Item Code: 136/BY-1
Yanka Kupala (Janka Kupala)
Yanka Kupala (July 7, 1882 – June 28, 1942) was the pen name of Ivan Daminikavich Lutsevich. He was a Belarusian poet and writer. Kupala is said to be one of the greatest Belarusian-language writers of the 20th century.
On the photo are the artists of the theater: Jacob Botvinnik, Lyudmila Loktionova, Jeanne Letnyakova, Korzenkova Lyudmila and Lyudmila Efremova.
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2000
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National Academic
Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk
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Reverse
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Ballet scene from
E.A. Glebov's (Jaugen Glebau) "Izbrannitsa" ("Vybrannitsa;
"The Chosen Lady") premiered in 1969, based on poems of Yanka
Kupala.
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Size
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150 x 69 mm
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Watermark
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Ballerina - female
ballet dancer.
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Printer
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Goznak, Russian
Federation
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Obverse Description
National Opera and Ballet of Belarus
The National Academic Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus is located in a park in the Trinity Banlieu of the city of Minsk. Local people call it the "Opierny Teatr" (Belarusian) or the "Opera and Ballet Theatre". It opened on 15 May 1933 but it first did not have its own venue for presentations at the Belarusian Drama Theatre building until 1938.
The first permanent theatre was founded in Belarus in 1933 on the basis of the Belarusian opera and ballet school, the organizer of the studio being the famous Russian Opera singer Anton Bonachich (Bonatschitsch). He was the first head of the new theatre. But he stayed in this position for a very short time, dying in 1933.
The current theatre building was opened in 1939. It was designed by the Belarus architect from Leningrad, Iosif Langbard, whose original design was only partially implemented and some design details were omitted yielding to financial and other problems; the theatre has reliefs done by Zair Azgur.
Bizet's Carmen opened the theatre on 25 May 1933 with the title role being sung by Larisa Aleksandrovskaya. Several professional soloists and dancers were added to the troupe in the first few years at this location. Swan Lake, performed by K. Muller, was the first show on the stage of the new theatre. By 1940, Grand was added to the theatre's name to indicate its expansion. The performances by the theatre company during the "Decade of Belarusian Art" in Moscow in June 1940 was a great success which included the first Belarusian ballet, The Nightingale composed by Mikhail Kroshner, as well as other national operas such as "In the Dense Forest of Palesse", "The Flower of Fortune", and the second version of "Mikhas Padgorny". Performances continued during the war in Nizhny Novgorod, then known as Gorky until the liberation of Minsk in 1944; after that performances took place in Kovrov.
In 1996 the State Theater was divided into two independent theatres: the National Academic Grand Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus and the National Academic Opera Theatre of Belarus, but in 2008 they once again combined to become the present name, National Academic Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus.
The building was renovated and it reopened in 2009. Many sculptures were added around the theatre, its stage was slightly moved and audience space expanded. The most up-to-date lighting and motion equipment was added while adhering to the original design. The ballet company is considered one of the foremost companies in the world.
The theatre today: The Company tours a lot and it is welcomed in many countries all over the world. In Spain, Russia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Israel, Portugal, China admirers of opera are well acquainted with the repertoire of this Belarusian theatre. Its participation in the well-known annual German festival known as "Classic Open Air" has already become a tradition.
Reverse Description
Yanka Kupala (Janka Kupala)
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Yanka Kupala (July 7, 1882 – June 28, 1942) was the pen name of Ivan Daminikavich Lutsevich. He was a Belarusian poet and writer. Kupala is said to be one of the greatest Belarusian-language writers of the 20th century.
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Kupala's first serious try at writing was Ziarno. It was a Polish-language sentimental poem which he completed around 1903–1904. His first Belarusian-language work ("Мая доля") was dated July 15, 1904. Kupala's first published poem, "Мужык" ("Peasant"), was published about a year later. It was in the newspaper on May 11, 1905. Several more poems by Kupala were in the Belarusian-language newspaper Nasha Niva from 1906 to 1907.
In Vilnius and St. Petersburg: Kupala moved from Belarus to Vilnius in 1908. He continued with his career as a poet. The first published collection of his poems, Жалейка (The Little Flute) made the czarist government mad. The order for Kupala's arrest was ended in 1909.
Kupala left for St. Petersburg in 1909. In 1910 he published several works. He left St. Petersburg and returned to Vilnius in 1913. Among those influencing Kupala in the 1910s was Maxim Gorky.
During the Soviet period: Kupala's writing changed to an optimistic tone after the Great October Revolution of 1917. Kupala was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1941 for the poetry collection Ад сэрца (From the Heart).
In 1941 he moved to Moscow and then to Tatarstan. But even from there he wrote poems supporting Belarus fighting against Nazi Germany. He died mysteriously in 1942 in Moscow. He fell down the stairwell in Hotel Moskva. The death was said to be accidental. Some people think it was suicide or murder.
The ballet "Vybrannitsa" on stage of the National Opera and Ballet of Belorussian SSR by composer Eugene Glebov after the poem of Yanka Kupala. Picture taken during the premiere of the ballet - at 28 of May 1969.
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Ballet scene from E.A. Glebov's (Jaugen Glebau) "Izbrannitsa" ("Vybrannitsa; "The Chosen Lady") premiered in 1969, based on poems of Yanka Kupala.
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On the photo are the artists of the theater: Jacob Botvinnik, Lyudmila Loktionova, Jeanne Letnyakova, Korzenkova Lyudmila and Lyudmila Efremova.
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