Historical opening of the house in Bolshaya Nikitskaya

On November 2 Moscow musical theater "Helikon-Opera" officially opened the 26th season in its native manor house in Nikitskaya street.

The opening ceremony was attended by Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Tolstoy, the Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin, Head of the Department of Culture of Moscow Alexander Kibovsky, Deputy Mayor in the Moscow Government on Urban policy and Construction Marat Khusnullin. Among the honored guests were People's Artists of the USSR Joseph Kobzon, Zurab Sotkilava, Vera Vasilyeva, People's Artists of Russia Yury Vedeneev Svetlana Varguzova, Igor Kostolevsky, Lev Leshchenko, Gennady Khazanov, Nilolay Tsiskaridze, artistic directors of Moscow theaters, famous actors and singers, sponsors, TV presenters and many others.

Reconstruction of the theater lasted for almost 8 years. Thanks to the help of the Government of Moscow, and personally, The Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobianin and the Head of the Urban Complex Marat Khusnullin, the tumbledown manor of Shakhovskaja-Glebova-Streshneva turned into a modern theater complex.

Helikon-Opera theater BEFORE and AFTER renovation

From the 2nd to the 8th of November the solemn gala concerts are being held in Stravinsky Hall in honor of the Grand Opening of historical stage. The friends of the theatre, world opera stars Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Olga Borodina, Alexander Antonenko, Olga Guryakova, Vasily Ladyuk, Boris Statsenko, Veronika Dzhioeva, Hasmik Grigoryan, Elena Zelenskaja and Inva Mula, performer of the famous aria of Diva Plavalaguna in the cult film "The Fifth Element", congratulate Helikon with its  long-awaited opening.

We offer you a photo report about the event.

The ceiling of Stravinsky Hall of Helikon-Opera

Presidential Orchestra meets honoured guests before the entrance to Helikon-Opera

The People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Bertman

The Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin (in the middle). From left to right: the Deputy Mayor in the Moscow
Government on Urban policy and Construction Marat Khusnullin
the People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Bertman, the Head of the Department of Culture of Moscow Alexander Kibovsky,
the Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin

From left to right: the Deputy Mayor in the Moscow Government on Urban policy and Construction Marat Khusnullin
the People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Bertman, the Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin 
the Minister of Culture of Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky

The People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Bertman, The Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin, the Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin 
the Minister of Culture of Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, the Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Tolstoy

The People's Artists of Russia Lev Leshchenko and Dmitry Bertman

The People's Artist of USSR Joseph Kobzon in Helikon-opera theatre

The People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Khvorostovsky and Dmitry Bertman

The People's Artists of Russia Yuri Vedeneev, Svetlana Varguzova, Dmitry Bertman

The Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin, the Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Tolstoy
and the People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Bertman on the new stage of Helikon-Opera

The Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin, the Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Tolstoy
and the People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Bertman on the new stage of Helikon-Opera

Conductor the People's ARtist of Russia Vladimir Ponkin

The Head of the Department of Culture of Moscow Alexander Kibovsky among the spectators

A fragment of the festive concert

A fragment of the festive concert

The Honoured Artist of Russia Elena Semenova, Dmitry Skorikov, Alexander Miminoshwili,
The Honoured Artist of Russia Anna Grechishkina

A fragment of the festive concert

The People's Artists of Russia Dmitry Khvorostovsky and Dmitry Bertman on the new stage of Helikon-Opera

The honoured guest Inva Mula (France)

A fragment of the festive concert. The Honoured Artists of Russia Marina Andreyeva and Anna Grechishkina,
soloist Lydia Svetozarova

A fragment of the festive concert. 

A fragment of the festive concert. 

The People's Artist of Russia Nikolay Tsiskaridze among the spectators

Artists of the choir of Helikon-opera

A fragment of the festive concert

Bows after the concert


The Artistic Director of Children Musical Theater named after N. I. Sats Georgy Isaakyan,
the Artistic Director of Helikon-Opera Dmitry Bertman
the Adviser of the Governor of Moscow in Culture Nara Shiralieva
and other guests

The Artistic Director of Kaliningrad musical theatre Valery Lysenko presented to Dmitry Bertman a Helikon-opera's logo inlaid in amber

The guests of the theatre in Oraztsova Hall

Natalia Ignatenko, Alexander Antonenko, Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Inva Mula, Dmitry Bertman, Olga Borodina and others

The People's Artists of Russia Nadezhda Babkina and Lev Leshchenko, the People's Artist of the USSR Vera Vasilieva

Dmitry Bertman with the honoured guests.
In the middle: the Honoured Worker of Arts of Russia Alexander Zhurbin, the Head of the Federation Council in Budget Natalia Dementieva,
the Artistic Director of Helikon-opera Dmitry Bertman
 

The Honoured Artist of Russia Marina Kalinina, the People's Artists of Russia Igor Kostolevsky and Galina Kalinina

Dmitry Bertman presents gifts to the guests

Inva Mula, Alexander Antonenko, Olga Borodina and others with the gifts from the partners of Helikon-opera theatre

Photos by Anton Dubrovsky and Ekaterina Grichuk