Everyday life of the Bolshoi Theatre from Fyodor Chaliapin to Maya Plisetskaya

The new book of Alexander Vaskina is dedicated to the head theater of our country - the big one and covers more than a century, starting from the era of Fedor Chaliapin. How they got to the theater and how they left it, how they rehearsed and staged performances, how they worked and rested in apartments and in dachas, how 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 you will find On the pages of the book. The life of famous singers and ballet artists, famous conductors and musicians, main directors and artists, ordinary surrounds and make -up artists and even spectators from the stalls, royal lodge and gallery - everything is intertwined in this unusual book. And readers will find out who the “walruses”, “Syrikhs” and “tops” are, which means “Progrka”, “Kidon” and “stubble scenes”, who are cherries and Nemonimonov and as space rockets “plowed” the Bolshoi Theater. The facts reported by the author will serve as a revelation for many readers. The publication continues the topic begun by Alexander Vaskin in the former books of this series - about Moscow from the times of Khrushchev and Brezhnev and Soviet bohemia