Anatoly Gennadyevich Iksanov (russian: Анатолий Геннадьевич Иксанов; February 18, 1952) was the General Director of the
Bolshoi Theatre
The Bolshoi Theatre ( rus, Большо́й теа́тр, r=Bol'shoy teatr, literally "Big Theater", p=bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈatər) is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds ballet and ope ...
of Russia between 2000
and July 2013. His successor was
Vladimir Urin
Vladimir Georgievich Urin (russian: Владимир Георгиевич Урин) is a People's Artists of Russia; a Musical Theatre of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko director (1995–2013), then Bolshoi Theatre director.
Biography
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In 1977, he graduated with a degree in theatre from the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography. A year after graduating from the Institute he worked as the chief administrator of the
Maly Theatre The Maly Theatre, or Mali Theatre, may refer to one of several different theatres:
* The Maly Theatre (Moscow), also known as The State Academic Maly Theatre of Russia, in Moscow (founded in 1756 and given its own building in 1824)
* The Maly Theat ...
in Moscow.
Министр объявил о новом назначении на брифинге в ГАБТе
/ref> From 1996 to 1998, he was Director of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater.
Ten years after becoming General Director of the Bolshoi Theatre, he participated in the Theatre's official presentation after its reconstruction.[Михаил Швыдкой и Анатолий Иксанов удостоен высшей награды в Италии]
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References
Living people
Russian theatre directors
Bolshoi Theatre directors
Russian theatre critics
1952 births
Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Soviet theatre critics
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