Повседневная жизнь Большого театра. От Федора Шаляпина до Майи Плисецкой

Novai͡a kniga Aleksandra Vasʹkina posvi͡ashchena glavnomu teatru nasheĭ strany - Bolʹshomu i okhvatyvaet bolee chem stoletie, nachinai͡a s ėpokhi Fedora Shali͡apina. Kak popadali v teatr i kak iz nego ukhodili, kak repetirovali i stavili spektakli, kak rabotali i otdykhali v kvartirakh i na dachakh, chem boleli i lechilisʹ, skolʹko zarabatyvali i kuda tratili, kak vyezzhali na gastroli - ėti i drugie ni͡uansy povsednevnoĭ zhizni vy naĭdete na stranit͡sakh knigi. Zhiznʹ znamenitykh pevt͡sov i artistov baleta, izvestnykh dirizherov i muzykantov, glavnykh rezhisserov i khudozhnikov, prostykh suflerov i grimerov i dazhe zriteleĭ iz partera, t͡sarskoĭ lozhi i galerki - vse pereplelosʹ v ėtoĭ neobychnoĭ knige. A eshche chitateli uznai͡ut, kto takie 'morzhi', 'syrikhi' i 'pervachi', chto oznachaet 'protyrka', 'kidon' i 'shchetina st͡seny', kto takie Vishni͡a i Nevynosimonov i kak kosmicheskie rakety 'borozdili' Bolʹshoĭ teatr. Soobshchaemye avtorom fakty posluzhat dli͡a mnogikh chitateleĭ otkroveniem. Izdanie prodolzhaet temu, nachatui͡u Aleksandrom Vasʹkinym v prezhnikh knigakh ėtoĭ serii, - o Moskve vremen Khrushchëva i Brezhneva i sovetskoĭ bogeme.

Alexander Vaskin's new book is dedicated to the main theater of our country - the Bolshoi Theater and covers more than a century, starting from the era of Fyodor Chaliapin. How they got into the theater and how they left it, how they rehearsed and staged performances, how they worked and rested in apartments and cottages, what they were sick and treated, how much they earned and where they spent, how they went on tour - these and other nuances of everyday life can be found on the pages of the book. The lives of famous singers and ballet dancers, famous conductors and musicians, chief directors and artists, simple prompters and make-up artists, and even spectators from the stalls, the royal box and the gallery-all intertwined in this unusual book. And readers will also learn who are 'walruses', 'syrikhs' and 'pervachi', which means 'skewer', 'kidon' and 'stage bristle', who are Cherry and Unbearable and how space rockets 'plowed'.'The Bolshoi Theater. The facts reported by the author will serve as a revelation for many readers. The publication continues the theme started by Alexander Vaskin in previous books in this series - about Moscow during the times of Khrushchev and Brezhnev and Soviet bohemia.