Nizhny Novgorod Drama Theater. M. Gorky
Nizhny Novgorod, ul. B. Pokrovskaya, 13 Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gorky - one of the oldest in Russia, he is over 200 years old. The history of the theater begins from the time when Prince Shakhovskoy moved to Nizhny Novgorod for permanent residence and transported the troupe to the city.
Nizhny Novgorod Puppet Theater
Nizhny Novgorod, ul. B. Pokrovskaya, 39B Nizhny Novgorod Puppet Theater is located in a historical building, which is an architectural monument of local significance and was built by the architect Feodor Shekhtel. The opening of the theater marked the performances "Stepka-Rastrepka", "Negro Tomok", as well as "The Exit of Petrushka."
Nizhny Novgorod Opera and Ballet Theater. A. S. Pushkin
Nizhny Novgorod, ul. Belinskogo, 59 Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. AS Pushkin - one of the oldest theaters in Nizhny Novgorod, established in 1931. The repertoire of the theater is based on classical Russian and foreign works of opera and ballet
In the city, rich in unique historical, architectural and cultural monuments (about six hundred), there was always a cultural life , in particular, theatrical. 13 theaters for different age categories of spectators and different directions have been created and are working here
The very first city theater in Nizhny Novgorod began its existence in 1798 . Prince . G . Shakhovskiy was transported to the city by a serf of actors (more than a hundred people) from his generic Yusupov estate . At the corner of Bolshoy and Malaya Pechorskaya streets a new wooden building was built, in which performances were held . In the Shakhovskoy Theater, along with other performances, operas and ballets were staged . thanks to a good left the singers and visits of the soloists-guest performers took the leading place among the staged performances . In the 19-20 centuries the life of the theaters of Nizhny Novgorod was also full and already had the established traditions .
In the history of the city theaters were everything: fires, the termination of the existence of troupes, guest performances instead of local productions, revival and more. Various actors were glittering in the Nizhny Novgorod stage at different times: MA Eikhenvald, AI Bartsal, the wife of Figner, IV Tartakov, LV Sobinov, FI Shalyapin.
Drama Theater . Gorky on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya began just from the Shakhovskoy Theater troupe, after the death of which in 1827 the . theater passed into the ownership of two inveterate rich theatergoers, and a new theatrical life began . After the fire of 1853 the . theater housed in the House of Bugrov (1855 g .), which subsequently allocated two hundred thousand rubles for the construction of a new theater building . C the theater of the 19th century, the theater finally lives in its permanent building . Since then, the townspeople with a great desire to go to the theater . Gorky, where many contemporary artists began their theatrical activity . By the way, in this, the only one in Russia, the theater since 1901 . all the plays of Maxim Gorky were held .
Comedy Theater, which appeared in 1942 as a theater for miniatures and stage "Sniper", infected spectators with laughter, fun and good mood. The theater star Mikhail Zorin raised the bar high for the actors, who still correspond to it. A new era in the theater began in 1983 with the arrival of Semen Emmanuilovich Lerman from the drama theater as the chief director. And in the renovated building of the theater a real temple of arts was created.
About each of the theaters of Nizhny Novgorod, you can talk a lot and long. This is the Theater of Young Spectators, the puppet theater, the rhythmoplastics theater "Transfiguration", and all the other theatrical establishments in the city. A visit to the theater is always a real holiday, a wonderful mood and immersion in a magical exciting world that actors of theaters of Nizhny Novgorod give to their viewers.