Background
Semyon Aleksandrovich Stein was born on January 7, 1928 in Samara, Russian Federation.
Semyon Aleksandrovich Stein was born on January 7, 1928 in Samara, Russian Federation.
After graduating from the seven classes in 1942, Semyon Aleksandrovich left school and spent days in the theater.
After the war, the repressed father returned home. He convinced his son to graduate school without quitting his job in the theater.
At the same time, the Leningrad director E. Kaplan, together with the artist S. Virsaladze, put "Aida" and took Semyon Aleksandrovich as an assistant. In 1948, he entered the opera and directing department of the Lunacharsky State Institute of Theater Arts (now The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts). He graduated from his study with honors.
In 1961, Semyon Aleksandrovich began to work independently: he moved to Voronezh, where he held the position of chief director of the local musical theater in 1961-1963 and 1966-1970 (during the breaks, he was a director at the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre). In those years, people connected with Belarus gathered in Voronezh: K. Muller worked as the main choreographer, and Y. Voshchak was the conductor. In 1968, the collective began to be called the Voronezh State Theater of Opera, and Semyon Aleksandrovich was soon awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR.
In 1970, he received an invitation to the Opera and Ballet Theatre or the National Academic Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus, where he staged performances for more than two decades.
For forty years, Semyon Aleksandrovich staged about eighty performances. Having tried his hand at the drama theater, he focused on opera and operetta. Semyon Aleksandrovich did not limit himself to the scenes of his native groups, but staged both throughout the Soviet Union (Kazan, Ordzhonikidze, Perm, Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Tbilisi, Kaunas) and abroad (Sofia and Plovdiv).
Stein's important contribution to Belarusian art was his staging of national operas. The first such performance was "Zorka Venera" by Yu. Semenyako.
In adulthood, Semyon Aleksandrovich began to prefer the chamber opera.
