Concert at the P.P. Ershov Tobolsk Drama Theatre

As part of the implementation of the national project "Pushkin card" in the Tobolsk Drama Theatre named after P.P. Ershov on February 22, 2023, a concert of the Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation under the direction of the artistic director and chief conductor, People's Artist of Russia, Major General Victor Eliseev.

Among the concert's audience were war and labor veterans, military personnel of the Russian Federation National Guard, representatives of the families of Rosgvardeia officers carrying out combat missions in the special military operation zone, and representatives of the Rosgvardeia Department in the Tyumen Region.

At the beginning of the concert, the Ensemble's choir performed the song "Workers of War" (music by Evgeny Shiryaev, lyrics by Ilya Reznik).

The concert featured songs from the war years: "The Artillerymen's March" (T. Khrennikov, V. Gusev), "The War Correspondents' Song" (M. Blanter, K. Simonov), and a suite based on soldiers' songs: "The Song about the Russian Soldier" (K. Akimov, K. Filippova), "Vasya-Vasilyok" (A. Novikov, S. Alymov), and "The Song about the Soviet Army" (A. Alexandrov, O. Kolychev).

The medley from Leonid Utyosov's repertoire was performed by Alexey Dmitriev, an Honored Artist of Russia, and soloists Pavel Pushkin and Mikhail Zarayev.

The aria "Calaf" from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" was performed by Alexey Volzhanin, a soloist of the Ensemble and an Honored Artist of Russia.

The Ensemble's vocal octet (led by Sergey Bazylko, an Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia) performed the popular song "Argo" (by A. Basilaya and D. Bagashvili).

The popular song "I'm Taking You to the Tundra" (music by M. Fradkin, lyrics by M. Plyatskovsky) was performed in an original way by the Ensemble's soloists, Honored Cultural Workers of the Republic of Buryatia, Ruslan Samozhapov and Norpol Tsydenov.

Kvartet of balalaika players (headed by Ivan Stepanov) performed the musical composition "Ural Dance".

The Ensemble's ballet group performed the dance "Home with Victory," the sailor dance "Yablochko," and the choreographic composition "Golden Khokhloma" (directed by Petr Kovalev, an Honored Artist of Russia).

The song about the National Guardsmen "Valor and Honor" (by A.V. Zaitsev) was performed by the Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Dmitriev,by the choir and orchestra of the Academic Ensemble of Songs and Dances of the National Guard of the Russian Federation.

The festive concert ended with the song "Farewell, Slavonic" (V. Agapkin, A. Fedotov) performed by the choir and soloists of the Ensemble.

The orchestra was conducted by the Honored Artist of Russia Alexey Mazanov. The musical performances were prepared by the Honored Artist of Russia Lyudmila Bogomolova.

With words of gratitude to the artists of the Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation addressed the head of the Tobolsk Department of the National Guard of the Tyumen Region, Lieutenant Colonel of Police Rafael Ishmetov. He thanked the Ensemble for a wonderful concert, congratulated the artists on the upcoming holiday – Defender of the Fatherland Day – and wished the artists great creative success.

The audience greeted the famous Rosgvardia Ensemble with prolonged applause.