Photo: a scene from Yesenin. The soul of the poet.
Stage performances in Russian and German, which were based on works of Dostoevsky and Yesenin, were included in the program of the first Russian-Austrian theater festival held at the Russian Center for Science and Culture (RCSC) in Vienna. According to the web-site of Rossotrudnichestvo (the Federal Agency for CIS Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation), the new festival was approved on the threshold of the Bilateral Year of Theater and Literature of Russia and Austria, opening of which will take place in early 2020.
The festival was opened with Yesenin. The Soul of the Poet. It was staged by Michael Chekhov Theater Lab Vienna affiliated with the RCSC. The production was based on facts from the Russian poet’s biography and his work. Difficult and tragic life of Sergei Yesenin was shown in the midst of historical changes that had taken place in the country. Yesenin's poetry was heard in Russian and German.
Photo credit: rs.gov.ru
The festival audience also saw a theatre production based on White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was performed by artists of the Vienna Drama Theater named after the Russian classical writer. However the plot of the staged White Nights develops in Vienna of our time, not in St. Petersburg of the 19th century, which made the performance even more relevant.
The Festival organizers hope that the Bilateral Year of Theater and Literature will provide opportunities for new joint theatrical events.
Russkiy Mir
