Yuri Solomin memorial office opened in the Maly Theater

On June 18, the Maly Theater will celebrate the 90th anniversary of the birth of actor and director Yuri Solomin. By the anniversary date, the management decided to open the office of the artistic director, who recently passed away.

Every Saturday, viewers can visit Solomin's office, where one of his students will be waiting for them. Now there are fifty artists in the troupe, whose teacher he was. The first tour will take place on May 31, and People's Artist of Russia Lyudmila Titova will receive the guests. June 7 — People's Artist of Russia Viktor Nizovoy. On June 14, Alexandra Solomina will tell about her grandfather. The granddaughter of the master works at Maly as the deputy director for special and children's theater projects.

"The artists remain faithful to the professional precepts of the head, the team carefully treats the previously established way of life. In honor of Yuri Methodievich's anniversary, we are opening a new exhibition space in the theater for the audience. We still feel his presence here invisibly," said Tamara Mikhailova, director of the Maly Theater.

In the office, where Solomin recently spent time at work, everything remained as it was during his lifetime. Each piece of furniture reflects his habits.

A part of Solomin's high awards is collected in a glass case. There is the star of the Hero of Labor, the certificate and badge of the People's Artist of the USSR, the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, the Golden Mask, and the Order of Merit for the Fatherland. The frames include photographs with Russian President Vladimir Putin, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth II of England, and colleagues.

There are dogs in every corner of the office. Solomin was very fond of animals. Students and friends, knowing this passion, gave him figurines of dogs.

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