Andrei Zhitinkin's staging of «The Queen of Spades» is an outstanding, colourful and stylish production, accompanied by beautiful music and poetry that is based on Pushkin's great novel. It is a fantasy, where the romantic drama intertwines with a mystical thriller. Zhitinkin's interpretation of this old story, in spite of its strict classical form, acquires an incredibly modern sound. That is thanks to director’s ironic and keen look on a story written almost two centuries ago.
(«Leisure in Moscow» magazine)
Performance Director – Andrei Zhitinkin
Designer – Andrei Sharov
Costume Designer – Vyacheslav Zaycev
Lighting Designer –Sergey Skorneckiy
Assistant Director – Galina Markina
Premiere – October 20th, 2012
Running Time: 3 hours
Suitable for 12+yrs
Stage version of Andrei Zhitinkin
The performance runs with one intermission
The performance is accompanied by music by Petr Tchaikovsky, Gustav Mahler, Franz Liszt and Alfred Schnittke
Roles and actors:
Countess Anna Fedotovna народная артистка России Lyudmila Titova
Elizaveta Ivanovna (Liza), her foster child Lyubov Eshchenko
Masha, the Countess's maid Olga Zhevakina Natalya Khrustalyova
The Countess's butler народный артист России Vladimir Safronov Sergey Vidineev Aleksey Anokhin
Chekalinsky, an elderly gambler народный артист России Valeriy Babyatinskiy
Tomsky Pavel Aleksandrovich, a prince, grandson of one of four sons of the old Countess Anna Fedotovna народный артист России Alexander Vershinin заслуженный артист России Aleksey Faddeev
Prince Narumov заслуженный артист России Vasiliy Zotov Ignatiy Kuznetsov
Surin, an officer Pyotr Zhikharev
Katov, an officer Konstantin Yudaev
Hermann, a military engineer Alexander Driven
Ladies at the ball Natalya Khrustalyova Mariya Seryogina Valeriya Knyazeva Alyona Kolesnikova Alexandra Ivanova Mary Mark
Andrei Zhitinkin's staging of «The Queen of Spades» is an outstanding, colourful and stylish production, accompanied by beautiful music and poetry that is based on Pushkin's great novel. It is a fantasy, where the romantic drama intertwines with a mystical thriller. Zhitinkin's interpretation of this old story, in spite of its strict classical form, acquires an incredibly modern sound. That is thanks to director’s ironic and keen look on a story written almost two centuries ago.
(«Leisure in Moscow» magazine)
Performance Director – Andrei Zhitinkin
Designer – Andrei Sharov
Costume Designer – Vyacheslav Zaycev
Lighting Designer –Sergey Skorneckiy
Assistant Director – Galina Markina
Premiere – October 20th, 2012
Running Time: 3 hours
Suitable for 12+yrs
Roles and actors
Countess Anna Fedotovna народная артистка России Lyudmila Titova
Elizaveta Ivanovna (Liza), her foster child Lyubov Eshchenko
Masha, the Countess's maid Olga Zhevakina Natalya Khrustalyova
The Countess's butler народный артист России Vladimir Safronov Sergey Vidineev Aleksey Anokhin
Chekalinsky, an elderly gambler народный артист России Valeriy Babyatinskiy
Tomsky Pavel Aleksandrovich, a prince, grandson of one of four sons of the old Countess Anna Fedotovna народный артист России Alexander Vershinin заслуженный артист России Aleksey Faddeev
Prince Narumov заслуженный артист России Vasiliy Zotov Ignatiy Kuznetsov
Surin, an officer Pyotr Zhikharev
Katov, an officer Konstantin Yudaev
Hermann, a military engineer Alexander Driven
Ladies at the ball Natalya Khrustalyova Mariya Seryogina Valeriya Knyazeva Alyona Kolesnikova Alexandra Ivanova Mary Mark