The Minister of Culture of Russia Olga Lyubimova signed an order appointing director Nikita Kobelev as the new artistic director of the Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg. This is reported by TASS.
Kobelev will begin working in his new position on June 12.
Director Kobelev graduated from the directing department of GITIS in 2011, after which he began working at Radio Russia, staging several radio plays there. He also served as a full-time production director at the Theater named after VI. Mayakovsky and deputy artistic director.
In 2023, Kobelev became the chief director of Alexandrinka, where, among other things, he staged the play “The Creature”, for which he was awarded the “Star of the Theater” award. The director’s works were also shown on the stages of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov, Theater of Nations, Praktika Theater, etc.
10 June became knownHonored Artist of the Russian Federation Andrian Fadeev was appointed artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre ballet troupe. This position had been vacant for 30 years. Before that, the troupe was led either as acting director or as director.
Previously ballerina Volochkova filed Filing a lawsuit against the Pension Fund due to loss of seniority.