At the Volkov Festival now you can see ballet and opera performances Automatic translate

YAROSLAVL. The most wonderful holiday began with the theater-goers of Yaroslavl and guests of the ancient Russian city. From September 12, residents of the city got the opportunity to see the performances of the Volkovsky festival, the participants of which were not only famous theaters, but also just starting to win their name, climbing the Theater Olympus.

The day before the official opening of the festival, a press conference was held at the Volkovsky Theater, where, in addition to representatives of the Yaroslavl press, journalists from various Russian regions were present. They arrived in Yaroslavl to talk about the program of the festival, which brought together the most talented artists and directors from all over the country for the 26th time.

For two festival weeks, they will demonstrate their achievements in theatrical art, showing the best performances of their repertoire. Among them will be both productions already familiar to the audience, and premiere works, first presented to the theater public. The organizers of the festival, including Yuri Itin, director of the Volkovsky Theater, and Yevgeny Marcelli, the artistic director of the collective, told the audience in detail about the events included in the program of this popular and prestigious theater forum.

The theatrical poster of the festival presents performances staged by the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov, as well as other famous theaters of the capital and regions. This year, foreign collectives who came to Yaroslavl from Serbia and Germany became participants in the Volkovsky Festival. As noted by the director of the theater. Volkova, this year’s festival increased the number of genres presented to viewers. Now they will see, in addition to traditional dramatic performances, also the works of puppet theater artists, opera and ballet performances.

Ludmila Trautmane © Gallerix.ru