The National Theater „Vasile Alecsandri” from Bălţi: historical retrospective

The National Theater V. Alecsandri from Bălţi has a rich history of particular theater events. In the 50 years of its activity, on the scene from Bălţi have been mounted around 200 performances – national and universal, classical and modern dramatic art shows. The theater has been a true forgery of artistic talents. In this environment were launched and further developed big personalities of the stage - Mihai Volontir, Iulian Codău, Victor Ciutac, Grigore Grigoriu, who make the pride of the Bessarabian theater and which contributed to the development of the theatrical art in Moldova. We can trace two tendencies in the activity program of the National Theater V. Alecsandri from Bălţi: the theater contributed to the cultural continuity on the territory between Prut and Dniester, to the valorization of the dramatic heritage of writer V. Alecsandri. Second, the theater was tributary to its time and political regimes, participating to the Sovietisation and Russification process.