Title of the article:

THE BIRTH OF THE BOLSHOI THEATER: CONTRIBUTION OF A.A. MAYKOV TO THE PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMPERIAL THEATER OF MOSCOW ON THE EVE OF THE PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1812

Author(s):

Alexey V. Belov

Information about the author/authors

Alexey V. Belov — DSc in History, Senior Researcher, Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dmitry Ulyanov St. 19, 117292 Moscow, Russia; Professor, G.V. Plekhanov Russian Economic University, Stremyanny Pass. 36, 115054, Moscow, Russia. 

ORCID ID: https//orcid.org/0000-0002-7877-4896

E-mail: belovavhist@mail.ru

Section

Theory and history of culture

Year

2024

Volume

Vol. 71

Pages

pp. 72–80

Received

February 26, 2023

Approved after reviewing

December 15, 2023

Date of publication

March 25, 2024

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37816/2073-9567-2024-71-72-80

Index UDK

008

Index BBK

71(2) + 85.33(2)

Abstract

The paper explores activities of the manager of the Moscow Imperial Theater A.A. Maykov. The narrative covers the first and least studied period of his activity (1810 – the first half of 1812). Despite a short and little studied period of time, it was at this stage, thanks to the efforts, perseverance and providence of A.A. Maykov, that the necessary conditions were created to ensure the further development of the Moscow stage: the infrastructure at the disposal of the theater directorate was preserved, ways to overcome heavy debt obligations were outlined, the theater school was reformed. These achievements became the basis for the creation of the Bolshoi Theater in the form, meaning and in the place where it remains today. The author also pays special attention to the circumstances under which A.A. Maikov agreed to head the Moscow theater.

Keywords

Bolshoi Theater, Imperial Theaters, A.A. Maykov, Moscow.

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