The Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre
The Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre was founded in 1941 when two companies directed by the legendary reformers of twentieth-century theatre — Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko — merged. The new theatre followed the artistic principles of its founders, who applied the system of the Moscow Art Theatre to opera and ballet. Both Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko rejected the current conception of opera as «costume concert». They wanted to bring it closer to drama and comedy, revealing the main idea of the plot through psychologically motivated action (The Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre, 2017).
The opera and ballet performances are well known to the Moscow audience and attract more and more international visitors. The theatre takes part in many international programs and gets nominated for the national theatre premium "Golden Mask" yearly. In 2013, London, the theatre was nominated for the Oscar amongst the opera’ . It was nominated for "the first international opera award for best opera theatre" . The Stanislavsky theatre itself is beautifully decorated, with wide open spaces and a lovely museum showing the history of the theatre. The theatre shows a multiple ballets and operas which can be equally interesting for all ages. However, you do have to look at the current performances as they constantly change and surely there are exceptions which wouldn't be as interesting for everyone in the family as well as some of the operas & ballets have age limits/rates. I would suggest having a look at Cinderella (Ballet), Don Quixote (Ballet), Swan Lake (Ballet), The Nutcracker (Ballet), Alladin and The Magic Lamp (Opera), and The Tale of Tsar Sultan (Opera) if you get the chance |
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