The theatrical history of Kharkov is deep and interesting.
Kharkov as a center of Slobodska Province attracted a large number of visitors for its famous fairs. At first the audience entertained speakers wandering troupe, which put temporary booths in the streets of the city. And in the late 18 th century in Kharkov emerged a real theater, where the troupe of 20 people put light play, and sometimes even ballets. The regular theater opened in 1791. It is worth mentioning the name of the then province architect P. Yaroslavsky, who created the wooden pavilion for performances, designed the stage, boxes, decorated with paintings theater. Over time, began to appear and scenery. It is in this wooden building of the theater early in his stage work worked great Russian actor, MS Shchepkin.
After 25 years on the other side of Theatre Square, designed by architect A.Ton built a new building, which now operates the State Academic Ukrainian Drama Theatre named after Shevchenko. In Kharkov theater were collected the best artistic forces of the province: N.Rybakov, K. Solenik, L. Molotkovskaya, D. Zhurahovsky, A. Lenski, L. Protasova, and others.
In1823 the "First State Theatre for Children" was opened in Ukraine. Today it is known as "Kharkov Youth Theatre.
In 1929, the Kharkov Philharmonic Society was founded -the one of the oldest in the country. Today, it much works to organize concerts and promotion of musical art, as well as various types of pop art (dance, choral singing, declamation).
Theatre of Shevchenko founded in 1922 as a theater «Berezil» by Les Kurbas, it has glorious traditions. In the mid 20-ies it was one of the most expressive in content and form of the original theatrical groups. There displayed talents of Ambrose Buchmy, M. Kruszelnicki, Natalia Uzhviy, Joseph Girnyak, V. Chistyakov, Les Serdyuk, Ivan Maryanenko.
Theatre of Pushkin was founded in 1933. In this theater related names of People's Artist of the RSFSR Petrov, People's Artist of USSR N. Sinelnikov, People's Artist of the USSR A. Kramov.
Opera and Ballet Theatre of Lysenko - one of the oldest musical theaters. In those days, in the performances of the theater is constantly attended by such artists as F. Chaliapin, A. Nezhdanova, L. Sobinov, M. Battistini, whose work served as a model for the vocal-dramatic art of a new era.
You will learn about the contributions of great directors and actors in the history of theaters in Kharkov, such as B.Glagolina (1910) N.Sinelnikova (1933), K.Stanislavsky.
All this and much more devoted to the tour about the history of the Kharkov theaters and its cultural life.
