Tour Program: BOLSHOI THEATER 200TH ANNIVERSARY program 1951 PLISTESKAYA TEBALDI etc.

Scarce large format souvenir program March 26, 1976 celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Bolshoi Theatre company. 7 page program has an embossed illustration of the theatre on the front cover, 7.25" x 11" closed.

Artists for the concert included in order of appearance: Svetlanov, Gilels, Arkhipova, Ribnov, Agaphonnikov, Simonov, Mzurok, Ermler, Bieshy, Alonso, Esquivel, Zacks, Loevsky, Shameeva, Zhyuraitis, Benackova, Lazarev, Sotkilava, Mansirov, Bessmertnova, Lavrovsky, Rozdhestvensky, Hazi, Talvela, Pontia, Bart, Kolesnik, Simeonov, Plisetskaya, Kopihlov, Lindholm, Kolpakova, Soloviev, Tebaldi, Minzhilkiev, Maximova, Vasiliev, Milashkina and Ghiaurov.

The company was founded by Catherine the Great in 1776. The two previous programs did not include non-Russian stars, except for Richard Strauss. This program featured the late Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso and her partner Jorge Esquivel, Czech soprano Gabriela Benackova, bass Matti Talvela, Swedish soprano Berit Lindholm, Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi and Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov. It also included big Russian stars like pianist Emil Gilels, and ballet legends Maya Plisteskaya and Ekaterina Maximova!

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