The "Looking Glass" Children's Musical Theatre (Russian: Детский музыкальный театр «Зазеркалье») is a theatre in Saint Petersburg on 13 Rubinstein Street.[1]
History of the name
The theatre appeared in August 1987[1] and was named after the Lewis Carroll's"Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There". Dir. A.V. Petrov and conductor P.A. Bubelnikov organized the theater which was opened on 27 December 1987 with the opera of L.A. Desyatnikov "Bravo-Bravissimo, pioneer Anisimov or no one wants to sing".
Notable productions
The majority of productions draw on the repertoire of both children and adult and audiences.
Awards
The performances "Love potion", "Kashtanka", "La Boheme" are marked with "Gold mask" and "Gold soffit" prizes.[2]
Historical background
In the 1870s Petersburg Actor's Club was situated in the building on Troitskaya Street., 13.
Children's theatre
Children's experimental theatre "Zazerkalie" appeared in 1992. In the experimental theatre you can study actor's skills, choreography and scenic speech as well as participate in theatre performances.
^ abАксельрод, Владимир; Манькова-Сугоровская, Алена (2022-05-15). Улица Рубинштейна и вокруг нее. Графский и Щербаков переулки [Rubinstein Street and around it. Grafsky and Shcherbakov Lanes] (in Russian). Центрполиграф. ISBN978-5-04-416725-4. Владимир Аксельрод, Алена Манькова-Сугоровская. Эмблема театра «Зазеркалье» в составе Уже более двадцати лет в доме на ул. Рубинштейна, 13, работает Государственный детский музыкальный театр «Зазеркалье». Организован в 1987 г. при... [The emblem of the "Through the Looking Glass" theater has been in the house on the street for more than twenty years. The State Children's Musical Theater "Through the Looking Glass" operates on 13 Rubinstein. Organized in 1987 under...]
^"О театре - Театр «Зазеркалье»" [About the theater - Theater "Through the Looking Glass"]. zazerkal.spb.ru. 2015-09-19. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 2024-02-13. Постановки театра многократно отмечены престижными премиями, в том числе высшей национальной театральной премией «Золотая маска» и высшей театральной премией Санкт-Петербурга «Золотой софит». [The theater's productions have been repeatedly awarded prestigious awards, including the highest national theater award "Golden Mask" and the highest theater award of St. Petersburg "Golden Sofit"]