Competitive program of Golden Mask Theatre Festival starts today in Moscow. Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre performance of Bizet's Carmen will open the ceremony. This production is nominated for 4 awards at the same time, including “The Best Opera”, “The Best Stage Director”, The Best Orchestra Conductor” and “The Best Female Role”.
Another performance of The Yekaterinburg theatre, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet ballet is nominated in 7 categories, which make this year's record in the amount of Golden Mask nominations. Choreographer Viacheslav Samodurov dedicated this production to 125th anniversary of Sergei Prokofiev and Shakespeare’s 400th death anniversary. Art devotees will have a chance to see the ballet in other cities. It will be broadcasted on February 17, as a part of Golden Mask in Cinema project.
Moscow Musical theatre gives Crime and Punishment. Andrei Konchalovsky is a stage director and the librettist of this rock-opera based on the famous novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The performance was conceived more than 30 years ago, and recently staged to mark 150th anniversary of Crime and Punishment publication. Edward Artemyev composed music, and together with stage director and leading actress was nominated for the Festival awards.
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District opera by Dmitri Shostakovich staged in Samara is nominated for 5 awards. The opera follows the first version of the score composed in 1932.
Programme “Mask Plus” in February will include two theatre performances: Dogville following the script by Lars von Trier of Perm Theatre-Theatre and The Brothers Karamazov of Small Drama Theatre from Saint-Petersburg.
Russkiy Mir
