Photo credit: The portrait of A. Chekhov, 1898 / mos.ru
The Russia-Italy: Commonwealth of Great Cultures Festival dedicated to the Russian writer and playwright Anton Chekhov opens on September, 17 in Novara (Italy). The program includes exhibitions, concerts, and a conference on the role of Chekhov in world culture.
The festival will last for a month. It will open on Friday with an exhibition of illustrations for Chekhov's works. A concert performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Kashchei the Immortal" is scheduled for September 17.
On September 20, the "Chekhov and Italy" conference is going to take place. Russian and Italian literary critics and museum workers are going to take part in it. The program includes reports by researchers of Chekhov's work and a discussion about the place of the writer in world culture.
On September 21, a meeting with readers in the Carlo Negroni library and a presentation of projects of the Chekhov library will take place. Two days later, the audience will see the performance of Chekhov's works. Readings of Chekhov's "Drama on the Hunt" in Russian and Italian will be accompanied by music from Pietro Canjano's opera.
On October 1, residents of Novara are invited to join the Chekhov's Musical Lounge with the performance of Russian folk and romance songs.
Russkiy Mir
