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The Blue Bird. Requiem
Night

Part II of the trilogy
Director: Boris Yukhananov
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Duration: 3 hours 40 minutes with 2 intermissions

The premiere took place in 26 February 2015.

A play by Maurice Maeterlinck
Based on memoirs of Aleftina Konstantinova, Vladimir Korenev

This grand, sweeping production of Maurice Maeterlinck's tale by Boris Yukhananov is intertwined with the personal memories of veteran actors of the Stanislavsky Drama Theatre – Aleftina Konstantinova and Vladimir Korenev, who play the roles of Tyltyl and Mytyl. The extravaganza plays out over three evenings containing eight separate acts, each of which is an independent performance. Boris Yukhananov comments: “Often a person's individual fate becomes associated with a fairy tale. And there is something in a fairy tale, no matter how it is done – in the style of English absurdity and nonsense culture on which Lewis Carroll's thinking is built, or Maeterlinck's clear, enlightened thought process, with its absolute sense of European mysticism. A fairy tale is a wonderful mirror, imbued with the deepest motifs. It can reflect theatre and its destiny as they truly are.”

In Part Two Tyltyl and Mytyl find themselves in the Palace of Night. Vladimir Korenev and Aleftina Konstantinova reminisce about their marriage, Korenev’s fans, The Seagull at the Moscow Art Theatre, and the coup of 1991.

The Blue Bird. Journey
The Blue Bird. Bliss

In Russian with English supertitles.

Performers

TYLTYL
Anton Torsukov
TYLTYL
Mikhail Sokolov
MYTYL
Aleftina Konstantinova
MYTYL
Anna Mavlitova
MYTYL
Margarita Movsesyan
GRAVE DIGGER
Alexander Miloserdov
GRAVE DIGGER
Alexander Sinyukov
GRAVE DIGGER
Anton Kostochkin
NAPOLEON
Boris Dergachyov
NAPOLEON
Антон Митнёв
MARSEILLAISE
Alexandra Polonick
MARSEILLAISE
Sonya Yefimova
NIGHT
Diana Rakhimova
CAT
Irina Koreneva
FIRE
Dmitry Chebotaryov
FIRE
Fyodor Borisenko
SERVANT OF NIGHT
Andrei Anisimov
SERVANT OF NIGHT
Asya Belaya
SERVANT OF NIGHT
Dmitry Mikirtumov
SERVANT OF NIGHT
Yekaterina Andreeva
SERVANT OF NIGHT
Artyom Bogucharsky
SERVANT OF NIGHT
Pavel Maximenko
HEAD COLD
Boris Dergachyov
HEAD COLD
Антон Митнёв
Сахар
Anastasia Ksenofontova
Сахар
Vladimir Dolmatovsky
Сахар
Yevgeny Samarin
Сахар
Lera Gorin
PRINCE SIEGFRIED
Anton Torsukov
PRINCE SIEGFRIED
Vitaly Terekhovsky
Рабочий в музее
Anton Kostochkin
LIDA
Aleftina Konstantinova
NUN
Anastasia Ksenofontova
NUN
Anastasia Fursa
NUN
Anna Antosik
NUN
Anton Kostochkin
NUN
Boris Dergachyov
NUN
Darya Kolpikova
NUN
Dmitry Chebotaryov
NUN
Lera Gorin
NUN
Fyodor Borisenko
NUN
Maxim Derichev
DONNA ANNA
Aleftina Konstantinova
DON GUAN
Yevgeny Sergeev
LEPORELLO
Yevgeny Samarin
LEPORELLO
Oleg Bazhanov
KONSKY
Yevgeny Sergeev
MONK
Vladimir Dolmatovsky
MONK
Lera Gorin
TANK
Grigory Nekrasov
BLACK SWAN
Andrei Anisimov
BLACK SWAN
Vitaly Terekhovsky
BLACK SWAN
Georgy Grishchenkov
BLACK SWAN
Dmitry Mikirtumov
BLACK SWAN
Dmitry Myagky
FILM PRODUCER
Yevgeny Samarin
FILM PRODUCER
Oleg Bazhanov
BLUE SWAN
Asya Belaya
BLUE SWAN
Yekaterina Andreeva
BLUE SWAN
Alisa Sviridova
BLUE SWAN
Victoria Bryzgalova
BLUE SWAN
Anastasia Shelepova
TOUR GUIDE
Diana Rakhimova
TOUR GUIDE
Yelena Morozova
MUSEUM SUPERINTENDENT
Lyudmila Lushina
DISSECTED BODY
Anna Antosik
DISSECTED BODY
Darya Kolpikova
NINJA
Anastasia Ksenofontova
NINJA
Yelena Morozova
NINJA
Irina Koreneva
MAIL BOX
Alexander Miloserdov
TOURIST
Yelena Klishchevskaya
TOURIST
Антон Митнёв
TOURIST
Grigory Nekrasov
TOURIST
Maxim Derichev
TOURIST
Fyodor Borisenko
TOURIST
Roman Drobot
TOURIST
Oleg Bazhanov
TOURIST
Margarita Movsesyan
TOURIST
Lyudmila Myagkaya
TOURIST
Alexander Miloserdov
TOURIST
Yevgeny Samarin
TOURIST
Dmitry Myagky
TOURIST
Boris Dergachyov
TOURIST
Anton Torsukov
TOURIST
Anna Senina
TOURIST
Anna Mavlitova
TOURIST
Anna Antosik
TOURIST
Alexander Sinyukov
TENDERNESS, THROAT SINGER
Alexander Belousov
SOUL OF LIGHT
Tatyana Maist
WATER
Anastasia Ksenofontova
WATER
Anastasia Fursa
MILK
Anna Antosik
MILK
Darya Kolpikova
DOG
Dmitry Chebotaryov
BREAD
Boris Dergachyov
BREAD
Maxim Derichev
BREAD
Andrei Yemelyanov
NINA ZARECHNAYA
Aleftina Konstantinova
TRIGORIN
Yevgeny Sergeev
TRIGORIN
Oleg Bazhanov
DEMON
Dmitry Mikirtumov
TREPLEV
Yevgeny Sergeev
BUREAUCRAT WITH NO NOSE
Andrei Anisimov
BUREAUCRAT WITH NO EARS
Dmitry Myagky
CHORUS
Alyona Kakhuta
CHORUS
Ilona Bul

And also

Sound design: Andrei Guryanov

 

Odetta: A. Shelepova

Blue Swan:  P. Rozhanskaya

Mail Box: N. Dmitrov

Saxophone Improvisation: A. Kruglov

Musicians: Sasha Yelina (vodaphone), Kirill Shirokov (vodaphone)

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