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The department called it inappropriate to continue to be among the organizers of Russia's main theater award, emphasizing that the award should be "as independent as possible"

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The Ministry of Culture of Russia will no longer be listed as the organizer of the country's main theater award, the withdrawal from the organizers is stated in a letter signed by the deputy head of the department Pavel Stepanov, sent to the chairman of the Union of Theater Workers (STD) Alexander Kalyagin (available to RBC, copies of the letter were also sent to the president awards and the festival "Golden Mask" Igor Kostolevsky and General Director of the ANO "Festival" Golden Mask "Maria Revyakina).

“Due to the fact that the department does not consider it expedient to act as the organizer of the award in the future<...>, we inform you about the resignation of the relevant powers, ”the document says.

The press service of the Ministry of Culture of RBC explained that the inexpediency of the department’s continued presence among the organizers of the Golden Mask (according to the regulations on the award, the co-organizers are the Ministry of Culture and the Union of Theater Works) is due to the need for maximum independence of the country’s main theater award. At the same time, the department emphasized that so far its functions have been purely nominal.

“In connection with the formal role of the Ministry of Culture of Russia as one of the organizers of the award, the department decided to withdraw from its organizers. We do not consider it expedient to act in this capacity in the future, since we do not actually influence the adoption of any decisions. The presence or absence of the Ministry of Culture as organizers does not affect the functioning of the award, including the issues of its financing,” the press service of the department explained.

Igor Kostolevsky and Maria Revyakina confirmed to RBC that they received a letter from the Ministry of Culture.

“We have indeed received this letter. We turned to Pavel Stepanov, he explained that the state organization does not want to get into a public organization about expert advice. We were told that help, funding - that's all there is," Kostolevsky said.

“A letter arrived. After receiving the letter, we spoke with Deputy Minister Pavel Vladimirovich Stepanov, who said that, in accordance with the regulations, the dominant role belongs to the founder. And he believes that it makes no sense for a state body to interfere in the formation of expert councils, this should be done by a public professional organization. As we worked, we continue to work,” said Revyakina.

Alexander Kalyagin did not answer calls from RBC.

The exit of the Ministry of Culture from the organizers of the "Golden Mask" occurred shortly after, due to disagreement with the STD and its head Alexander Kalyagin about his resignation, the head of the department for state support of art and folk art of the Ministry of Culture, Andrei Malyshev. “I am not ready to work with people who are engaged in thimble-handling,” he told RBC.

Malyshev also explained that the Ministry of Culture has repeatedly initiated reforms of the theatrical environment, but none of them has been supported by the STD. This, according to him, is primarily about the need to rotate the "age management of theaters", as well as the rejection of the practice of combining the functions of artistic director and director, which is now widely practiced in Russian theaters.

The Russian national theater award "Golden Mask" was established in 1993 and is awarded to performances of all genres of theatrical art: drama, opera, ballet, modern dance, operetta and musical, puppet theater.

About 50 awards were presented at the Golden Mask theater award ceremony, which took place on Wednesday at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater in Moscow.

Conductor Teodor Currentzis, actor Danila Kozlovsky and director Andrei Moguchy did not leave without awards - the best director for the second year in a row.

The Golden Mask 2017 festival featured 74 performances from 25 Russian cities. The number of nominees for the national theater award was a record - 213 directors, actors, artists, composers, playwrights.

Among those who received the largest number of nominations are the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre, the Opera and Ballet Theater of Yekaterinburg, the Maly Drama and Bolshoi Drama Theaters of St. Petersburg, the Moscow City Council Theater and the Red Torch (Novosibirsk).

The ceremony was attended by director of the Bolshoi Theater Vladimir Urin, famous theater director Robert Sturua, chief director of RAMT Alexei Borodin, Marina and Dmitry Brusnikin, head of the Union of Theater Workers Alexander Kalyagin, actress of the Moscow City Council Theater People's Artist of Russia Nina Drobysheva.

Before the start of the awards ceremony, the director of the Golden Mask, Maria Revyakina, asked the audience to remember Georgy Taratorkin, who headed the award for more than 20 years and died in 2017, with a minute of silence.

Drama

The main prize for the best dramatic performance of a large form was given to the "Russian Romance" of the Mayakovsky Theater. And for the second year in a row, the jury recognizes Andrey Moguchy as the best director, who staged the play “Thunderstorm” at the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater. The award jury also awarded “Magadan/Cabaret” of the theater “Near the Stanislavsky House” as the best dramatic performance of a small form.

“I would like to take the opportunity to thank my dear people. First of all, this is my teacher, the director of the Maly Drama Theater Lev Dodin, who has some kind of power, strength, inner drama not to stage Hamlet in a comfortable way, but to ask questions that today cannot be left unanswered...

I want to say thanks to the family, parents and mother, who often asked me where her mask was, and now she has it, ”

Kozlovsky said at the award ceremony.

The best dramatic actress was Evgenia Simonova, who played Sophia Tolstaya in the play “Russian Romance” by the Mayakovsky Theater. The award for the best supporting actress in a drama went to Elena Nemzer from the Alexandrinsky Theater for her role as Pantaloon in the production of The Raven, and the male award went to Holgen Münzenmaier, who played the role of the Deacon in the play Once Upon a Time by the Sharypovo Drama Theater.

Opera

“I am a happy person, because I am a musician, and I strive to be the best both as a musician and as a person… The purpose of creativity is to bring happiness to people”,

Said Currentzis at the award ceremony.

According to the jury, the best director in the opera was Richard Jones, who staged the opera Rodelinda at the Bolshoi Theatre. Rodelinda was also recognized as the best performance in the opera.

Nadezhda Pavlova, who played Violetta Valerie in La traviata at the Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theater in Perm, received the Best Actress award in opera, and Liparit Avetisyan for Chevalier de Grieux in the operetta Manon at the Stanislavsky Musical Theater received the Best Actor award in opera. and Nemirovich-Danchenko.

Operetta and musical

The winner of the award in the nomination “Best Performance in Operetta/Musical” was “The Binduzhnik and the King” of the Theater for Young Spectators in Krasnoyarsk. In the nomination “Best Actress in a Musical Operetta”, the winner was Maria Biork for her role as Sonya in the play “Crime and Punishment” by the Musical Theatre, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. Also, the composer Eduard Artemyev was awarded a prize for his work in this performance.

"Golden Mask" for the best male role in this category was Viktor Krivonos for his role in the play "White. Petersburg” of the Musical Comedy Theater in St. Petersburg.

The award for Best Supporting Actor in an Operetta/Musical went to Vladimir Galchenko from the Gorky Drama Theater in Samara. The best director in operetta/musical was Roman Feodori from the Theater for Young Spectators in Krasnoyarsk, and the conductor was Andrey Alekseev from the Theater of Musical Comedy in St. Petersburg.

Ballet

The prize for the best female role in ballet and contemporary dance went to Viktoria Tereshkina for her role in the play "Violin Concerto #2" of the Mariinsky Theatre, and for the best male role in ballet - Igor Bulitsyn, who played Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet" at the Opera and Ballet Theatre. In Ekaterinburg.

Pavel Klinichev became the best conductor in ballet for the Bolshoi Theater's Ondine, which, however, was not an intrigue, since he was the only contender for the award in this nomination for three different performances.

The jury recognized the play “Violin Concerto #2” by Anton Pimonov at the Mariinsky Theater as the best work of a choreographer/choreographer in ballet and modern dance.

The best performance in modern dance was the performance “All Ways Lead to the North” by the Ballet Moscow Theater. At the same time, the prize for the best ballet performance was awarded to the Opera and Ballet Theater in Yekaterinburg for Romeo and Juliet.

Special prizes

The award "For outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art" was awarded to the artistic director of the Dagestan Kumyk Music and Drama Theater Aigum Aigumov, the soloist of the Mariinsky Theater Irina Bogacheva, the People's Artist of Russia and Yakutia Andrey Borisov, the Georgian director, screenwriter, playwright, artist, artistic director of the Tbilisi Puppet Theater Rezo Gabriadze, actor and director of the Omsk Musical Theater Georgy Kotov, actor of the Alexandrinsky Theater Nikolai Marton, artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov and "Snuffboxes" Oleg Tabakov and actor of the Vakhtangov Theater Vladimir Etush.

The Honorary Prize in “For Supporting the Theatrical Art of Russia” was awarded to the “Art, Science and Sport” Charitable Foundation, founded in 2006 by Russian businessman and philanthropist Alisher Usmanov.

The Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation and is awarded to performances of all genres of theatrical art: drama, opera, ballet, modern dance, operetta and musical, puppet theater.

The winners of the award are determined at the festival of the same name. The festival of performances nominated for the Golden Mask award is a large-scale forum that presents the professional community and the general public with a complete and objective picture of Russian theatrical life.

The organizers of the festival and the theatrical award "Golden Mask" are the Union of Theater Workers (STD) of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Government of Moscow, the Festival Directorate.

Since 2002, Sberbank of Russia has been the general sponsor of the Golden Mask.

The main goals of the award and the festival are to preserve and develop the traditions of the Russian theater; identification of the best creative works in various types and genres of theatrical art; determining the trends of the modern theatrical process and strengthening the common cultural space of the country, creating conditions for regular creative exchange.

The competitive cycle of the award is the period from August 1 to July 31 of the next calendar year. Works publicly presented after the competition period may be considered as contenders for the award following the results of the next cycle.

Only performances of Russian theaters and performances co-production of Russian theaters with foreign ones can be nominated for the award.

To determine the applicants for the Golden Mask award, two expert councils are being created - to determine the nominees for the award in competitions for performances by drama and puppet theaters; to determine the nominees in competitions for performances of opera, operetta / musical and ballet.

To determine the laureates of the award, six independent competitions were established - a competition for performances by a drama theater, opera, operetta / musical, ballet, puppet theaters, as well as the Experiment competition - the search for new expressive means of modern theater.

There are two main nominations in the competition of drama theater performances - "The best performance of a large form" and "The best performance of a small form". From among the performances selected for the competition in the main nomination, the winners of awards in private nominations are determined: "Best work of a director", "Best work of a production designer", "Best work of a costume designer", "Best work of a lighting designer", "Best female role", "Best male role", "Best supporting actress", "Best supporting male role".

In the competition of performances of opera theaters, as well as operetta / musical, the main nomination "Best Performance" is established, and the winners of the awards are determined in the nominations "Best Director's Work", "Best Conductor's Work", "Best Female Role", "Best Male Role".

There are two main nominations in the competition of ballet performances - "Best Ballet Performance", "Best Contemporary Dance Performance".

In the competition of performances of puppet theaters, the main nomination "Best Performance" was established.

In 2008, the festival "Golden Mask" - "The best work of the composer in the musical theater."

Prizes for the best works following the results of the festival are awarded by two professional juries: in competitions of performances of drama and puppet theaters; in competitions of opera, operetta/musical and ballet performances. Each jury is formed by the festival management from among the actors, directors, conductors, artists, choreographers and professional theater critics (theatre critics, musicologists, art critics). The jury cannot include members of the expert council, as well as the creators and performers of the performances participating in the festival. Decisions on the awarding of prizes are made at the end of the festival at a meeting of the jury by secret ballot.

Along with competitive awards, special awards "Golden Mask" were also established - "For outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art", "For support of theatrical art of Russia", "Jury Award" (two awards).

Each nominee of the award competitions is awarded a commemorative diploma. The laureates of the award are awarded certificates and memorable signs "Golden Mask".

The memorial sign "Golden Mask" was made according to the sketch of set designer Oleg Sheintsis.

The first presentation of the "Golden Mask" award took place in 1995 following the results of the last Moscow theatrical season. The award in the field of musical theater was given to Giuseppe Verdi's The Force of Destiny, staged by Yevgeny Kolobov at the Novaya Opera Theater in Moscow. The best performance was named "Number in the hotel of the city NN" by Nikolai Gogol of the Center named after Vs. Meyerhold, the best director - Pyotr Fomenko, the best actress - Natalya Tenyakova, the best actor - Alexander Feklistov, the best artist - Sergey Barkhin.

Among the laureates of the award at various times were theater directors Anatoly Vasiliev and Lev Dodin, actors and directors Konstantin Raikin and Oleg Tabakov, ballet soloists Nikolai Tsiskaridze and Ulyana Lopatkina, conductor Valery Gergiev and others. The award "For Honor and Dignity" was awarded to actors Yulia Borisova, Mikhail Ulyanov, Kirill Lavrov, director Yury Lyubimov and others.

"Golden Mask" initiated a number of major theatrical events, including the international program Russian Case, addressed to foreign guests, publishing projects, tours of the Bolshoi, Mariinsky, Alexandrinsky, Maly Drama, Mikhailovsky theaters, etc. Since 2009, an out-of-competition program " Mask Plus", since 2010 - the program "New Play". "Golden Mask" pays special attention to touring activities, organizing since 2000, together with the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the program "The Best Performances in the Cities of Russia and the Baltic States".

The permanent president of the Golden Mask festival and award was theater and film actor Georgy Taratorkin (1945-2017).

Since 2017, the President of the Golden Mask festival and award has been People's Artist of Russia Igor Kostolevsky.

The 22nd Golden Mask festival, which took place from February 4 to April 15, 2016, was attended by 52 theaters from 19 cities, 69 performances were presented. More than 50 laureates received awards.

The winners of the award "For an outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art" were Professor, Head of the Department of Actor's Skill of the Theater Institute of the Saratov Conservatory. L.V. Sobinova Rimma Belyakova, actress, director of the Sakhalin International Theater Center. A.P. Chekhov Klara Kisenkova, artistic director of the Maly Theater Yuri Solomin, artistic director of the Maly Drama Theater (St. Petersburg) Lev Dodin, actor of the Tatar Theater. G. Kamala Rinat Tazetdinov, artistic director of the Ballet Theater Boris Eifman, artist, stage designer Boris Messerer and actor of the National Drama Theater. M. Gorky (Minsk, Belarus) Rostislav Yankovsky.

The 23rd Golden Mask Festival takes place in Moscow in February-April 2017. In addition to the competition program of performances nominated for the Golden Mask award, the projects Mask Plus, Children's Weekend, Golden Mask in the cinema, Golden Mask in the city, Theater Institute, and the Russian Case program are being implemented. The ceremony of presenting the Russian National Theater Award "Golden Mask" will be held on April 19, 2017 on the stage of the Musical Theater named after K.S. Stanislavsky and Vl.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko.

The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources

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Every spring, Moscow hosts one of the most significant events in the world of art and culture - the Russian theater festival Golden Mask, which attracts the attention of tens of thousands of spectators and theatergoers from all over the country.

The best theater groups from all over Russia present their works at the famous theater venues in the capital. Tickets for theatrical performances are sold out months in advance.

Golden Mask Festival 2019

Festival Golden Mask 2019 will traditionally take place at the end of winter and spring in Moscow. Festival dates from February 16 to April 16 . Performances and productions can be watched at the theater venues of the capital.

Golden Mask - Presentation of the Prize

This year's festival award Golden Mask 2019 will take place April 16 on the historical stage of the Bolshoi Theatre. The festival is held in February - April on the stages of Moscow.

About the Festival

The award was first established in 1993. It covers the following genres: drama, ballet, opera, modern dance, as well as such genres as musical and operetta, puppet theater.

Every year, all theater-goers and art lovers have a unique opportunity to see the best theatrical, musical, opera, dance and puppet performances presented by the country's leading theaters. The uniqueness of this project lies in the fact that all the performances can be seen in one place, namely on the stage spaces and venues of the capital.

Performances go everywhere, and not only in theaters. During the days of the festival, the streets of Moscow turn into a grandiose stage where you can see excerpts from performances and exciting performances.

Guests from different cities of Russia and abroad annually try to build their vacation schedule so that the rest can be combined with vivid emotions from festival performances.

Golden Mask Award

Also, separately from the festival, the Golden Mask award is held annually, which is the culmination of this grandiose action. Laureates and winners of the festival rise to the stage to receive their awards in different categories.

The award is held on one of the stages of the capital's theaters. But before choosing the best works, experienced jury members and critics need to look at several dozen works.

To take part in the award ceremony is already a great honor for any person of art. Many media outlets closely follow the participants of the festival.

Around one of the most prestigious theater awards in our country there is always a stir. The audience is looking forward to the names of the laureates and winners of the Golden Mask. Every year, thanks to the festival, many theater directors and artists, actors and screenwriters, dancers and choreographers, composers and musicians who begin their careers have a wonderful opportunity to show their talent throughout the country and receive popular recognition and love from the audience.

It is a great honor for any theater and actor to receive the Golden Mask Award, which is the highest degree of recognition of talent and results of work on a role or theatrical production.

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