Irina Dolzhenko.
- Marat Gali.
- Anna Leonova.
- Igor Golovatenko.
- Mikhail Kazakov.
- Simone Albergini.
- Denis Medvedev.
- Anna Grebtsova.
- Alexander Casarez.
- Julia Stepanova and many others.
Maly Theater Troupe:
- Natalia Shvets.
- Elina Bystritskaya.
- Lyudmila Suvorkina.
- Vladimir Bochkarev.
- Aksinia Pustylnikova.
- Boris Klyuev.
- Ekaterina Porubel.
- Alexey Kudinovich.
- Apollinaria Muravyova.
- Lily Yudina.
- Philip Martsevich.
- Yuri Ilyin.
- Love Yeshchenko.
- Inessa Rakhvalova and others.
Executives
The Bolshoi Theater differs from the Maly Theater in its leadership. They are ruled by completely different people.
The Director General of the Bolshoi Theater is Vladimir Urin. In 1971, he graduated from the directing department of the Leningrad Institute of Culture. In 1975 - the theater department of GITIS.
Career V. Urin began in the city of Kirov. There he headed the Youth Theater. In 1981, Vladimir moved to Moscow. In the capital, he headed the Cabinet of puppet and children's theaters. He was the organizer of congresses, festivals, seminars, creative laboratories and various projects.
In 1995, he became general director of the Konstantin Stanislavsky Musical Theater. Since 1997, she is the head of the department of management and production at the Moscow Art Theater School. The Bolshoi was headed in 2013.
Director General of the Maly Theater - Tamara Mikhailova. In 1981, she graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Since 1980, she worked as an engineer at various research institutes. In 2008, to this day, Tamara Anatolyevna is vice-rector for organizational and creative work at the Shchepkinsky school. Thanks to her, the facades and interior decoration of the premises of the educational institution were repaired, the documentation was put in order and the audit passed successfully.
In 2009, T. Mikhailova was awarded a letter of gratitude from the President of Russia for her services in the field of training specialists in the field of theater art.
Tamara Anatolyevna took the post of General Director of the Maly Theater in 2010.
Building
The Bolshoi and Maly Theater are also distinguished in the architecture of buildings. Outwardly, they are completely different from each other. Although Moscow architect A. Beauvais had a hand in both of them. The building of the Bolshoi Theater was built in 1824. In the fifties of the 19th century, it burned down. Restored by the architect Kavos. He slightly changed his appearance. The roof and portico were changed. The architect replaced the four-pitched coating with a gable. The artistic merits of the facade of the Bolshoi Bolshoi Theater somewhat decreased after alterations made by Kavos.
The building of the Maly Theater was originally a residential building. It belonged to the merchant V. Vargin. The building project was created by A. Elkinsky. The facade was designed by A. Beauvais. In 1824, V. Vargin surrendered his house to the Imperial Theater (Maly). Ten years later, the building was rebuilt both inside and out according to the project of architect K. Ton. In 1914, the theater burned down. It was restored in the 40s of the 20th century by the architect A. Velikanov.
Addresses
Another difference between the Bolshoi Theater and the Maly is addresses. Although they are located nearby.
Address of the Bolshoi Theater: Teatralnaya Square, house number 1. The nearest metro station is Okhotny Ryad. Address of the Maly Theater: Teatralny proezd, house No. 1, building 1. The nearest metro station is also Okhotny Ryad.