The newspaper wrote that Valery Gergiev, artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater and People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, will head the Bolshoi Theater “News” Quoted from three sources.
According to the publication, Gergiev will combine work in the capital with the management of the Mariinsky Theater and the orchestra. This decision will be opened on November 16 in St. It is expected to be announced at the St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum.
Vladimir Urin, who has been the general director of the Bolshoi Theater since 2013, will leave his post at his own request.
Joint Directorate
Information about Urin’s departure and Gergiev’s new appointment was also confirmed by the source Puree. Staff changes will occur before the end of the year.
Also, according to some reports, the directorates of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theaters will be combined in one place. Actually St. The St. Petersburg chief will be in charge of two institutions at the same time.
INSIDE Bolshoi Theater “socialbites.ca” I couldn’t confirm Information that Gergiev will preside.
“Of course, the Bolshoi Theater does not comment on this issue. The press service of the Bolshoi Theater reported that all these questions should be addressed to the founder.
in St. Petersburg “Fontanka” Contacted for comments Mariinskii Opera House. They stated that they were not aware of the possible appointment.
“Valery Abisalovich is currently in Moscow, the festival is in full swing in Zaryadye,” the theater said.
INSIDE Ministry of Culture stated that they “do not comment” on rumors of personnel changes.
According to the newspaper’s source, the main condition for Gergiev, who received the offer to head the Bolshoi Theater, was the opportunity to combine the positions of director and artistic director at the Bolshoi Theater.
It is assumed that part of the management of the Mariinsky Theater may move to Moscow after the conductor.
Vladimir Putin and the artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater live on air last March discussed The idea of re-establishing the Directorate of Imperial Theaters, which could include the Bolshoi and Mariinsky.
Recalling that “we once had a Directorate of Imperial Theaters”, which allowed the best teams to be “taken care of accordingly”, the head of state said that recreating this structure could be beneficial.
Gergiev responded, “Both the Bolshoi and the Mariinsky represent one of the strongest musical or theatrical-musical traditions on Earth.” In his view, the “combination of state efforts and concerns” discussed in the 1990s “could create far-reaching and meaningful opportunities.”
Gergiev’s career
Gergiev is a graduate of the Leningrad Conservatory. He won the Herbert von Karajan competition in Berlin and the All-Union Conducting Competition in Moscow, after which he was invited to the Kirov (now Mariinsky) Theater as assistant conductor. Appeared in winter 1978 With the opera “War and Peace” by Sergei Prokofiev.
since 1996 – artistic director-director of the Mariinsky Theatre.
Thanks to Gergiev’s efforts, Richard Wagner’s operas – Parsifal (1997), Lohengrin (1999) and The Ring of the Nibelung (2003) – became the main St. He returned to the stage of the St. Petersburg theater.
The Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Gergiev, masters a wide symphonic repertoire consisting of the symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Sibelius, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and works by Berlioz, Bruckner, Rimsky-Korsakov, Strauss, Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Stravinsky. , Messiaen, Dutilleux, Ustvolskaya, Shchedrin, Kancheli and others.