Performance in Volkovsky today. XXI Century

Russian State Academic Theater of the Drama named after F. G. Volkova leads its history from the first publicly available professional theater founded in Yaroslavl Fedor Volkov in 1750.

XVIII century. First Russian

According to legend, the fame of the Russian Theater began its origin from the ancient leather barn, which arranged the ideas of the "Hoochy Comedan Protection" theater led by the merchant son by Fedor Grigorievich Volkov.

By 1750, in Yaroslavl, no amateur, and a professional theater with a permanent troupe, an extensive repertoire and a new building for the presentation of tragedies and comedians, which accompanied up to 1000 spectators.

The first Yaroslavl comedians, who made the Troupe Fedor Volkova, are the employees of the Yaroslavl provincial office Ivan Dmitrevsky, Ivan Ikonnikov, Semyon Kuklin, Yakov Popov, Poskiy Tverskoy Squads Semyon Cheekov, Nissess from Malorus (Ukraine) Yakov Shumsky and Demyan Galik. The troupe also includes the brothers Fyodor Volkov - Grigory and Gabriel.

The repertoire of the Volkovskoy troupe included the spiritual drama of Metropolitan Dimitri Rostovsky, the tragedy of Rasin, Sasharov, the comedy of Moliere. Fedor Volkov and his associates-Yaroslavl made up the kernel of the first state Russian professional national public theater.

In 1751, to lead about the Yaroslavl Theater reaching St. Petersburg. Senate Executor Count Ignatiev, while in Yaroslavl by definition of the Senate to investigate abuses on wine sprues, visited the performances of the Volkovskaya troupe in his free time, and on returning his enthusiastic reviews about the Yaroslavl Theater reach the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. On January 5, 1752, the highest decree was published: "Fedor Grigorieva Son Volkova, he same and Polushkin, with brothers Gavrille and Grigoriam (which in Yaroslavl contains the theater and play comedy) and who else will be played) and to lend them to St. Petersburg ... "

High professional skill, natural gifts contributed to the recognition of Volkov's talent, approval of the glory of the first actor of the Russian theater. The value of the acts of Volkov is huge. He defended the national identity of the Russian theater, laid the foundation of the school of the Russian acting game, illuminated by the light of noble and humanistic ideals. The Volkova Theater was a civilian, patriotic, tyrant worker, he defended the motives of liberty, freedom, human dignity.

The wolves created new theatrical forms, becoming a leadership of the "common spectacle", Masquerade "Ceremonial Minerva", arranged in Moscow in honor of Catherine II coronation. He approved the scenic art as a school of civilian feelings, tied him to the problems of the era. Extremely important for the further development of the domestic scene was the desire of Volkova to democratization of the theater and its publicly availableness.

Volkova's traditions were developed in the further Ivan Dmitrevsky, Volkov's companion, who was destined to pass the way from the Pischikov of the Yaroslavl Provincial Office to Academician. The Volkova case continued the disciples of Dmitrevsky, the great Russian tragics of Katerina Semenov and Alexey Yakovlev, who followed Pavel Mochalov and Mikhail Shpkin, the new generations of the Masters of the Russian Theater.

With the departure of Volkova and his troupe to Petersburg for some time the theater ceased to exist, but soon the theater life in Yaroslavl is reborn. Since 1777, the enlightened governor of A. P. Melgunov, the patron of literature, theater and book publisher contributes to the development of culture. The governor encourages the development of the theater, amateur performances are put in his house. In 1786, the first actor of the Russian Imperial Theater, the successor Volkov, Ivan Afanasyevich Dmitrevsky gave his tour in the Yaroslavl Theater of the Melgunova. He played Sinawa in the tragedy of Sumorokov "Saving and Trour".

XIX century. Formation

In the future, the theaters in Yaroslavl arose on a private initiative: the theater in his house was holding the governor M. N. Golitsyn, in a specially equipped building - Prince D. M. Urusov (from the end of the 18th century to 1818).

The most important stage in the development of the theater case in Yaroslavl was the construction of the first special theater building in 1819. He was built on his own funds and in his project the provincial architect Peter Yakovlevich Pankov. The building in the style of classicism was built on the site of a broken serf tree. Since then, almost two hundred years, the Yaroslavl Theater is at the very place that Pankov chose for him.

The owner of the building of the theater was recorded by the spouse of Peter Yakovlevich - Elizabeth Andrianovna. She was engaged in the affairs of the troupe. From 1824 Pankov began to hand hold the theater. V. S. Tikhenev became the first tenant. From 1826 the building rented a rich landowner of the Lyubic County of V. Obrkov, who had her own fortress actors. Then one year played troupe D. M. Urusov. He was changed as an entrepreneur "dismissed with a full pension from the Directorate of the Imperial Moscow Theater" Actor Lisitsyn.

As Yaroslavl historian N. S. Zaronskaya found out, in the 1820s, Pankov the building seriously rebuilt: according to the documents found in the archive, the documents are that by the end of the 1820s it was already stone.

And in 1834 he acquired him received a rich inheritance Actor Mikhail Yakovlevich Alekseev, who in 1841 rebuilt the building again. With insignificant changes, it served for another forty years.

After the death of Alekseev in 1848, the building was inherited by his young daughter Focla (she managed her mother), and in 1855, the owner of the Yaroslavl Theater was the former serf musician, and then theatrical cashier of Vasily Andreevich Smirnov, who married Focill. Smirnov little taking care of its maintenance in a decent state. Looking out of the enterprise, everything that is possible, he in 1880 sold the theater merchant 1st Guild Sergey Arefievich Chernogorov.

Shortly after Chernogorov took possession of the theater, it turned out that the building did not meet the requirements of fire safety. The city may demanded a serious reconstruction of the premises from Chernogorov, including to arrange non-aggravated stairs. Understanding what Homut he put on his neck, Chernogorov pretended to sell the building of the city government theater for 15,000 rubles - even cheaper than the same price (19,000 rubles), which paid when purchasing it.

In 1882 the theater went through, speaking modern tongue, in municipal property. Given his condition, the city, as a new owner, the same summer began a serious reconstruction. In fact, a new building was built on the basis of the old volume. It is assumed that the author of the project could be a young talented architect Nikolai Ivanovich Pozdeev. However, no documentary evidence was found. Pozdeev really participated in reconstruction, but it realized his own project or someone else, it is unknown.

During the reconstruction on the front and side facades, an extension was made to the theater had a completely different appearance: the public has created a complete feeling that a new building appeared in the city. The planning of the auditorium has changed. After reconstruction, it was 677 seats in it: in the parter - 195, in the lodges - 215, on the galleries - 267.

Among the entrepreneurs, rented the theater from the city, were Derkach, Danilov, Lebedev, Baron-Tyumen Baron. About their theatrical operation of memory in the city did not remain.

In 1887-1889, Antrepriza held N. A. Borisovsky. He included in the repertoire of the Fonvizin, Ostrovsky, Sunov-Kobyl, Turgenev, Moliere, Shakespeare and other serious authors. Piese A. P. Chekhov "Ivanov" in Borisovsky put even earlier in Yaroslavl than in St. Petersburg. He first expressed proposal to establish a monument to F. G. Volkov in the city.

After the Borisov Theater rented A. P. Nabalov from Vologda, who made a bet on the leafy-farce troupe. Again, a serious repertoire returned to the Yaroslavl Theater in 1894-1897 in the period of the entrepreneurs of the artist of the Korsha Theater Z. A. Malinovskaya. She replaced A.M. Karlytov, focused on a commercially successful repertoire to the detriment of serious dramaturgy. Subsequently, he again took Antpurzase in the Yaroslavl Theater (1902-1904 and 1912-1914). His daughter faith Karlya became famous ballerina.

Yaroslavl Theater has grown large donations, subsequently decorated with metropolitan scenes.

Three seasons (1844 - 1847) on the Yaroslavl scene, the talent of the love of Pavlovna Kositsk (subsequently Nikulina-Kositsky) was formed. Young Kositskaya, who possessed an attractive appearance, a good voice, quickly became a favorite of the Yaroslavl and Rybinsk public. She played in tragedies, comedies, dramas and watervilles, exciting the delight of the audience the grace of execution and the sincerity of the feeling. The younger contemporary of Mochalov and Shchepkin, Nikulina-Kositskaya became in the Russian dramatic scene of the predecessor of Yermolova, Streptova, Olga Sadovskaya. She was destined to become the best executor of the role of Katerina in the "thunderstorm" A. N. Ostrovsky.

In the 1860s, on the stage of the Rybinsky Theater, he made another not known young actress Pelageya Antipyevna Streptova. Two seasons - in 1865 - 1866, the actress served in Antenpuriz Smirnov on the stage of the Yaroslavl Theater.

A big event in the life of Yaroslavl was tours on the scene of the city theater of the Great Russian actor Mikhail Semenovich Shchepkin. He came to Yaroslavl twice: in the spring of 1856 and in May 1858. The first arrival of Shchepkin to Yaroslavl coincided with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Russian Theater in St. Petersburg. On a solemn lunch, arranged in honor of the actor by the provincial leader of the nobility, Shpkin called to put a monument to the founder of the Russian theater Fyodor Grigorievich Volkov.

In the season 1896 - 1897, Ivan Mikhailovich Moskvin began his scenic activities in Yaroslavl. Here came to him the first glory, here his talent received recognition of the public and support. In the first season of the Moscow Art Theater, in 1898, the Moskvin will entrust the role of Tsar Fyodor John.

In the Yaroslavl theater, the Junior Yaroslavl Leonid Vitalyevich Sobinov, the future great Russian singer, began with an inconspicuous statist. On August 9, 1898, the first concert of Sobinov, the tenor of the imperial theaters, who had already won the glory took place in his hometown.

In the first half of the 19th century, the best actors troupes of the Volkovsky Theater claimed a new stage truth, in their work as opposed to the routine manner of the game a ripe bright realistic start.

A large event in Yaroslavl's life was tours of the largest Russian actors, the masters of theatrical art V. P. Samoilova, V. I. Lokini - representatives of the Sadovsky dynasty. At the stage of the Yaroslavl Theater, at different times N. Fedotova, A. E. Martynov, F. P. Gorez, V. V. Charsky, K. N. Poltavtsev, P. M. Medvedev, N. Kh. Rybakov, Famous Negro Tragic Ayra Aldridge, Brothers Adelheim, M. V. Dalsky, P. N. Orlenyev, M. N. Ermolova, V. F. Commissioner, K. A. Varlamov, V. N. Davydov, M. G. Savina , Singers N. V. Plevitskaya, A. D. Vyaltseva, Varya Panin. In the 1890s, K. S. Stanislavsky played here several times.

XX century. With the name Volkova

Season 1899 - 1900 was marked by the preparation for the anniversary and celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Russian National Theater. The best forces of the Imperial - St. Petersburg and Moscow small - theaters were invited to the anniversary Volkov celebrations in 1900. The celebrations in Yaroslavl in honor of the birth of the first Russian theater were the holiday of all Russia.

In 1906, it turned out that the building of the theater became an emergency condition. At first, the city authorities, deciding to build a new building, instructed the project preparation and estimates to the city architect Alexander Nikiforov. He fulfilled the commissioned work, and his project was even approved by the City Duma. But the public of Yaroslavl criticized the Nikiforov project and eventually rejected him.

Meanwhile, the old building in the summer of 1907 was disassembled, and the construction of the new did not begin.

In 1909, the All-Russian Competition was finally announced for the best project of the building of the New Urban Theater. Duma decided to build a new theater with a capacity of at least 1000 spectators. The jury of the competition was headed by the chairman of the Moscow architectural society F. Shechtel. In total, the competition received 66 projects. And the first prize was awarded to the 27-year-old student of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Nikolay Spirina (1882 - 1938).

The building on the project of the Spirit and under his observation was built in just a year and a half - a fantastically short time! On the facade of the theater and side walls - sculptural compositions, on portica - a sculptural group, in the center of which is the patron saint of Apollo-Kifeda, on the left - the muse of the tragedy Melpomen, on the right - the muse of the waist comedy (or, on another version, Muse of the lyrical poetry Eutherpa). Side sculptural burners (methas) are devoted to the motives of the ancient tragedy.

The auditorium was decorated with a picturesque frieze "Celebration of Dionysus" of the famous artist of the "Silver Century" Nikolai Verkotrov and his assistant faith of Saken. The artist of the scenery was the Yaroslavl artist Alexey Kornilov.

On September 28, 1911, the new building of the theater was solemnly open with a huge crossing of the people. A welcome telegram from K. S. Stanislavsky was read at the opening: "Take cardiac gratefulness for the invitation and memory ... I sincerely wish that the founder of the Russian Theater begins and bloomed a pretty young business. Give congratulations and pass to the case participants. Stanislavsky. "

By the decision of the city Duma, the new theater was assigned the name of Fedor Grigorievich Volkov.

Two years (1914 - 1916) In the theater he kept Antenpuriz a young, but the director I. A. Rostovtsev already known in Russia, which gathered a very strong troupe, attracted by the audience by the talented productions of "Meshchan" M. Gorky, "Seagulls" A. P. Chekhov, Attention to Russian classical drama.

The decree of the Council of People's Commissars dated November 9, 1917, all theaters of the country were transferred to the People's Commissariat of Enlightenment.

But only in August 1918, the leadership of the Volkovsky Theater proceeds to the Art Section at the Department of People's Education of the Yaroslavl provincial executive committee. The administrator of the theater was appointed Artist N. G. Kitaev. The theatrical board was headed by the doctor F. S. Troitsky. In October 1918, the municipality was held.

Opening of the first season of the Soviet theater. Volkova took place on October 26, 1918. At the opening, he made a greeting the head of the artistic section. The theater season lasted 9 months, 233 performances were played, 100 (!) Pieces were delivered.

In the 20s - 30s, art leaders of B. E. Bertels, I. A. Rostovtsev, D. M. Manx, Artists A. I. Ippolitov become the creators of a strong and strong acting team in Yaroslavl, the creators of a strong and strong acting collective N. N. Hercvikov, people of large creative courage, inner temperament, with great demanding to themselves and others, with the desire to raise the level of the theater to genuine art heights.

In the second half of the 1930s, the Troupe of the Volkovsky Theater is combined into a wonderful, strict and slim ensemble of scene masters, for many decades identifying the creative face of the theater. This is S. Romodanov, A. Chudinova, A. Magnitskaya, V. Sokolov, S. Commissioners, V. Polimi, Lvododin.

The repertoire of the 30s is represented by the Russian classics, primarily the playwork of Ostrovsky ("Thunderstorm", "Last victim", "Last Sacrificment"), where, in the roles of Katerina, Larisa Ogudallova, Korkinina, Yulia Tightly reveals the poetic Tragic talent Alexandra Chudinova.

The theater is stronger than the theater to the deep, philosophical and psychological disclosure of the "crisis" of a person of Soviet times. The breath of time was broken on the scene in the "Bread" V. Kirchon and the "False" A. Athenogenov, "Platon Equare" A. Kornechuk and "My friend" N. Pogodin.

In the performances "Three sisters" A. P. Chekhov, "Anna Karenina" (by L. N. Tolstoy), "Romeo and Juliet" V. Shakespeare, "Nora" of Ibsen, "Deceit and Love" F. Schiller Volkovtsy Approve the desire for the theater is deeply psychological, to the disclosure of the mental truth.

The first on the provincial scene, Yaroslavls put "Peter I" Alexei Tolstoy. The performance was born in close community with the author of the play. At the premiere of the play on May 19, 1939, Alexey Tolstoy was present, who marked the excellent execution of the central roles of S. Romodanov and A. Chudinova. Moscow touring in 1939 brought the team well-deserved recognition and glory.

Until December 1938, the theater was as urban, then renamed the regional, since 1943 was called the Yaroslavl State Theater. F. G. Volkov.

During the Great Patriotic War, many Volkovtsy went to the front, putting up with a weapon in their hands on the defense of the Motherland. Among them are the actors Valerian Sokolov, Vladimir Mitrofanov, Dmitry Aborkin, Vladimir Mosyagin, Decorator, and later actor Konstantin Lisitsyn, awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, Actress, who became the front intelligence officer, Sophia Avericheva, Actress Maria Rypnevskaya, artistic director of the theater David Manx. Young director Semyon Orshansky came to the theater in 1940. Debuted by the play "Hot Heart" A. N. Ostrovsky, managed to put a "guy from our city", "Wood". In 1942 he died in battles for Stalingrad.

The enemy was near Moscow. We had disputes in the theater, which is more important in difficult years for the Motherland: art, inspiring people to fight, or direct participation in battle. Opinions were different. And when once, our actors V. G. Sokolov, A. P. Demin, S. P. Avericheva joined the troops, joined the troops, V. I. Mitrofanov - everything was envied.

Harsh, strict military drama becomes leading in the theater repertoire from the very beginning of the war - "Guy from our city", "Russian people" K. Simonov, "Front" A. Kornechuk, "Invasion" L. Leonova, "Boat" N. Pogodina , "General Brusilov" I. Selvinsky, "Field Marshal Kutuzov" V. Solovyov.

In 1943, the Prime Minister M. Gorky in the formulation of I. A. Rostovtsev, who became a noticeable phenomenon of the country's theater life, took place on the Volkovskaya scene. The role of the old man became the anti-aircraft fame of the wonderful actor Pavel Gaydeburova. The performance opened the deep nature and the animal ideology of fascism. Gydeburov virtuoso transmitted a voluptuous, the predatory pleasure of an old man who was burned by a man-made animal malice, the exhaustion by the process of torture himself, the opportunity to execute a person ... Then the performance was shown on tour in the capital and called the "outstanding event in Moscow theatrical life."

In 1950, the 200th anniversary of the first Russian theater was solemnly celebrated. On June 11, 1950, "For great achievements in the development of theatrical art, in connection with the 200th anniversary of the founding day, the theater was awarded the Order of the Labor Red Banner.

Starting from the 50s, the theater comes to the time of genuine heyday. The best masters of the scene are the folk artists of the USSR and the RSFSR, the laureates of the Gregory Belov, Valery Nelsky, Sergey Romodanov, Alexander Chudinova, Clara Nezvanov - in his work a considerable charge of the old Russian classical theater culture. The performances of the Volkovsky Theater are marked by the unity and solidity of the handwriting.

In the late 40s, the theater comes a new artistic director Peter Vasilyev - an artist of bright, powerful and temperamental dating, especially said in the production of Gorky Pieces "Egor Boychov and others", "Somov and others".

In the mid-50s, the theater troupe is replenished with graduates of metropolitan theater universities. The favorites of the public in Yaroslavl are quickly becoming young actors Tamara Nikolskaya and Felix Mokseev (Larisa and Karandyshev in "Vysotannica", Nina Zarechnaya and Treplev in the "Seika", Lisa and Panshin in the "Noborian nest"), Natalia Terrentieva, Sergey Tikhonov, Felix Skyakakov, Igor Baranov, Lev Oakov, Yuri Karaev.

A diverse and generous acting palette allows director Tikhon Kondraschev to create performances "Tsar Fyodor John", "Chaika", "Nobor's nest", "Naddannica".

From 1960 to 1978, the Status of Soviet theater art was carried out by the theater, the People's Artist of the USSR, the laureate of state premiums Firs Shishigin. With the name of Shishigina, who headed the theater for almost two decades, is associated with a significant stage of the history of the Volkov scene.

It was a Russian character, swallowed, spontaneous, with enormous internal contradictions. The Russian Theater of the second half of the twentieth century may call the few directories, so passionately, enthusiastically and temperamentally worked on the global and tragic problem of Russian people and history. Time Shishigina in the theater is the time of creative passion and unprecedented unity of the troupe.

In different years (1960, 1963, 1975), seeking to perpetuate the image of Fedor Volkova, the theater addresses the creation of a performance about the first Russian actor. The author of all stage versions was actor-Volkovovets, playwright Nikolai Mikhailovich North. In 1960, a romantic drama arises on the scene (director R. Vartapetti). Then in 1963, F. Shishigin puts powerful folk acts, including Russian playing, excerpts from the drama "Tsar Maximilian", episodes from the tragedies of Sumrookov "Heores", "Soren and Trour", Masquerade "Ceremonial Minerva".

In the early 60s, an energetic, captive director Viktor Davydov, captivating his performances, works on the Volkov scene. Next to the elders of the Volkovskaya scene - G. Belov, V. Nelsky, A. Chudinova, Freedomy, K. Nezvanovoy, S. Romodanov, the talent and talent of masters of the Volkov scene of the new generation - Nikolai Kuzmina, Yuri Karaeva, Vladimir Solopova, are most clearly manifested. Natalia Terentteva, Sergey Tikhonov, Felix Skyazakov.

On April 29, 1966, "For outstanding services in the development of Soviet theatrical art", the Ministry of Culture of the USSR assigned the Yaroslavl Order of the Labor Red Banner theater to them. F. G. Volkov Honorary Name - Academic.

On January 12, 1962, the Collegium of the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR adopted a resolution "On the work of the Yaroslavl Drama Theater. F.G. Volkova, "in which the task was made to reconstruct the theater building. An assignment for the design approved by the regional executive committee on May 9, an increase in the volume of the building at the expense of the superstructure and an extension by 16.5 thousand cubic meters was provided - from 38 to 54.5 thousand. At the same time, the number of places was reduced from 1100 to 1054. The estimated cost of reconstruction was determined at 628 thousand rubles, which roughly corresponded to the cost of building 125 two-room apartments. The stage box was heated in height of six meters, the three-storey part of the 21 meter long was attached from behind.

The architectural solution of the facades of the additive and exhausting parts was performed in the nature of an existing building with the preservation of a single holistic appearance. In the new part of the building, the same memberships, rusts, eaves were continued, the same types of windows were adopted. The main facade of theater reconstruction touched the minimum.

As a result, the size of the main scene of the theater increased significantly: with a width of 21 meters (this parameter has not changed) its depth was 20 meters, and the height from the tablet to the grate is 24 meters. According to these indicators, only the theater of the Russian Army and MHT in Moscow, Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, theaters of Arkhangelsk and Yekaterinburg and ... Yaroslavl Tyuzi, can even compete with Volkovsky's dramatic theaters. And in 1967, Yaroslavls in the parameters of the scene were only theater of the Soviet Army, Leningradsky them. Pushkin (Alexandrinka) and Arkhangelsky. Yaroslavsky architect Lyudmila Vasilyevna Schiryaeva (Spectator) and Muscovite Elizabeth Nathanovna Chechik (stage complex) became the authors of the reconstruction of the Volkovo Theater.

During the reconstruction period, the Palace of Culture of the Yaroslavl Motor Plant became the main stage platform for Volkovtsev. The scene of DC was given to the Volkovtsum 15-17 days a month. On other days, the theater showed performances in clubs and houses of culture, including rural, leaving tour.

The solemn discovery of the theater after reconstruction took place on August 1, 1967. There were no high guests from the capital at the event. Everything went well in a family: the city leadership of the builders, the builders wished the success of artists, the artists thanked the City Guide for care. As reported by the newspaper "Northern Worker", " at the evening, the first secretary of the regional committee of the CPSU F.I. Loschenkov. On behalf of the Regional Committee and the City Commission, the regional executive committee and the city executive committee, he heartily thanked builders, architects, installers, designers, all those who have invested their work into the reconstruction of the F. G. Volkov theater building. The renewed building of the theater, he noted, the wonderful gift of the workers of Yaroslavl to the 50th anniversary of the Great October. This is a big event in the cultural life of the city and the region. Congratulating the theater's team with the opening of the 218th season, F. I. Loschenkov wished artists, artists, directed by bright performances, revealing the greatness of cases and accomplishments of the Soviet people in the construction of communism».

The solemn evening was completed by the play "Fedor Volkov".

In 1969, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of V. I. Lenin, an agreement was concluded on the socialist community between the theater and the largest enterprise of the city - the Order of Lenin with a tire plant. The parties assumed mutual obligations.

The theater team, in particular, pledged to "create highly artistic performances about our modernity, performances telling about the incarnation of Leninsky covenants." A program for the aesthetic education of the enterprise workers was developed. The theater workers at the factory sites held conversations about the creative path of the team, about his masters, actors' meetings, directors, artists with workers, concerts, expression, acquainted shinniks with new performances, organized joint evenings, creative and technical workers of the theater provided assistance of factory amateurs.

For its part, "the collective of the plant, using the help of the theater in the communist education of workers, the production tasks are more successful, increases the production culture."

Until 1970, the theater was subordinate to the Department of Culture of the Yaroslavl Regional Executive Committee. In 1970, he was transferred to the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR.

In 1975, in connection with the 225th anniversary, the Volkov Theater was awarded the Order of the October Revolution.

At the turn of the 70s of the 1980s, the tradition of the Russian stage school was continued by the head of Vladimir Kuzmin. The "Varvara" and "fake coin" M. Gorky was too saturated and psychologically saturated. The romantic overlap and excited lyrism was marked by the "Nightingal Night" V. Zhovov, the epic latitude conquered the "mother field" Ch. Aitmatov.

One of the most notable performances of the 80s - the performance "case" on the play of A. V. Sukhovo-Koblin (the literary edition of Viktor Rosova, the statement of Sergei Roshov). "Case" on the Volkovskaya scene - a performance on how the conscience human little, it begins to give up, to give up. A man of strict debt, dreams, Muromsky - V. Nelsky becomes a man who has a disapplied his own voice. The theater tells not only about the collapse of plates, about how the case did not come around, the bribe did not succeed, but also about the fall of a person, about how Eposhelen was conscience.

From 1983 to 1987, the theater is headed by director Gleb Drozdov. For the first time, the head of the theater is so openly declares the installation on the refusal of the previous traditions, justifying it with the need to exemplate from Academicism and conservative ways of stage existence. For the first time, such a sharp theater is spoiled from its origins, from the roots, from the core. Drozdov defended the theater of spectacle and performances, guessing the upcoming element of the market and commercialization of spectacular enterprises.

In 1988, the play "Hot Heart" on the play by A. N. Ostrovsky in the formulation of Sergei Yashin and Vladimir Bogolepova arose as a long-awaited response to the Company's renewal, which began with restructuring. Isn't it time today, crushing the former karosleyp and gradobyoev, remember exactly a hot heart? - asked the theater. The performance became a kind of test of Volkovtsy on creative viability - ready to be readily after painful depression to theatrical game-information-transformation, to the bright characteristics inside the coherent acting ensemble, to the image of a "living life" through the Poetics of Grotesque and Carnival. The beauty of nature (artist Elena Kachelayeva) and the beauty of the soul, sprinkled, led one, poetic and lyrical melody, and the whole performance was beaten by the air of his own attorney.

In the early 1990s, the theater was headed by the director Vladimir Vorontsov, who was predicted and reflected in his work the rhythm of catastrophic time. Its undoubted luck should include the oscillation of the "Professor Storitsyn" L. Andreeva, the spectacular-area "Corsican" I. Gubacha, the poetic confessionalness of Vie Carre T. Williams.

Public shifts that resulted in the collapse of the USSR, and subsequent events undoubtedly affected the sharp attempts to personnel reform theater and in the state of the team, surviving a lot of shocks during this period.

The image of an old Russian theater, a genuine theater fraternity arose in the romantic extravaganza "Green Care" (1993), supplied by Mikhail Mamedov according to A. Gladkov's scenario.

The theater troupe in the 1990s was an ensemble, in which the experience of the oldest masters of the national artists of Russia Nikolai Kuzmina, Natalia Terentieva, Vladimir Solopova, Felix Dytyakov - and young actors were combined. The "third" generation of Volkovtsev, the pupils of the Volkovsky Theater (they all graduated from the Yaroslavl Teatral School in the theater named after F. G. Volkov, and later the Yaroslavl Theater Institute) - V. Sergeev, T. Ivanova, T. Isaev, G. Krylova, I. Chelt. The actors of V. Astashin, S. Kutsenko, V. Romanov, were acting actors. Confidently "kept" the repertoire graduates of the 80s - T. Gladenko, I. Sidorova, V. Balashov, V. Kirillov, T. Malkova, N. Kudimov, E. Mundum, I. Sidorenko, A. Zubkov.

Since 1996, Vladimir Bogolepov, a thoughtful artist, who studied from the famous Volkov "old people, is becoming the main director of the theater, who studied historical traditions and artistic conquests of the theater in the past. Theater takes a course to Russian and world classic dramaturgy.

In the repertoire of the theater at the turn of the centuries - "Thomas" F. M. Dostoevsky, "Caucasian Roman" (according to the "Cossacks" and "Haji Murata" L. N. Tolstoy), "Platonov" A. P. Chekhov, "No guilt Guy "," Forest "," On all sages of pretty simplicity "A. N. Ostrovsky," Auditor "N. V. Gogol. The world classic was represented by Gamlet V. Shakespeare, "Decameron" by J. Bokcchcho, "Venetian Gemini" K. Goldeni, the play "Before the sunset" of Hauptman.

At this time, the performances of the performances carried out masters of the direissury of Russia, near and far abroad Boris Golubovsky, Stanislav Tayushev, Alexander Kuzin, artistic director of the Prague National Theater Ivan Raimont (Czech Republic), Chief Director of the Minsk Theater named after M. Gorky Boris Lutsenko (Belarus), Vladimir Krasovsky , Rostislav Goryola. As part of creative groups, famous artists Dmitry Mokhov (Belarus), Anatoly Shubin, Elena Senatova, Izief Cyller (Slovakia), composers Alexander Chevsky and Yuri Plunkin.

The theater carried out significant touring trips to Russia and abroad. From 1995 to 1998: Kiev, Minsk, Riga, Nalchik, Novorossiysk, Krasnodar.

In 1997, F. Gorenstein Theater was invited to Prague to Prague, on the stage of the National People's Divadlo Theater. In May - June 1998, with the support of Russian Culture Centers, the theater conducted a tour of Dostoevsky and Platonov's performances of Dostoevsky and Platonov, Prague, Budapest, Bratislava, Berlin. Tours had a big artistic resonance and contributed to the establishment of new creative ties of the theater. In 1999, new tour of theater in Northern Europe was held - the theater presented his art in Finland, Denmark and Norway.

XXI Century. At the beginning of the new millennium

The anniversary, 250th season, is the last theater season of the twentieth century - opened in the Russian academic theater of the Drama named after Fedor Volkova, unusually late - November 30, 1999. This happened because as many as seven months in the theater lasted a large-scale repair, quite comparable to reconstruction. The situation complicated the financial crisis of the end of the 90s, during which the money allocated by the Ministry of Culture to prepare for the anniversary of the money was increasingly depreciated.

During the repair, which I had to deal with the director Valery Sergeyev, not only painted the walls of the building, but also replaced about two hundred meters of reliefs on the facades, adding them to some reliefs on the sketches of the architect Nikolai Spirin, not implemented in 1911. Great works were performed on repair of the foyer, grimoc and utility premises, replacing rafters, roofs and all networks - sewage, water supply, power supply and ventilation, replacing the replacement of sound equipment. By the beginning of the season, the theater acquired a new curtain. And also - on the main facade, the sculptural group of Apollo and theatrical Muses was replaced. For eighty years, the sculptures have suffered badly from bad weather and could simply collapse in the anniversary days. The new Apollo is an exact copy of the former - the Yaroslavl sculptor Elena Passorina.

So far, repair has been repaired in the theater, Volkovtsy went on tour in Kostroma and Vladimir, showed their performances in Rybinsk, love, Danilov.

November 30 passed a solemn evening dedicated to the opening of the 250th theater season. The first in the anniversary season was played by the performance of the director Alexander Kuzin on the play of Alexander Ostrovsky "On all sages of pretty simplicity", which, at the beginning of summer, the Volkovtsi showed on tour in Scandinavia - in Finland, Sweden and Denmark. The main roles in the "wisdom" were performed by Valery Kirillov, Natalia Terrentieva, Vladimir Solopov, Valery Sergeev, Vadim Romanov, Tatiana Ivanova, Tatiana Gladenko, Igor Sidorenko, Evgeny Mundum.

The main premiere of the season was the Gogolev "Auditor" in the formulation of the main director of the theater of Vladimir Bogolepov. The premiere took place on February 16, 2000. Season and closed on April 9, "Auditor". Three days later, the theater showed the play "On all sages of pretty simplicity" in Moscow on the scene of the Small Theater - within the framework of the Ostrovsky festival. It was the first speech of Volkovtsy in the capital after a long time - since the time of Firsa Shishigina! From Moscow, the theater went to St. Petersburg, where on the stage of Alexandrinsky (who came at the time with the tour to Yaroslavl) were shown four performances: "On all sages of pretty simplicity", "Platonov", "Auditor" and "Venetian Gemini".

From May 17 to 24, the first international Volkovskaya festival took place in Yaroslavl, whose motto was Mikhail Shchepkin "Volkov, Volkov, Volkov, All We owe ..." both Mkhata, Small Theater, Alexandrinka, BDT named after Tovstonogov, Academic theaters from Nizhny Novgorod, Minsk and Tver.

May 25 passed a solemn evening dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the first Russian professional theater. The official part of Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the official part. He congratulated the theater with an anniversary and handed state awards: the Order of Honor - Nikolai Kuzmina, the Order of Friendship - Felix Skyunikov and Vladimir Solopovu, the medals of the Order "For Merit to Fatherland" - Aktera Larisa Golubeva, Viktor Kuryshev, Lydia Lydia, Nesmelova, Viktor Kuryshev. Certificates of wiring laureates from Putin's hands: "Honored Artistic Worker" - Chief Artist Alexander Babaev and Chief Director Vladimir Bogolepov; "Honored Artist of Russia" - Tatiana Gladenko, Valery Kirillov, Tatiana Markova and Valery Sokolov; "Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation" - Private Olga Daricheva, Head of the Grimor Shop Tamara Klimov, head of the music part Vladimir Selyutin, head of the troupe Elena Susanin. The theater was awarded the VKOV's prize established by the Government of Russia.

The 251th season of Volkovtsev pested the bridge from the second millennium in the third: it began in the twentieth century, and ended - in the XXI.

Unfortunately, the rise on which the theater went to the anniversary, after the holiday replaced the decline. At first they spoke about it in the sidelines, then began to write in the press. An essential strike on the repertoire of steel ... Marriage of the Honored Artist of Russia Vadim Romanov at the graduate of the Yaroslavl Theater Institute Irina Goryacheva and May Tours of Volkovtsev in St. Petersburg. On the stage of Alexandrinsky, the theater showed four performances, in three of whom brightened Vadim Romanov, - "On all sages of pretty simplicity" (Gorodulin), "Platonov" (the main role) and "Venetian twins" (two roles of twins Zareto and Tonino). Irina was his partner in the "wise". And they also played together in the "Gamlet": he is Gamlet, she is Ophelia.

After the tour in St. Petersburg, Irina and Vadim received an invitation to try themselves in Alexandrinka. In June, they got married and left for St. Petersburg.

In Volkovsky immediately "hung" the two best performances of the repertoire - "Hamlet" Boris Lutsenko and "Platonov" Ivan Raymont. In the "wise" and "twins" Romanova replaced, but it did not succeed in achieving the previous charm of his heroes. Romanov, however, was ready to come to Yaroslavl on Gamlet and Platonov, but the director of the theater Valery Sergeev did not want to hear about it: Vadim became cut off sliced \u200b\u200bsliced.

The 251th season opened on October 25, 2000 by the premiere of King Lira in the formulation of Ivan Raimont with Felix Skyazakov in the lead role. The role of a jester that Raimont planned to give Vadim Romanov, performed by Vladimir Balashov.

Two days later, October 27, the director Vladimir Krasovsky released the premiere of the play "Magnificent Carnares", the main role in which the allege of Yattya Alexander Chilin-Giri has just been played in the troupe. On December 6, the premiere of the play "True Laughter". And before the New Year - December 19 - a long-awaited opening of the theater chamber scene took place.

The first performance on the chamber scene was the "Christmas Greens" with Natalia Terentyeva in the lead role. This spectrum Vladimir Bogolepov was destined to long and happy life: he went ten seasons and was played almost 150 times. The performance was marked by the regional prize named F.G. Volkov.

As if the "lag" of the anniversary season, until the summer, the theater released two more premieres of "Fermos" on the novel by Feikhthanger on February 28 and May 31, addressed to both children and adult "nightingale" on Andersen. Completed their lives in the 251st season of performances "before sunset", "without guilt's guilt" and "honest adventurer".

In April-May, the theater went on a large overseas tour again, visited Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Germany.

The 252nd Volkov's season opened tour in Moscow. On the stage of the Small Theater, Yaroslavl showed the performances of the "King Lear", "Auditor", "on every sage pretty simplicity", "Corsicanka". On the same days, the Small Theater held a full tour in Yaroslavl: the Chekhovsky "Uncle Vanya", "Wolves and Sheep" and "Warm money", "Cowarers and Love" Schiller, "Secrets of the Madrid Yard" Schiller, "Secrets of the Madrid Yard" And the "deceive" on Balzak - from 8 to September 23, 16 performances took place!

On September 8, the theater celebrated the 75th anniversary of the People's Artist of Russia Natalia Ivanovna Terentteva. It is symbolic that on this day she played on the scene of the Small Theater - in the play "On all sages of pretty simplicity."

The Moscow public was very warmly taken artists of the first Russian professional theater. In general, quite favorably assessed the performances of Volkovtsev and the Moscow press. Only in one review published in an "independent newspaper", the theater was crushed. Most of all got the premiere of the anniversary season - the "audio".

On October 16, the second International Volkov Festival opened. The first three prizes named after Fedor Volkov, established by the Government of Russia were awarded on the theater scene. The first, after Volkovtsev, the laureates of the award became the artistic director of the Krasnodar creative association "Premier" Leonard Gatov, artistic director of the Chelyabinsk Academic Drama Theater Naum Orlov and Yevgeny Panfilov - the artistic director of the Perm Theater "Ballet Evgenia Panfilova". Since 2001, Volkov Prizes have been handed over three laureates annually.

After the closure of the Festival, the Volkovtsy left in Kiev, where in the framework of the festival "Evening Dostoevsky in Kiev" showed the play "Thomas" on the story of "Stepanchino village and its inhabitants" with Vladimir Solopovy in the lead role. The play was also occupied by Felix Dytyakov, Natalia Terrentieva, Valery Sergeev, Tatyana Pozdnyakova, Andrei Zubkov and others.

In the 252nd season, two premieres were played on a large stage - on December 24, 2001 - "Player" on the novel by F. M. Dostoevsky, March 27, 2002 - "Spirit" on the play L. N. Tolstoy "Fruits of Enlightenment". Both performances can be safely attributed to lucky the theater, they were marked by bright acting works, but unfortunately, they did not lie in the repertoire: "Player" only went to two seasons (14 performances), "Spirit" - four seasons, but in three of them It was placed only three times (there were 20 performances in total). In the "player" there was a noticeable debut on the Volkov scene of the graduate of Yati Olga Stark, introduced for the role of Blanche after unexpected leaving the theater of Zamira Kolkhiyev.

Two performances replenished the repertoire of a small scene - "Double Game" of William Congriva and Tango Slavomir Mrologe. The last time this season was played by Lgunya, "True Laughter", "Thomas", "Detubyt" and "King Lire". The last three left the repertoire in connection with the disease of the People's Artist of Russia Felix Innokentievich Skyakakov, who fulfilled the main roles.

On April 21, 2002, the season was completed by the premiere show of the play "Sixth Floor" on the play of Alber Zheri in Stanislav Tayushev, after which the theater went to the next foreign tour in Helsinki, Copenhagen and Berlin. This time the Volkovtsy showed Europe "Corsicanka" and "Auditor".

In the meantime, the first Russian professional theater challenges in Europe, the second festival of theater schools of Russia was held in Yaroslavl, in which all the leading theatrical universities of the country took part.

The 253rd season of the Volkovsky Theater opened on September 5, 2002 by the premiere play "Sixth Floor". Having played the week in Yaroslavl, the theater went on tour to Novorossiysk and Krasnodar.

On September 19, the theater suffered a heavy loss - People's Artist of Russia Nikolai Vasilyevich Kuzmin died.

From October 11 to October 22, the third International Volkov Festival took place in Yaroslavl. He opened the ballet "Golden Age" of the Krasnodar association "Premiere". His producer Outstanding choreographer Yuri Grigorovich, as well as the artistic director of the Chuvash Theater of the Drama, People's Artist of Russia Valery Yakovlev and the Voronezh Theater of the Drama named after A. Koltsov received the award named after Fedor Volkova for 2002.

In the 253rd season, the theater released four premieres for large and two on a small scene. It was this season that the roll was made towards the comedies, who soon took the main place in the repertoire. But if the "wolves and sheep" and "Kyazhin vehicles" were distinguished by at least good drama, then the comedy "What I saw the butler" and the "Last Fatty Love" did not bring any honor to theater nor the actors of Glory. Finished their lives on the stage "Decameron", "Player" and "Magnificent Cardridge".

At the end of April, Volkovtsy showed the "auditor" on tour in Cairo. The Ministry of Culture of Egypt provided chic numbers in a 4-star hotel in Russian artists, organized trips to the pyramids and the best museums. In the free time, the times of Volkovtsi were glad to try on eastern life: smoked hookah, rode camels, went through the markets.

The theatrical season ended in Yaroslavl Tours of the Alexandrinsky Theater. These tours for Yaroslavl theatrons were interested in among other things that they again - three years later, Vadim Romanova saw on the Volkov scene. He was busy in two touring performances - "Vanity Fair" and "Trees are dying standing."

The new, 254th season in Volkovsky opened unusually early - August 12, 2003. On August 21, "Kyodinsky rewritten" Goldoni was played in the formulation of Ivan Raymont. With this performance, the theater associated serious plans for "", but it was safely to sound in the main theater contest of the country, the Volkovtsians managed only five years old with "Hard from Wit."

In September, the theater once again visited the traditional tour in Novorossiysk. The IV International Volkov Festival took place from 15 to 25 October. The Norilsky Polar Drama Theater named V. Mayakovsky, the Khakassian Republican Theater of Dolls "Fairy" and the "Tilzit-theater") from the city of Sovetsk, Kaliningrad region, became laureates of the Volkovo Prize. This theater then headed the future artistic director of Volkovsky Evgeny Marchelli. His performance "Othello" with Vitaly Kischenko, in the lead role, closed the festival and became his main event.

The first premiere of the season was in December a comedy "Foolish" Lope de Vega. Then the Black Comedy of Jean Anuua "Birds" and the Comedy "Two Veronatsa" Shakespeare came out. Plans to put the play "Biography" Swiss Max Frisch and remained plans.

The theater took part in the festival "Actors of Russia - Shchepkin" in Belgorod (showing "Kyazhin vehicles"), there were touring in Brazil, and at the beginning of the summer, Volkovtsi committed a tour of the United States, visiting Washington and New York.

On May 6, 2004, People's Artist of Russia Felix Innokentievich Saintkakov died.

Before the beginning of the 255th season, a speech was held in Volkovsky ... Sergey Yesenin: in the hall of the first Russian professional theater, the shooting of the Motheric film "Yesenin" with Sergey Bezrukov was held in the lead role. Many Yaroslavls took part in the crowd.

Volkovsky in 2004 entered the top ten of the best theaters of Russia official rating of the Ministry of Culture. One of the main indicators of the rating - attendance of 72-75 percent, in Russia it was then considered a very high level.

In September, the theater visited the tour in Sevastopol, where she showed six performances. And from 14 to 24 October, the fifth international Volkov festival took place. In 2004, the Moscow State Theater "Russian Ballet", under the leadership of the People's Artist of the USSR Vyacheslav Gordeyev (since the status of the theater is regional, he, if neither paradoxically, is considered to be provincial) and the Sverdlovsk State Academic Theater of the Music Comedy. The third laureate was the actor of the Samara Academic Theater of the Drama named after M. Gorky Alexander Amelin.

The season Volkovtsy began on August 5. On August 17, the premiere of the "Strange Mrs. Savage" melodrama was held on the play of the American playwright John Patrick in the formulation of Lyudmila Zotov. The role of Mrs. Savage was played by Honored Artist of Russia Tatiana Pozdnyakova. In early August, director Mikhail Mokeyev began the rehearsal of the fan of the Frenchman George Fadido "Lady Tailor", but Valery Kirillov had to finish work. Therefore, the premiere passed only in March 2005, and in December 2004, the "savage" was shown - the lyrical comedy of the Spaniard Alejandro Casami about love in the formulation of Vladimir Bogolepov.

Immediately after the Volkovsky festival to the rehearsals of the comedy "Mad money", A. N. Ostrovsky began a people's artist Sergey Yashin - Prime Minister took place on April 4th. Honored Worker of Arts of Russia, the artistic director of the Sevastopol Academic Drama Theater Vladimir Magar moved to the Volkov scene of his "Sirano de Bergerac" (the premiere was held on July 10). In its own stage, Magar mixed fragments from three translations of the famous play - Tatyana Shcheckina-Cupelik, Vladimir Solovyova and Yuri Ayhenwald, and also added a lot from himself. As a result, it turned out a very strange hybrid, very far from the heroic comedy of Rostan. Amazingly, but some actors refused to participate in the Magar formulation already during the work (although their names were even included in the program released to the premiere).

Three premieres took place for the season on the chamber scene: Chekhov "Two funny love stories" (according to the one-acting play "Bear" and "Proposal") in the formulation of Valery Kirillov (initially "stories" was planned even three - the third was a fragment from "non-trap" with Nikolai Schreibero as Platonova. In 2007, "two stories" were postponed to a large scene.), Comedy "Perennial Horse" Francoise Sagan (director Anatoly Beirac) and a gloomy story on the play of Vasily Sigarev "Ladybugs return to Earth" in the formulation of deserved Artists of Russia Galina Kryonova. Initially, it was a graduation performance of the course of Valeria Kirillov in the Yaroslavl Theater Institute. Most graduates of this course have replenished the troupe of the Volkovsky Theater.

In the 255th season, life was completed on the stage of "birds" (only 13 performances were shown for the year), "Butler", "Sixth Floor" and "Spirit", as well as the Ten Seasons "Forest" lasted in the repertoire in the closet "And" New Pygmalion ". In some of them, the main roles played by the Honored Artist of Russia Vladimir Balashov, tragically died on November 11, 2004: at night, in the heart of Yaroslavl, some scumbags were killed.

The event of the season was shown on the stage of the Volkovsky play "Cherry-free Garden" in the formulation of Eymuntas Nikroshusov with the stars of the Russian theater starring (Ranevskaya - Lyudmila Maksakova, Gaev - Vladimir Ilyin, Lopakhin - Evgeny Mironov, Firs - Alexey Petrenko). "North Territory" dedicated to this very ambiguous spectrum already two reviews.

The season was completed by touring Volkovtsev in Denmark and Argentina, where Valery Kirillov, a performance-concert "in the forest for arront, was shown to the 60th anniversary of Victory.

Opening the 256th season, Volkovtsy, of course, could not know that he would become the last for the main director of the Vladimir Bogolepov theater.

The last week of August was given to the rehearsals of two new performances: the main director of the Kostroma Drama Theater Sergei Morozov took over the "cunning and love" Schiller, and Vladimir Bogolepov began to exercise his long-standing dream - the "Seagull" of Chekhov. At the small scene, Anatoly Bajac began work on Freken Juli Strinberg. Promised to start work on the new play Ivan Raimont. But most of these plans were not destined to come true: Schiller's play rehearsals were discontinued, work on Freken Julia was stretched more than a year, Raymont in Yaroslavl did not come.

Volkovtsy began the season with metabolic tours: Theater went to Samara, where from September 16 showed six performances on a large and three on the chamber scene. Then one by one passed three international theater festivals. At first, Yaroslavls with "mad money" went to Magnitogorsk; October 20, in Belgorod, became participants in the festival "Actors of Russia - Shcheckin"; On October 15, the spectacle "Sirano de Bergerac" opened the season in Yaroslavl, and from October 25, the theater took the guests of the sixth festival "Volkov, Volkov, and all we owe everything."

Opened the Volkov Festival Perm State Academic Theater Opera and Ballet under the leadership of the Laureate of the Prize Prize of the Russian Federation named after Fedor Volkova of the People's Artist of Russia George Isaakyan. Yaroslavl spectators saw Ballet "Bestiary" by works by Gozzi, Andersen and Kafki. On October 26, another winner of the festival was released on the Volkov scene in the play of Romeo and Juliet, the People's Artist of Russia Nikolai Gorokhov. The third laureate of 2005 - the Novosibirsk Youth Theater "Globus" closed the VI Volkov Festival "Wedding Krechinsky" on the play Alexander Sukhovo-Koblin.

At the end of the year, a jury of the National Theater Prize "" held in Moscow was announced in Moscow "" to award in the nomination "For the honor and dignity" of the actress of the Volkovsky Theater, People's Artist of Russia Natalia Ivanovna Terentteva. The presentation of the award was held on April 17, 2006 on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater.

The first premiere of the 256th season was the play "rivals" on the play Sheridan in the formulation of Anatoly Beirak. March 27, on International Day Theater, the premiere of "Seagull" Vladimir Bogolepova took place.

It is said that, starting work on this performance, Bogolepov somehow said: "I will put the" seagull "- you can die." His words became a tragic prophecy. As it turned out, Vladimir Georgievich summed up this performance in the theater. A thin, built on the nuances and halftons, the performance reflected not only Bogolepovsky understanding of Chekhov's drama, but also his attitude towards the role of the theater in society. Vladimir Georgievich Bogolepov died three weeks after the premiere.

The 246th season ended in June of the premiere of the "Trechgroshi Opera" of Bertold Brecht and Kurt Vail in the formulation of the main director of the Kaluga Theater of Drama Alexander Plenev.

After the closure of the 256th theater season of the Volkovsky Theater, the Ministry of Culture decided to announce the competition for replacing the post of chief director.

In the new season, the theater assumed to continue working on Czech. To produce the play "Uncle Vanya" Valery Sergeev wanted to invite Vladimir Magara from Sevastopol, which a year ago put in Volkovsky "Sirano". Sergeev himself hoped to play in the new formulation of Professor Vozyitiet. The play on the play of the American playwright IIVON MENCELLA "With you and without you", it was supposed to instruct the director Valery Grishko from St. Petersburg. (These plans were not implemented.)

The entire season in the theater was actively worked by the director Anatoly Beirak. In October, he released the camera "Froken Juli" on the chamber of August Strindberg, for the new year - "Pushkin's fairy tales", in April - to the upcoming anniversary of People's Artist of Russia Natalia Ivanovna Terentteva - "Solo for Watch with the Boat" of Osvalda Zaprachnik. A little earlier - February 25 - the premiere of the play "Boulevard", which put the film director Vadim Derbeenov, well-known viewers on the film "Woman in White", "Mystery of Black Drozdov", "Snakes", "Black Corridor" (this movie with Innocent Smoktunovsky starring Vadim Koladievich was filmed in Yaroslavl) and many others. In April, the premiere of the play "Duck hunting" on the play of Alexander Vampilova took place. Put the performance director from Irkutsk Alexander Ishchenko.

Throughout the 257th season in Volkovsky, a work on the production of the Musical "Spin" (Spinthe Musikal) of the Canadian composer Douglas Pesley was followed. The stage of Svenska Teatern - Swedish theater from Helsinki worked on this performance. Director Gunnar Helgasinson began the distribution of roles in July. In Helsinki, Music went with great success. Volkovtsy also counted on the attention of the public to this formulation, which was largely to become for the stage of the stage. The premiere took place at the end of the season - July 1, but the performance was not entrenched in the repertoire: on Yaroslavl scene, it was shown only seven times.

In August, there was touring the theater in Sevastopol, in September and October - in Gomel and Vitebsk, and at the end of December Volkovtsy went with the auditor at the Russian Art Festival to Japan.

The seventh Volkov festival has passed from 1 to 10 December. Opened the program of the festival Laureate of the Government of Russia's government named after Volkova for 2006 Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theater (Ufa), who showed ballet Leila Ismagilovaya "Arkim". The artistic director of the Volgograd new experimental theater of Otar Dzhangisherasvili and the Irkutsk Theater of the Drama named after Okhlopkov, who closed the festival on the first love, who closed the festival on the work of Turgenev's performance was also laureates.

At the beginning of the summer, Volkovtsy visited Prague, which showed "Kyodinsky cross-shim" Goldoni and Chekhov "Two funny stories about love".

On August 9, the 55th anniversary noted the director of the Theater People's Artist of Russia Valery Sergeev. In September, the theater went to traditional tour in Novorossiysk. And on September 20, a message came to Yaroslavl that during the tour Valery Valentinovich Sergeev died suddenly ...

In the 258th season, the Russian State Academic Theater of the Drama named after Fedor Volkov entered not only without the main director, but without the director. For more than a year, the responsibilities of the head performed Alexey Nikolayevich Ivanov - a man, for many years worked as Deputy Valeria Sergeeva, a well-known team and the problems of the theater, a strong business man, but by the nature of the previous work, quite distant from the creative process. And although the theater team supported Ivanov's candidacy, the decision of the future director was delayed.

During the season, the plans stated by Valery Sergeyev were implemented. From October 25 to November 5, the Eighth International Volkov Festival passed. The Minusinsky Drama Theater, the Omsk Theater for Children and Youth (Tyuza) and the Artist of the Krasnodar State Academic Drama Affairs Artist of the Krasnodar State Academic Drama Theater Stanislav Gronsky became the winners of the Russian Government Prom.

In December, the theater was incurred by another loss - the actress Valentina Isidovna Spagina was left of the life of the actress.

The first premiere of the season was the play "Hunting Pushcha" on the play of the Ostrovsky "slave" on a small scene. Under the New Year, the premiere of "Hanuma" took place on the big scene. In April, director Denis Kozhevnikov released the "memorial prayer" on the play Gregory Gorina. The season was completed by the premiere of "Charleya's aunt" in the formulation of Sergey Yashin. They left the repertoire of "Corsicanka", "on every sages of pretty simplicity" and "the last arms in love" - \u200b\u200bperformances in which Valery Sergeyev played the main roles. In November 2007, it was removed from the repertoire of the Three-Hundred Opera, withstood only 10 ideas. In May 2008, the "auditor", "wolves and sheep" and "spin" were last played.

At the end of May, Volkovtsy showed the spectacle "Solo for watches with the battle" Oswald of the festival within the framework of the famous All-Russian theater festivals - "The Oldest Theaters of Russia" in Kaluga and at the competition festival in Tambov. The performance was marked by critics experts and the jury of both festivals. Genuine heroine was the People's Artist of Russia Natalia Ivanovna Terentyev, the executor of the role of Pani Conny: She was awarded twice - the honorary diploma of the Festival of the "Oldest Theaters of Russia" in the nomination "For the best performance of the Women's role" and the award named after the outstanding Russian actor Nikolai Chryshanfovich Rybakov in the nomination "Actress" Russia.

At the end of the summer, the theater celebrated the 100th anniversary of Efimovich Shishigina.

New days of the first Russian

In the 259th season, a new stage began in the life of the Volkovsky Theater.

The Volkovskaya festival opened on September 25 by the presentation of the Russian government awards named after Fedor Volkova. In 2008, Saratov Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Orenburg Theater of the Drama named after Gorky and Khukruk Arkhangelsk Theater Dolls Dmitry Lokhov.

On the eve of the festival, the team was presented a new director of Volkovsky Boris Mikhailovich Meznirich.

At this time, the rehearsals of the performance "Troy" were completed along the little-known story of Gorky. Vladimir Portnov worked on the performance. The premiere took place on November 25, and was accepted by the public cold. The time has shown that the choice of Gorkovskaya stories turned out to be unsuccessful (by the way, it was originally assumed that the ports would put "Anthony and Cleopatra" Shakespeare). The performance died in a "record" deadlines - for three months: the last time he was played on February 28, 2009. A total was given seven performances.

The first premiere, which was preparing entirely with the blessing of the new director, became the New Year's history of "Merry Christmas, Uncle Scrooge!". The play based on the story of Charles Dickens "Christmas Songs in Prose" wrote the playwright Olga Nikiforova, which Boris Mezdrich invited to work at the theater Deputy Director for Creative Activities. The performance delivered by Anatoly Beirak was not at all like well-friendly children's fairy tales, which were raised earlier to the New Year holidays, and became the first messenger of changes started in the oldest Russian Professional Theater.

On February 10, the first "adult premiere" was held with the new Director: the play on the play of Alexander Volodin "With your loved one," I put a well-known actor and director, Honored Artist of Russia Sergey Pustopalis.

Immediately after arriving at Yaroslavl, Boris Meznirich stated that the theater's image develops not only from the impressions of the public from his own productions, but also from the speeches of the tour. Therefore, I promised member, more in Volkovsky will not see Christina Orbakayte, nor Valeria Meladze. The scene will be provided only to famous theatrical groups with a good repertoire. And the director restrained his promise in April, inviting the Ballet Troupe of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater to Yaroslavl, which he led several years.

At the end of April, the Volkovsky Theater together with the Yaroslavl State Theater Institute was organized in Yaroslavl, the first festival "Theater of theatrical Russia" (BTR), who became the successor to the festivals of the theater schools of Russia at the turn of the centuries. In the first Festival, the BTR took part 23 universities and theater, which showed 26 performances.

And ultimately believe that new times in Volkovsky began seriously, even the solar skeptics had to after the premiere of the play "Woe from Wit", held on June 8, 2009. These performances Volkovsky closed the 259th season.

The performance was shown twice - 8 and 9 June. Only a few lucky people could get to the premiere, the rest had to wait until the autumn. Meanwhile, rumors about what is happening on the stage, instantly scattered around the city. Some exceeded the performance to heaven as a kind of revelation, which on the Volkov scene did not happen. Others as convinceded by him, finding many quotes and even borrowing from famous avant-garde performances of the 20-30s. An inexperienced audience hardly picked up words to tell about what he was not at the premiere. Enthusiastic assessments in the address of Mezhinich and the director of the play of Igor Celina from St. Petersburg, almost curses were polished. The success of what is called was full.

At the end of June, the troupe went on vacation. And before leaving the team, a new main director was presented - Sergey Pustopalis. In a software speech, Sergey Vitautau called Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky his idol in theatrical art, and his doctrine is "by the theater ship". In the Volkovo Theater, Pustopalis said, he feels an assault vessel, which has a strong, confident lead ship Captain - Director of the Theater Boris Meznirich.

The collection of troupe, which preceded the 260th season, took place in mid-August 2009. In the repertoires, with whom Volkovtsev acquainted, the main director Sergei Pustopalis, was impressed not only by the diversity and novelty of names, different, known, rare or not at all known to our public. The level of the direction of the Directory was noted: from the Honored Worker of the Arts of Russia, Professors of the Studio Studio MCAT Vladimir Petrov, Honored Worker of the Arts of Russia Evgeny Marchelli (both laureates of the National Theater Prize "Golden Mask") to the youngest in Russian director - twenty-timer Timothy Kullyaba from Novosibirsk.

In early September, the Volkovtsy presented the play "With loved ones" at one of the most prestigious theater festivals - the All-Russian Festival "Real Theater", which annually takes place in Yekaterinburg and is recognized as the third largest in Russia after the metropolitan "Gold Mask" and St. Petersburg "Baltic House " The Volkovsky Theater season opened on September 12 playing the "grief from the mind". On October 24, the first premiere became the musical performance of the "Concert" director Andrei Rusinov from Yekaterinburg. Libretto according to the famous songs of the twentieth century (the history of the country in the song from the Silver Century until the 70s) was created by Olga Nikiforova, the composer of the play - Igor Esipovich, the new head of the theater's musical part.

In the fall, the first dual issue of the magazine "Theatrical Circle". Born, according to the expression of the editor-in-chief of Elena Medvedskaya magazine, "In the heart of the Volkovsky Theater", the magazine in detail reflected his life in the past season.

The tenth International Volkov-Sky Festival has passed from 3 to 9 November. His rod credo - "Russian playwright in the languages \u200b\u200bof the world." The Laurea of \u200b\u200bthe Government of the Government of the Russian Federation named after Fedor Volkova in 2009 became the Theater of the Drama named after the Drama of the Drama of Yekaterinburg, as well as the People's Artist of Russia, the actress of the Voronezh Drama Theater named after A. Koltsov Lyudmila Zolotarev-Kravtsov.

On December 3, Yaroslavl saw the "Beautiful World" ("The Trigger of the Great Merchairs") on the play of Michel de Gelderod in the directed of Vladimir Petrov. On December 17, Professor Yagti Alexander Kuzin released with his course on a large scene of Volkovsky "Silva" Imre Salman. Sergey Puskapalis put the play "Snow Kurta" on the play Olga Nikiforova for the new year.

On December 8, at a press conference held in Moscow at the Meyerhold Center, nominees were announced to the national theater award "Golden Mask" 2009. The performance of the Academic Theater of the Drama named after Volkova "Mount from Wit" in the formulation of the director of Igor Selina was named by the nominee on the "mask" at once in five nominations! Directed by Igor Selin, artist Alexander Orlov, light artist Gleb Forshinsky and actor, performer of the leading role of Chatsky - Alexey Kuzmin presented in the nominations: "The best work of the director", "The best work of the artist in the dramatic theater", "The best work of the artist in the light in dramatic Theater "," Best Male Role ". The performance as a whole claimed the title of laureate in the nomination "The best performance in the drama / large form." The Volkovsky Theater was among the three non-stationary theaters of Russia included in the "Golden Mask" short list.

In January, on a large stage of Volkovsky, the theatrical presentation released "how I spent this summer", in which he played a major role, became three-terrain of the 60th Berlin Film Festival. Pustapalis and his film partner Sergey Dobrygin were awarded the main prize for the best acting work. The second "silver bear" picture of the director Alexei Popogrebsky received in the nomination "For an outstanding contribution to art." The winner of this award was the film operator Pavel Kostomarov.

On February 20, the premiere of the play "Carmen", which put Timofey Kulyabin was appointed. But ... At the beginning of the month, the fire protection inspectors came to the theater and stopped working for as many as 60 days! Anything like more than ever in the life of the theater did not happen.

On April 5, 2010, in the framework of the festival of performances - nominees to the "Gold Mask", Volkovtsy showed "grief from the mind" in Moscow on the scene of the Mossovet's Theater. Unfortunately, the scene of this theater is less than Volkovskaya, so the Moscow audience could not see the performance in the whole brilliance. The "mask" this time could not be obtained, but the inclusion of the theater among the nominees was the recognition of creative achievements, which the theater achieved in such a short time.

The premiere of "Carmen" took place on April 17th. From April 19 to April 25, the second festival "Future of theater Russia" was held. Then, by the end of the season, the performances of Ekaterina Ivanovna were released on Leonid Andreev, in the formulation of Yevgeny Marchelli and Chekhov "Three sisters" in the formulation of Sergey Pustapalis.

All three premieres of Volkovtsev became events in theatrical life not only Yaroslavl: before the start of these performances, the theater building constantly began to park cars with Moscow numbers and numbers of neighboring regions. Assessments of performances and in the press, and among the audience, many different, many, having evolved from the "wounded theater", continued to wait for simple entertainment productions. But, despite the miscarios of ill-wishers, Mezdrich did not turn from the intended course. During the season, the repertoire was significantly "cleaned", and seven performances immediately went to the archive: "Venetian twins", "fool", "savage", "mad money", "Sirano de Bergerac", "rivals" and "memorial prayer" . Changes became irreversible.

Before the start of the new season, the North Territory took a large interview with the director of the Boris Mezdarich theater, in which he appreciated the past seasons and spoke about the prospects for the future. Speaking about the upcoming work, Boris Meznirich unequivocally stated: "" The "simple theater" will no longer ... "

In September, three theaters of dolls from Japan were performed on the scene of Volkovsky, and on September 30, the premiere of the play "Chertova Dozin" took place. The play on the stories of Arkady Averchenko wrote Olga Nikiforova, and Put the play Alexander Kuzin.

The XI International Volkov Festival has passed since October 29 to November 7. Fedor Volkov's Government Prize winners for 2010 became the Novosibirsk State Academic Drama Theater "Red Torch", the Khakass National Puppet Theater "Tale" (it was already the second Volkovskaya Prize, received by theater from Abakan, the first was awarded in 2003) and artistic The head of the Kazan Academic Russian Great Drama Theater named after V. I. Kachachaov Alexander Slavutsky.

In April, the Third Festival of Theater Schools "Future of theater Russia" was held in Yaroslavl, the first events of the "Center named after Konstantin Trepleva" took place on the chamber scene.

In early May, Volkovsky gained a new director - they became the Honored Worker of Culture of Russia, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Professor Yury Konstantinovich Itin.

The season of July 6 was completed by the premisitor of the play "Tartuf" in the formulation of Alexander Kuzina.

After two previous stormy seasons, distinguished active work on the main scene, the 262nd season became, at first glance, the time of the clutch. So if in the 260th and 261st seasons on the main scene, twelve prime ministers were played, then in the 262nd - only three, including the New Year's fairy tale. But on the chamber scene, where the international center named after Konstantin Trepleva began work, creative life was literally boiling.

The season opened on September 15, 2011 by the play of Evgeny Marchelli "Zoykin Apartment". At the end of September, it was one hundred years since the end of the construction and opening of the building of the Volkovsky Theater - this anniversary was marked in the chamber atmosphere. October 6, the premiere of Tartuf Alexander Kuzina took place. This performance was preparing for the previous season and was commissioned in early July, but the public was able to see him only now. On October 18, also on a large scene with brilliance, the anniversary benefit of People's Artist of Russia Natalia Ivanovna Terentteva was held.

From 3 to 12 November, the twelfth Volkovsky Festival took place. The Omsky Academic Drama Theater, the Omnibus Theater from the city of Zlatoust and Saratov Tyuz, from the city of Zlatousta, became the winners of the Russian Government Award.

A unique event was a visit to Yaroslavl outstanding director Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov. In his homeland, he was not a few decades, so during this arrival not only met Jaroslavl, but also visited Danilov, where his grandfather was preserved. Yuri Petrovich looked at some performances of the festival, and also took part in the opening after repairing the chamber scene, where on November 2, a retrospective show of the animation films directed by Alexander Petrova was held.

On December 10, the premiere of the play "Untitled" at the earlier play of the young Chekhov "Want's" ("Platonov") was held at the main stage of the theater. This work along with "Catherine Ivanovna" became the business card of the theater for the two upcoming season and was put forward to the "Gold Mask" in three nominations. By the new year, Vladimir Mayzinger under the leadership of Yevgeny Marcelli put "Snow White", and in March, the long-awaited premiere of Shakespearean "storms" took place.

On the chamber scene, the search for new forms continued. In January, the premiere of Nekrasov NET was held, in February - the play "Viya" (Piez Natalia Vorozhbit, director Semyon Sersin), then Evgeny Marchelli released the play "Two poor Romanians who speakers in Polish" on the play of Polish Maslovskaya Drash April was shown "Theater Blues" in the formulation of Igor Esipovich. In April, the theater, together with Yatty, held the 4th Festival "Future of theatrical Russia". And the premieres of the chamber scene, and the performances of the festival were held with full halls, which was the answer to the question: Does the modern theater "New forms" need?

A diverse was a tour of the theater. In the first half of the season, the play "Ekaterina Ivanovna" was shown in Riga and St. Petersburg, "Three Sisters" - at the Festival named after O. Yankovsky in Saratov. At the end of the season, the theater tour was held in Baku ("Ekaterina Ivanovna", "Untitled", "Concert"), then the play "Viy" was shown in St. Petersburg at the All-Russian Laboratory Festival of Young Directors "on-theater", and "Catherine Ivanovna "- at the III International Theater Festival" Academy "in Omsk.

Almost all the year, Eugene Marcelli worked on the play "House Bernard Alba", in July his closed show took place, but the premiere was held only next, the 263rd season.

Theater Theater began on the Taganrog on the Taganrog, where the performance of Yevgeny Marcelli "Untitled" opened the program of the IX International Festival "in the Motherland Chekhov". And in Yaroslavl, the season began performances of the thirteenth International Volkov Festival.

Fedor Volkov's Government Prize winners in 2012, Komi-Permytsky Dramatic Theater named after M. Gorky from the city of Kudymkar, Chief Director of the Perm Theater "At Bridge" Sergey Fedotov and the chief director of the Krasnoyarsk Drama Theater named after A. S. Pushkin Oleg Rykkin.

At the beginning of October, the theater went on tour to Vilnius, where Yaroslavl showed "Catherine Ivanovna" and "Theatrical Blues". On November 8, within the framework of the II All-Russian Memory Festival, Oleg Yankovsky in Saratov, the performance "Untitled" was tested. This performance was then shown in Moscow at the VIII International Theater Festival "Season Stanislavsky".

On October 26, the premiere of the performance of Evgenia Marcelli "House Bernard Alba" took place. On a small scene, Valery Kirillov released the "star hour local time", Olga Toropova put the play on the play of Kati Rubin "Baban" with Tatyana Isaeva in the lead role. By the new year, Evgeny Marcelli put the fairy tale "The Magic Lamp of Aladdin".

In the second half of the season, the premieres of "Talents and Fans" were held on the main stage in the director of Alexander Kuzin and the Black Comedy of Juan José Alonso Milahana "Cyania Potassies ... to you with milk or without milk?", Which Evgeny Marcelli put. On the chamber scene came the performances "North" Semen Surzin on the play Vyacheslav Durenkov, the music and poetic performance "to love you ..." in the formulation of Sergei Karpov.

The performance "Untitled" was played on the scene of the Moscow Mossovet's Theater in the framework of the Golden Mask Festival, on which it was presented in three nominations: "The best drama performance of a large form", "Drama - the work of the director" - Evgeny Marcelli and "Best Male role "- Vitaly Kishchenko.

And the loudest triumph of the Volkovsky Theater took place in April 2013 at the Golden Mask Theater Award Ceremony. The main theater award of Russia was noted by the performance of Yevgeny Marcelli "Untitled" - in the nomination "The best dramatic performance of a large form", and the actor Vitaly Kishchenko - in the nomination "Best Male Role."

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The Russian State Academic Theater of the Drama named after Fedor Volkova is the grounds to consider the first professional theater in the country: it was founded in 1750 the merchant son F. Volkov. At that time, the theater, however, was an amateur troupe playing his ideas in the old barn. Nevertheless, the success of Volkova in creating a professional theater was so noticeable that Empress Elizabeth even invited him to St. Petersburg for similar work. Already at 19 in. Theater in Yaroslavl became one of the best in the country.

Today, the theater, which bears the informal name of the "First Russian", occupies the building built in 1911 by the architect N. Spirin. This is the third building on the Theater Square of Yaroslavl, subsequently renamed in honor of the founder of the theater. The facade, the portico and walls of the building decorate the sculptures, including the figures of antique mythology associated with art. In the interior of the visual hall, you can admire the picture "Celebration of Dionysus" on the frieze, made by N. Verkotrov.

Nowadays, the theater is carried out by federal and national scale events - in particular, the International Volkov Festival, which is included in the Top 5 Theater Forums of Russia.

Nowadays, the theater put the classics and avant-garde, they are carried out by federal and national-scale events - in particular, the International Volkov Festival, which is included in the top 5 of the Russian forums of Russia. Also here is the youth festival "Future of theater Russia".

The last innovation in the Volkova Theater is a separate project that is based on the chamber scene. Center them. K. Treplev is devoted mainly to modern and experimental drama.

Already in the modern times, the actors and performances brought the theater in the amount of four Golden Mask Prizes.

In the 1930s. The theatrical museum was opened. The first exhibits were photographic materials, posters and programs. Subsequently, the city art gallery passed the museum with all its fund materials related to the theatrical history of Yaroslavl. Currently, about 15 thousand exhibits are kept in the museum foundations. The most valuable of them - photo 1890s. and glass negatives 1930-1950s. Also interesting sketches of scenery, manuscripts of plays, theater costumes, etc.

Practical information

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Login: The cost of tickets for the evening performance on the main scene is 100-700 RUB.

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By the Born, the theater on the banks of the Volga is obliged to actor and director Fedor Grigorievich Volkov, who at that time was only 21 years old. On June 29, 1750, a large stone barn, where the merchant Polushkin kept his leather goods, Pastokhina's stepper Fedor Volkov with his comrades gave his first presentation. In the repertoire of Fyodor Volkov's theater, Dmitry Rostovsky, tragedy of Lomonosov and Sumarokov, and the satirical productions of Volkova himself, "Shemyakin Court", "Himmers from the Moscow spectators about Maslenitsa", "all sorts of ermes to herself." The first tour of the theater was a trip to St. Petersburg at the invitation of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna.
The wolves created new theatrical forms, which was the director of the "nationwide spectacle", the Masquerade "Ceremonial Minerva", arranged in Moscow in honor of Catherine II coronation. He approved the scenic art as a school of civilian feelings, tied him to the problems of the era. Extremely important for the further development of the domestic scene was the desire of Volkova to democratization of the theater and its publicly availableness.
Volkova's traditions were developed in the further Ivan Dmitrevsky, Volkov's companion, who was destined to pass the way from the Pischikov of the Yaroslavl Provincial Office to Academician. The Volkova case continued the disciples of Dmitrevsky, the great Russian tragics of Katerina Semenov and Alexey Yakovlev, who followed Pavel Mochalov and Mikhail Shpkin, the new generations of the Masters of the Russian Theater.
In the first half of the 19th century, the best actors troupes of the Volkovsky Theater claimed a new stage truth, in their work as opposed to the routine manner of the game a ripe bright realistic start.

A large event in Yaroslavl's life was tours of the largest Russian actors, the masters of theatrical art V. P. Samoilova, V. I. Lokini - representatives of the Sadovsky dynasty. At the stage of the Yaroslavl Theater, at different times N. Fedotova, A. E. Martynov, F. P. Gorez, V. V. Charsky, K. N. Poltavtsev, P. M. Medvedev, N. Kh. Rybakov, Famous Negro Tragic Ayra Aldridge, Brothers Adelheim, M. V. Dalsky, P. N. Orlenyev, M. N. Ermolova, V. F. Commissioner, K. A. Varlamov, V. N. Davydov, M. G. Savina , Singers N. V. Plevitskaya, A. D. Vyaltseva, Varya Panin. In 1890s, K. S. Stanislavsky played here several times
The season 1899 - 1900 was marked by preparing for the anniversary and celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Russian National Theater. The best forces of the Imperial - St. Petersburg and Moscow small - theaters were invited to the anniversary Volkov celebrations in 1900. The celebrations in Yaroslavl in honor of the birth of the first Russian theater were the holiday of all Russia.
In 1909, a competition was announced for the best project of the building of the new urban theater, the old building was dilapidated, and the Duma decided to build a new theater with a capacity of more than 1000 spectators. The first premium in this competition was awarded to architect N. A. Spirina (1882 - 1938).
In 1911, the new the theater building was solemnly open with a huge crossing of the people.
At the opening of the theater, a welcoming telegram was read from K. S. Stanislavsky: "Take cardiac gratitude for the invitation and memory ... I sincerely wish that the homeland of the founder of the Russian theater originates and bloomed a pretty young business. Give congratulations and pass to the case participants. Stanislavsky. "
In the same year, the theater was assigned the name of Fyodor Grigorievich Volkov.
Two years (1914 - 1916) In the theater he kept Antenpuriz a young, but the director I. A. Rostovtsev already known in Russia, who collected a very strong troupe, attracted the audience with the talented productions of "Meshan" M. Gorky, "Seagulls"
A. P. Chekhov, attention to Russian classical drama.
In the first years of Soviet authorities, the Yaroslavl Theater receives the name "Soviet name Volkova Theater.
In the second half of the 1930s, the Troupe of the Volkovsky Theater is combined into a wonderful, strict and slim ensemble of scene masters, for many decades identifying the creative face of the theater. This is S. Romodanov, A. Chudinova, A. Magnitskaya, V. Sokolov, S. Commissioners, V. Polimi, Lvododin. The repertoire of the 1930s is represented by the Russian classic, primarily the playwork of Ostrovsky ("Thunderstorm", "Dustpannica", "without guilt to blame", "last sacrifice").
During the Great Patriotic War, many Volkovtsy went to the front, putting up with a weapon in their hands on the defense of the Motherland. Among them are the actors Valerian Sokolov, Vladimir Mitrofanov, Dmitry Aborkin, Vladimir Mosyagin, Decorator, and later actor Konstantin Lisitsyn, awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, Actress, who became the front intelligence officer, Sophia Avericheva, Actress Maria Rypnevskaya, artistic director of the theater David Manx. Young director Semyon Orshansky came to the theater in 1940. Debuted the play "Hot Heart"
A. N. Ostrovsky, managed to put a "guy from our city", "Wood". In 1942 he died in battles for Stalingrad.
Starting from the 50s, the theater comes to the time of genuine heyday. The best masters of the scene are the folk artists of the USSR and the RSFSR, the laureates of the Gregory Belov, Valery Nelsky, Sergey Romodanov, Alexander Chudinova, Clara Nezvanov - in his work a considerable charge of the old Russian classical theater culture. The performances of the Volkovsky Theater are marked by the unity and solidity of the handwriting.
From 1960 to 1978, the Status of the theater is carried out by an outstanding figure of Soviet theatrical arts, the People's Artist of the USSR, the winner of state premiums Firs Shishigin. With the name of Shishigina, who headed the theater for almost two decades, is associated with a significant stage of the history of the Volkov scene.
In the early 60s, an energetic, captive director Viktor Davydov, captivating his performances, works on the Volkov scene.
Next to the elders of the Volkovskaya scene - G. Belov, V. Nelsky, A. Chudinova, Freedomy, K. Nezvanovoy, S. Romodanov, the talent and talent of masters of the Volkov scene of the new generation - Nikolai Kuzmina, Yuri Karaeva, Vladimir Solopova, are most clearly manifested. Natalia Terentieva, Sergey Tikhonova, Felix Skoryakov.
At the turn of the 70s of the 1980s, the tradition of the Russian stage school was continued by the head of Vladimir Kuzmin. The "Varvara" and "fake coin" M. Gorky was too saturated and psychologically saturated. The Romantic Outlook and Excited Lorism marked the "Nightingal Night" V. Zhovov, the epic latitude conquered the "Mother field" Ch. Aitmatov.
From 1983 to 1987, the theater is headed by director Gleb Drozdov.
For the first time, the head of the theater is so openly declares the installation on the refusal of the previous traditions, justifying it with the need to exemplate from Academicism and conservative ways of stage existence. For the first time, such a sharp theater is spoiled from its origins, from the roots, from the core. Drozdov defended the theater of spectacle and performances, guessing the upcoming element of the market and commercialization of spectacular enterprises.
In the early 1990s, the theater was headed by the director Vladimir Vorontsov, who was predicted and reflected in his work the rhythm of catastrophic time. Its undoubted luck should include the oscillation of the "Professor Storitsyn" L. Andreeva, the spectacular-area "Corsican" I. Gubacha, the poetic confessionalness of Vie Carre T. Williams.
Public shifts that resulted in the collapse of the USSR, and subsequent events undoubtedly affected the sharp attempts to personnel reform theater and in the state of the team, surviving a lot of shocks during this period.
Since 1996, Vladimir Bogolepov, a thoughtful artist, who studied from the famous Volkov "old people, is becoming the main director of the theater, who studied historical traditions and artistic conquests of the theater in the past. Theater takes a course to Russian and world classic dramaturgy.
In 1997, F. Gorenstein Theater was invited to Prague to Prague, on the stage of the National People's Divadlo Theater. In May - June 1998, with the support of Russian Culture Centers, the theater conducted a tour of Dostoevsky and Platonov's performances of Dostoevsky and Platonov, Prague, Budapest, Bratislava, Berlin. Tours had a big artistic resonance and contributed to the establishment of new creative ties of the theater. In 1999, new tour of theater in Northern Europe was held - the theater presented his art in Finland, Denmark and Norway.