MURTAZINA, Shaura Musovna

MURTAZINA, Shaura Musovna (22.7.1925, Moscow — 22.2.2002, Ibid.), Stage Director. Merited Artist of the RSFSR (1970) and BASSR (1955). Laureate of the RSFSR State Award named after K.S.Stanislavsky and the Award named after G.Salyam (both — in 1967). Awarded with the Order of the Badge of Honour (1955). After graduating from GITIS (1948) and until 1972 she worked as the Stage Dir. of BSAT. M.’s creative method was characterized by striving for the artistic consistency of all the components of stage production; she attached great importance to working with an actor. The ability to keenly appreciate the style and genre of the play, to build figurative plastic solutions most fully manifested itself in staging of the works of foreign and Russian classics. She staged Storm opera on the stage of the Opera and Ballet Theatre.