The Crystal Turandot Awards are Russian theatre awards created in 1991. They are awarded at the

Vakhtangov Theatre Yevgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov (also spelled Evgeny or Eugene; russian: Евге́ний Багратио́нович Вахта́нгов; 13 February 1883 – 29 May 1922) was a Russian-Armenian actor and theatre director who founded the ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, where the winner receives a crystal figurine of Princess Turandot, the main character of ''

Turandot ''Turandot'' (; see below) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, posthumously completed by Franco Alfano in 1926, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. ''Turandot'' best-known aria is " Nessun dorma", ...

'', a play first staged at the theatre in 1922. It has been described as the highest theatre prize of Moscow.

Past winners

*In 1993, dancers

Ekaterina Maximova Ekaterina Sergeevna Maximova (russian: Екатерина Сергеевна Максимова; 1 February 1939 – 28 April 2009) was a Soviet and Russian ballerina of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised. Sh ...

and Vladimir Vasiliev won the award for theatre arts. Theatre and film director

Pyotr Fomenko Pyotr Naumovich Fomenko (russian: Пётр Нау́мович Фоме́нко; 13 July 1932 in Moscow – 9 August 2012 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater director, teacher, artistic director of the Moscow theater Pyotr Fomenko ...

won an award. *In 1997/8,

Dmitry Nazarov Dmitry Yurievich Nazarov (russian: Дми́трий Ю́рьевич Наза́ров; born 4 July 1957) is а Soviet and Russian actor, television presenter and poet. People's Artist of Russia (2000).

was awarded Best Actor, for playing Satin in the play '' TSATRA''. *In 2008,

Boris Messerer Boris Asafovich Messerer (russian: Бори́с Аса́фович Мессере́р; born March 15, 1933, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater artist, set designer and teacher. President of the association of artists of theater, cinema and te ...

won a Crystal Turandot. * In 2010, Armenian actor

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan (russian: Армен Борисович Джигарханян; hy, Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան, Armen Borisi Jigarkhanyan; ; 3 October 1935 – 14 November 2020) was a Soviet, Armenian, and Rus ...

won the award. *In 2012, Vakhtangov Theatre's oldest actress, 96-year-old

Galina Konovalova Galina Lvovna Konovalova (russian: Галина Львовна Коновалова; 1 August 1916 – 21 September 2014) was a Russian actress known for her work at the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. In 2012, Konovalova debuted in a production of ...

, was honoured with the award in the Honour and Dignity category. Actor

Valentin Gaft Valentin Iosifovich Gaft (russian: Валенти́н Ио́сифович Гафт; 2 September 1935 – 12 December 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984). Biography Early life and education Gaft was ...

also received an award. *In 2016, Vladimir Simonov was awarded the prize.

References

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