“Bolshoi Ballet is a universe of the imagination, a place of magic and enchantment, beauty and romance.” – Trudy Garfunkel

 

If you have had Bolshoi Theater on your bucket list, you are not alone. The Bolshoi Theatre is to Moscow what the Opera House is to Sydney.  You must stop at Bolshoi, if you ever visit Moscow.

 

The place is a staple of the Russian capital. Is it true that the birth of the Soviet Union and the death of Lenin were first announced there during performances? Or is this an urban legend? Notwithstanding, the first Bolshoi Theater was founded in 1776, i.e. 242 years ago; as such is it is older than every republic on the American continent.

Throughout these centuries, it has dispensed culture and delectation to the world, through opera and ballet. The building was closed for restoration in 2005.  It reopened in 2011, upon completion of a 700-million-dollar overhaul. The renovation threw the theater into the technological age and saluted the return of the Romanovs’ two-headed eagle as its symbol, replacing the sickle and the hammer.

Last night, they showed Onegin, a ballet performance of John Cranko, in three acts, inspired by Alexander Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin”. The décor, the acoustic, the visuals, and the talents of the performers were above all panegyrics.  That was a precious moment in cultural delicacy.

 

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The morning activities of the Travel O Ganza group were more mundane.

 

They started with a visit to Kolomenskoye Park, near the Moscow Rover.  It is one of the oldest royal states in Moscow. We walked on roads that are several century-old.  In the park, still stand several Orthodox churches, among them the White Kremlin where mass was in progress. Peter the Great’s house, brought from the banks of Dvina River, is also there to be admired.

 

Izmaylovskiy Market is a huge indoor market with around 200 stalls. You will find in there all kinds of knick-knacks, collection items, tourist souvenirs, etc.  Be patient and be ready to bargain.  Any quoted price is probably 200% the real price.

 

We then spent one hour at the FIFA Fan Fest (formerly known as Fan Zone.  It is a large area with a Fan ID office near the entrance, a FIFA store after the electronic check-in gates, and two rows of huge and majestic TV screens elevated on both sides of an empty field.

 

In a kiosk opposite to the FIFA store, stands a stage for dancers, musicians, and other performers whose images are projected via Jumbothron on the gigantic middle screen.  This setting is up for at least 18 hours a day.

 

During lunch at Paulaner Brauhaus, we attended to the demolition of the Panama national team by the British Three Lions (6-2), sentencing the Central Americans to an early repatriation.

 

In the dying hours of this football Sunday, surprising Senegal drew with Poland (2-2), and a revived Colombia gave a solid correction to Poland (3-0)

 

While a few were attending a ballet performance at the Bolshoi Theater, the group had their last Moscow dinner at Fahrenheit. Restaurant. No one slept much ahead of our transfer to Saint Petersburg.

 

 

From the Courtyard Marriott, this is the Traveller reporting from Saint Petersburg, capital of the former Russian Empire…

 

(Odler Robert Jeanlouie, Monday, June 25, 2018)

 

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