The legendary Russian Bolshoi Theater will go on stage for the first time in Istanbul with two ballet shows.
One of the most respected ballet communities in the world, the legendary Russian Bolshoi Theater first went on stage in Istanbul in history. Within the scope of this special tour, it will take place at Atatürk Cultural Center on September 263030, 2025, two classical masterpieces will meet the audience: Romeo and Juliet and Swan Lake. Both ball balls will accompany the Bolshoi theater orchestra under the direction of Anton Grish. The tour is organized by the art production company and is deployed as part of the Turkish Road Road Festival.
These timeless works will be staged by Bolşoy dancers, which have established a throne in the hearts of the audience for generations. Romeo and Juliet, who were first staged in 1940, became lively with the dance of Leonid Lavrovski, inspired by the music of Serge Prokofyev's music and Verona chronic, medieval love stories and historic dance traditions.
Team 350 -Person will come to Istanbul
The second ball ball of the program is the swan lake, the symbol of the Parats performance. This work, for the first time held in 1877, was the first trim that Pyotr çaykovski composed for the Bolshoi Theater. With its legendary music, the famous Little Little Swan game and Black Swan Odile 32 Fouetté, Swan Lake is one of the most popular ballet in the world.
Svetlana Zakharova, one of Bolşoy's ball actresses and is one of Russia's most famous dancers, will perform as Juliet in his representative of Romeo and Juliet on September 26. Other chief dancers will join the tour including Artemy Belyakov, Egor Gerashchenko, Elizaveta Kokoreva, Alyonona Kovalya, Alyonona KoValya Denis Savin and Yulia Stepanova. (The squad can change.) About 350 dancers, musicians and technical teams will come to Istanbul. For this special tour, the original designs and costumes will be brought from the historic context of Bolşoy; Therefore, the works will appear in the audience with all their glory. Only four special protests were planned; Tickets are being sold. Bolşoy theater orchestra, the oldest music community in Russia, is known as one of the world's leading symphony orchestra. Among the members of the orchestra, the name of Russian folk artists and the honorary artists have won a prize in international competitions.
Today, the orchestra conductor is the World Valery Gergiev is the head of the Bolshoi Theater. Gergiev is also the art and general manager of the Mariinski Theater.
History of the Bolshoi Theater The origin of the Russian Bolshoi Theater lasted until 1776. Don Quixote, one of the most important products of the theater, was organized by Marius Petipa in 1869 and became one of the symbols of Moscow Ballet. During the Soviet Union, especially after Moscow became the capital, Bolshoi rose to the main theater of the country and gathered the most talented artists. The golden age of the Soviet ballet was called Leonid Lavrovski and Yuri Grigorovic. Legendary dancers of that period include Galina Ulanova, Maya Plisetskaya, Ekaterina Maksimova, Nina Timofaawa, Asaf Messerer, Mihail Lavrovski, Vladimir Vasiliev and Māris Liepa. These names shaped Bolşoy's heritage on the world stage. Makhar Vasiev, who has been the arts director of the ball community since 2016, previously undertaken the same task in Mariinski Ballet and La Scala. At the end of 2023, the theater's management board moved to Valery Gergiev, an elite orchestra director. Under his leadership, Bolshoi continues to provide great opera, ballets and symphony concerts.
