Organization of the annual Festival is the main activity of the Golden Mask Festival. The participants are selected by two Boards of Experts that include reputed theatre critics. The Jury of the Golden Mask Festival is composed of well-known actors, directors, conductors, choreographers, and theatre artists.

In 2010 the Golden Mask main (competition) programme will take place from March 27 till April 15.

DRAMA/ BEST LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION

• WOE FROM WIT, Drama Theatre, Yaroslavl
• KSENIA. LOVE STORY, Alexandrinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
• MACBETH, “Krasny Fakel” Theatre, Novosibirsk
• A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre, St. Petersburg
• SHUKSHIN`S STORIES, Theatre of Nations, Moscow
• THE NOTEBOOK, Theatre “Na Spasskoi”, Kirov
• TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow ULYSSES, Pyotr Fomenko Theatre, Moscow
  
  
  DRAMA/BEST SMALL SCALE PRODUCTION
  
• THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN, Theatre “U Mosta”, Perm
• LA ESTRADA, OKOLO Theatre, Moscow
• THE POTUDAN RIVER, Studio of Theatre Arts, Moscow
• KRECHINSKY'S WEDDING, Yermolova Theatre, Moscow
• THE ELDER SON, Tabakov Theatre, Moscow
• A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Kolyada-Theatre, Yekaterinburg
  
  DRAMA/BEST DIRECTOR
  
• Konstantin BOGOMOLOV / THE ELDER SON, Tabakov Theatre, Moscow
• Sergei ZHENOVACH / THE POTUDAN RIVER, Studio of Theatre Arts, Moscow
• Yevgeny KAMENKOVICH / ULYSSES, Pyotr Fomenko Theatre, Moscow
• Nikolai KOLYADA / A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Kolyada-Theatre, Yekaterinburg
• Timofei KULYABIN / MACBETH, “Krasny Fakel” Theatre, Novosibirsk
• Alexei LEVINSKY / KRECHINSKY'S WEDDING, Yermolova Theatre, Moscow
• Boris PAVLOVICH / THE NOTEBOOK, Theatre “Na Spasskoi”, Kirov
• Jury POGREBNICHKO / LA ESTRADA, OKOLO Theatre, Moscow
• Anatoly PRAUDIN / A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Igor SELIN / WOE FROM WIT, Drama Theatre, Yaroslavl
• Rimas TUMINAS / TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow
• Sergei FEDOTOV / THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN, Theatre “U Mosta”, Perm
• Valery FOKIN / KSENIA. LOVE STORY, Alexandrinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Alvis HERMANIS / SHUKSHIN`S STORIES, Theatre of Nations, Moscow
  
  
  DRAMA/ BEST ACTRESS
  
• Stepanida BORISOVA AN OLD WOMAN, Theatre “Featr”, Moscow
• Irina YERMOLOVA Blanche DuBois - A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Kolyada-Theatre, Yekaterinburg
• Lilia ZAGORSKAYA Girl - LA ESTRADA, OKOLO Theatre, Moscow
• Polina KUTEPOVA Molly Bloom - ULYSSES, Pyotr Fomenko Theatre, Moscow
• Yanina LAKOBA Ksenia - KSENIA. LOVE STORY, Alexandrinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Chulpan KHAMATOVA SHUKSHIN`S STORIES, Theatre of Nations, Moscow
  
  DRAMA/BEST ACTOR
  
• Ruslan BARABANOV / Belyaev - A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Alexei KUZMIN / Chatsky - WOE FROM WIT, Drama Theatre, Yaroslavl
• Ivan MALENKIKH / Johnnypateenmike - THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN, Theatre “U Mosta”, Perm
• Yevgeny MIRONOV / SHUKSHIN`S STORIES, Theatre of Nations, Moscow
• Dmitry PAVLENKO /Krechinsky - KRECHINSKY'S WEDDING, Yermolova Theatre, Moscow
• Sergei SOSNOVSKY Sarafanov - THE ELDER SON, Tabakov Theatre, Moscow
• Konstantin TELEGIN Macbeth - MACBETH, “Krasny Fakel” Theatre, Novosibirsk
• Yury CHURSIN / Busygin - THE ELDER SON, Tabakov Theatre, Moscow
  
  DRAMA/BEST DESIGNER
  
• Alexander BOROVSKY / KSENIA. LOVE STORY, Alexandrinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Alexander BOROVSKY / THE POTUDAN RIVER, Studio of Theatre Arts, Moscow
• Vera MARTYNOVA, Maria TREGUBOVA / OPUS No. 7, School of Dramatic Art and Dmitry Krymov Laboratory, Moscow
• Alexander ORLOV / A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Alexander ORLOV / WOE FROM WIT, Drama Theatre, Yaroslavl
• Alvis HERMANIS, Monica PORMALE SHUKSHIN`S STORIES, Theatre of Nations, Moscow
  
  DRAMA/BEST LIGHT DESIGNER
  
• Vladislav VLASOV / A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Damir ISMAGILOV THE POTUDAN RIVER, Studio of Theatre Arts, Moscow
• Gleb FILSHTINSKY WOE FROM WIT, Drama Theatre, Yaroslavl
  
  DRAMA/BEST COSTUME DESIGNER
  
• Viktoria SEVRYUKOVA SHUKSHIN`S STORIES, Theatre of Nations, Moscow
• Irina CHEREDNIKOVA A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre, St. Petersburg
  
  PUPPETRY/BEST PRODUCTION
  
• MY FRIEND GENIE, Theatre “Kukolny Dom”, Penza
• UNDER THE ETERNAL LIGHT OF KUMALAN, Theatre “Ulger”, Ulan-Ude
• THE EPIC OF LILIKAN, “Ten” (Shadow) Theatre, Moscow
  
  PUPPETRY/BEST DIRECTOR
  
• Vladimir BIRYUKOV / MY FRIEND GENIE, Theatre “Kukolny Dom”, Penza
• Erdeni ZHALTSANOV / UNDER THE ETERNAL LIGHT OF KUMALAN, Theatre “Ulger”, Ulan-Ude
• Vyacheslav IGNATOV, Maria LITVINOVA / THE EPIC OF LILIKAN, “Ten” (Shadow) Theatre, Moscow
  
  PUPPETRY/BEST DESIGNER
  
• Yevgeny BOLSOBOEV, Erdeny ZHALTSANOV / UNDER THE ETERNAL LIGHT OF KUMALAN, Theatre “Ulger”, Ulan-Ude
• Yekaterina IVUSHKINA / THE EPIC OF LILIKAN, “Ten” (Shadow) Theatre, Moscow
• Viktor NIKONENKO MY FRIEND GENIE, Theatre “Kukolny Dom”, Penza
  
  INNOVATION/BEST PRODUCTION
  
• OPUS No. 7 School of Dramatic Art and Dmitry Krymov Laboratory, Moscow
• LIFE IS GRAND Playwright and Director Theatre, Moscow
• AN OLD WOMAN Theatre “Featr”, Moscow
• THE THIRD PERIOD Joseph Beuys Theatre, Moscow
• I AM THINKING ABOUT YOU NET Festival and Cultural Centre of France in Moscow
  
  
  OPERA/BEST PRODUCTION
  
• HAMLET (DANISH) (RUSSIAN) COMEDY, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• GOGOLIADE, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
• GIANNI SCHICCHI, «Novaya Opera» Theatre, Moscow
• DON JUAN, “St.Petersburg Opera” Theatre
• IDOMENEO, RE DI CRETA, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
• LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• PRINCE IGOR, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
• MACBETH, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
• ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Perm
• LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, (The Marriage of Figaro) Opera and Ballet Theatre, Yekaterinburg
• LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, (The Marriage of Figaro) Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
  
  OPERA/BEST CONDUCTOR
  
• Yevgeny VOLYNSKY PRINCE IGOR, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
• Felix KOROBOV / HAMLET (DANISH) (RUSSIAN) COMEDY, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Teodor KURENTZIS / MACBETH, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
• Fabio MASTRANGELO / LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Yekaterinburg
• Valery PLATONOV / ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Perm
  
  OPERA/BEST DIRECTOR
  
• Jury ALEXANDROV / DON JUAN, “St. Petersburg Opera” Theatre
• Georgy ISAAKYAN / ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Perm
• Alexander PETROV / LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Alexander TITEL / HAMLET (DANISH) (RUSSIAN) COMEDY, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Dmitry CHERNYAKOV / MACBETH, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
• Adolf SHAPIRO / LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Gennady SHAPOSHNIKOV / GIANNI SCHICCHI, «Novaya Opera» Theatre, Moscow
  
  OPERA/BEST ACTRESS
  
• Larisa ANDREEVA / Ophelia - HAMLET (DANISH) (RUSSIAN) COMEDY, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Nadezhda BABINTSEVA / Cherubino - LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Yekaterinburg
• Irina VASCHENKO Gertrude - HAMLET (DANISH) (RUSSIAN) COMEDY, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Hibla GERZMAVA Lucia - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Anna GORYACHEVA Donna Elvira - DON JUAN, “St.Petersburg Opera” Theatre
• Zhanna DOMBROVSKAYA Elektra - IDOMENEO, RE DI CRETA, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Anastasiya KALAGINA Ilia - IDOMENEO, RE DI CRETA, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Tatiana POLUEKTOVA Shukhov`s wife - ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Perm
• Elena POPOVSKAYA Yaroslavna - PRINCE IGOR, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
  
  OPERA/BEST ACTOR
  
• Chingis AYUSHEEV Hamlet - HAMLET (DANISH) (RUSSIAN) COMEDY, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Pavel BRAGIN Shukhov - ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Perm
• Roman BURDENKO Prince Igor - PRINCE IGOR, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
• Alexei DOLGOV Edgardo - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Sergei KALINOV Don Juan - DON JUAN, “St.Petersburg Opera” Theatre
• Mikhail KOROBEINIKOV Figaro - LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Yekaterinburg
• Ilya KUZMIN Gianni Schicchi - GIANNI SCHICCHI, «Novaya Opera» Theatre, Moscow
• Andrei POPOV Khristofor Burdyukov (THE LAWSUIT), Grigory Storchenko (SHPONKA AND HIS AUNT) – GOGOLIADE, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Dimitris TILIAKOS Macbeth - MACBETH, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
• Roman ULYBIN Polonius - HAMLET (DANISH) (RUSSIAN) COMEDY, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Vladimir FELYAUER Leporello - DON JUAN, “St.Petersburg Opera” Theatre
  
  BALLET/BEST PRODUCTION
  
• NA FLORESTA Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• IMMORTAL BELOVED, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
• MEDEA, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Perm
• THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
• WHO CARES?, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
• ONEGIN, Boris Eifman Ballet, St. Petersburg
• ROMEO AND JULIET, Musical Theatre, Republic of Karelia, Petrozavodsk
• RUSSIAN SEASONS, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
  
  CONTEMPORARY DANCE/BEST PRODUCTION
  
• CASTING OFF, Yevgeny Panfilov Ballet, Perm
• POOR LIZA, Theatre of Nations, Moscow
• I WISH YOU HAD UNDERSTOOD ME..., Boroditsky Dennis Dance Company, Moscow
• A MAN IS MUZHIK WHO HAS FOUND HIS OWN IDENTITY, Contemporary Dance Theatre, Chelyabinsk
• THE DORMITORY, Contemporary Choreography Theatre, Moscow
  
  BALLET/CONTEMPORARY DANCE – BEST BALLETMASTER/BEST CHOREOGRAPHER
  
• Yekaterina KISLOVA / THE DORMITORY, Contemporary Choreography Theatre, Moscow
• Edwaard LIANG / IMMORTAL BELOVED, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
• Olga PONA / A MAN IS MUZHIK WHO HAS FOUND HIS IDENTITY, Contemporary Dance Theatre, Chelyabinsk
• Alexei RATMANSKY / THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Kirill SIMONOV / ROMEO AND JULIET, Musical Theatre, Republic of Karelia, Petrozavodsk
• Boris EIFMAN / ONEGIN, Boris Eifman Ballet, St. Petersburg
  
  BALLET/CONTEMPORARY DANCE/BEST ACTRESS
• Anna ZHAROVA, Soloist - WHO CARES? Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
• Julia MANZHELES, Medea - MEDEA, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Perm
• Alevtina MUKHORTIKOVA, Juliet - ROMEO AND JULIET, Musical Theatre, Republic of Karelia, Petrozavodsk
• Natalia OSIPOVA, Solist - RUSSIAN SEASONS, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
• Alina SOMOVA, Tsar Maiden - THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
  
  BALLET/CONTEMPORARY DANCE/BEST ACTOR
  
• Vladimir VARNAVA, Mercutio - ROMEO AND JULIET, Musical Theatre, Republic of Karelia, Petrozavodsk
• Igor ZELENSKY, Soloist - WHO CARES? Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
• Oleg GABYSHEV, Onegin - ONEGIN, Boris Eifman Ballet, St. Petersburg
• Andrei MERKURIEV, Erast - POOR LIZA Theatre of Nations, Moscow
• Leonid SARAFANOV, Ivanushka - THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
  
  OPERETTA/MUSICAL/BEST PRODUCTION
  
• BANDITS, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Saratov A PROGRAMME OF CLASSICAL OPERETTA, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• MONTE CRISTO, “Moscow Operetta” Theatre
• THE PRODUCERS, “Et Cetera” Theatre, Moscow
• LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG, Musical Theatre “Karambol”, St. Petersburg
  
  
  OPERETTA/MUSICAL/BEST CONDUCTOR
  
• Volf GORELIK / A PROGRAMME OF CLASSICAL OPERETTA, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Jury KOCHNEV / BANDITS, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Saratov
• Vsevolod POLONSKY / LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG, Musical Theatre “Karambol”, St. Petersburg
  
  OPERETTA/MUSICAL/BEST DIRECTOR
  
• Vasily BARKHATOV / LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG, Musical Theatre “Karambol”, St. Petersburg
• Dmitry BELOV / THE PRODUCERS, “Et Cetera” Theatre, Moscow
• Andrei SERGEEV / BANDITS, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Saratov
• Alexander TITEL / A PROGRAMME OF CLASSICAL OPERETTA, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow OPERETTA/MUSICAL/BEST ACTRESS
  
• Natalia BLAGIKH / Ulla - THE PRODUCERS, “Et Cetera” Theatre, Moscow
• Valeria LANSKAYA / Mercedes - MONTE CRISTO, “Moscow Operetta” Theatre
• Olga LEVINA / Genevieve Emery - LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG, Musical Theatre “Karambol”, St. Petersburg
  
  
  OPERETTA/MUSICAL/BEST ACTOR
  
• Viktor DEMIDOV / Minister of Finance - BANDITS, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Saratov
• Egor DRUZHININ / Leo Bloom - THE PRODUCERS, Et Cetera” Theatre, Moscow
• Maksim LEONIDOV / Max Bialystock - THE PRODUCERS“, Et Cetera” Theatre, Moscow
• Vitaly MOGILIN / Mug - BANDITS, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Saratov
• Maksim NOVIKOV / Fernand - MONTE CRISTO, “Moscow Operetta” Theatre
• Sergei OVSYANNIKOV / Guy Foucher - LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG, Musical Theatre “Karambol”, St. Petersburg
  
  MUSICAL THEATRE/BEST COMPOSER
• Vladimir KOBEKIN / HAMLET (DANISH) (RUSSIAN) COMEDY, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Alexander TCHAIKOVSKY / ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Perm
  
  MUSICAL THEATRE/BEST DESIGNER
  
• Vladimir AREFIEV / BANDITS, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Saratov
• Ernst GEIDEBREKHT / ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Perm Maksim ISAEV / THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Zinovy MARGOLIN / LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG, Musical Theatre “Karambol”, St. Petersburg
• Renate MARTIN, Andreas DONHAUSER / IDOMENEO, RE DI CRETA, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Andris FREIBERGS / LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Dmitry CHERNYAKOV / MACBETH, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
  
  MUSICAL THEATRE/BEST COSTUME DESIGNER
  
• Maria Danilova /LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG, Musical Theatre “Karambol”, St. Petersburg
• Elena Stepanova /LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
  
  MUSICAL THEATRE/BEST LIGHT DESIGNER
  
• Ildar BEDERDINOV / HAMLET (DANISH) (RUSSIAN) COMEDY, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Damir ISMAGILOV /LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG, Musical Theatre “Karambol”, St. Petersburg
• Gleb FILSHTINSKY/ LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre, Moscow
• Gleb FILSHTINSKY /MACBETH, Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk
• Alexei KHOROSHEV / CASTING OFF, Yevgeny Panfilov Ballet, Perm