Большой Театр

All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

William Shakespeare

Theatre

Theatre genres
Ballet
Musical comedy (operetta)

Theatre genres
Opera
Play

Kinds of theatres
Drama theatre
Opera and ballet theatre

Kinds of theatres
Puppet theatre
Variety theatre

Kinds of theatres
Travelling company
Touring company

Amateur theatre

The Bolshoi Theatre

Questions:
1. When was the Bolshoi Theatre appeared?
2. Who designed it?

Joseph Bovet

Quadriga of horses

Seating plan of the Bolshoi Theatre

Yu. Grigorovich Galina Ulanova

N. Obukhova Maris Liepa

E. Svetlanov M. Plisetskaya

Peter Tchaikovsky

Test “Bolshoi Theatre”
1. Who designed the building of the theatre?
a) M. Kazakov b) O. Bovet
2. When was it ?
a) 1825 b) 1843
3. How many pillars are there in the construction of the Bolshoi?
a) 8 b) 10
4. What does a horse symbolize?
a) cinema b) music

5. When was the theatre destroyed by fire?
a) 1853 b) 1854
6. Why is the theatre called “Bolshoi”?
a) size b) people
7. What ballet was staged there?
a) Oscar b) Swan Lake
8. What is the most outstanding singer of the Bolshoi?
a) A. Pugacheva b) F. Shalyapin
9. What is the most brilliant opera singer?
A) M. Semyonova b) I. Kozlovsky
10. What is the most famous ballet dancer?
a) M. Plisetskaya b) B. Pokrovsky

Hometask
1. Revise your vocabulary on themes “Cinema”, “Theatre”
2. Make up a report on “Famous people of the Bolshoi Theatre”