The production of «The Power of Darkness», the five-act drama by Leo Tolstoy, was staged by Yury Solomin. The play was produced and read numerous times and involved many legendary artists. The most interesting aspect of this drama, often described as "a peasant tragedy," was that Tolstoy was influenced by a real incident. This story is a tragedy of spiritual blindness, sordid misery, depravity and deceit – subjects that remain modern and topical for any century.
The performance is accompanied by Russian folk songs performed by «Rusichi» ensemble
Performance Director – Yury Solomin
Set Designer – Alexander Glazunov
Lighting Designer – Damir Ismagilov
Composer – Grigoriy Gobernik
Choreography – Nikolay Tsapko
Assistant Directors – Galina Markina, Vladimir Egorov
Premiere – December 26th, 2007
Running Time: 2 hours 45 minutes
Suitable for 12+yrs
A drama in 5 acts.
The performance runs with one intermission
Roles and actors:
Pyotr, a well-to-do peasant, 42 years old, married for the second time, and sickly народный артист России Vladimir Nosik
Anisya, his wife, 32 years old, fond of dress заслуженная артистка России Inna Ivanova Irina Zheryakova
Akoulina, Pyotr's daughter by his first marriage, 16 years old, hard of hearing, mentally undeveloped заслуженная артистка России Ekaterina Bazarova Olga Abramova
Anutka, his daughter by his second marriage, 10 years old Lidiya Milyuzina Daria Mingazetdinova Anastasia Goryacheva
Nikita,their laborer, 25 years old, fond of dress заслуженный артист России Aleksey Faddeev
Akim, Nikíta's father, 50 years old, a plain-looking, God-fearing peasant народный артист России Aleksey Kudinovich
Matryona, his wife and Nikíta's mother, 50 years old Laureate of USSR State Prizes and Russian Federation Government Awards, народная артистка России Irina Muravyova
Marina, an orphan girl, 22 years old Lyubov Eshchenko Ekaterina Vasilyeva
Mitrich, an old laborer, ex-soldier заслуженный артист России Viktor Nizovoy Mikhail Fomenko
Anisya's relative заслуженная артистка России Tatiana Korotkova
Marfa, Pyotr's sister Nataliya Boronina
Matchmaker Recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, заслуженный артист России Yuriy Ilyin Maksim Khrustalyov Anna Zharova
Marína's husband народный артист России Sergey Eremeev
First girl Alexandra Ivanova Alyona Kolesnikova Mariya Kriventseva
Second girl Ekaterina Porubel Alyona Kolesnikova
Police officer заслуженный артист России Pyotr Skladchikov
Village Elder Andrey Manke Evgeniy Sorokin
Neighbour Mariya Seryogina Ekaterina Porubel
First lad Mikhail Martyanov Stanislav Soshnikov Maksim Filatov
Second lad Maksim Khrustalyov Ignatiy Kuznetsov
Bridegroom Evgeniy Sorokin
The production of «The Power of Darkness», the five-act drama by Leo Tolstoy, was staged by Yury Solomin. The play was produced and read numerous times and involved many legendary artists. The most interesting aspect of this drama, often described as "a peasant tragedy," was that Tolstoy was influenced by a real incident. This story is a tragedy of spiritual blindness, sordid misery, depravity and deceit – subjects that remain modern and topical for any century.
The performance is accompanied by Russian folk songs performed by «Rusichi» ensemble
Performance Director – Yury Solomin
Set Designer – Alexander Glazunov
Lighting Designer – Damir Ismagilov
Composer – Grigoriy Gobernik
Choreography – Nikolay Tsapko
Assistant Directors – Galina Markina, Vladimir Egorov
Premiere – December 26th, 2007
Running Time: 2 hours 45 minutes
Suitable for 12+yrs
Roles and actors
Pyotr, a well-to-do peasant, 42 years old, married for the second time, and sickly народный артист России Vladimir Nosik
Anisya, his wife, 32 years old, fond of dress заслуженная артистка России Inna Ivanova Irina Zheryakova
Akoulina, Pyotr's daughter by his first marriage, 16 years old, hard of hearing, mentally undeveloped заслуженная артистка России Ekaterina Bazarova Olga Abramova
Anutka, his daughter by his second marriage, 10 years old Lidiya Milyuzina Daria Mingazetdinova Anastasia Goryacheva
Nikita,their laborer, 25 years old, fond of dress заслуженный артист России Aleksey Faddeev
Akim, Nikíta's father, 50 years old, a plain-looking, God-fearing peasant народный артист России Aleksey Kudinovich
Matryona, his wife and Nikíta's mother, 50 years old Laureate of USSR State Prizes and Russian Federation Government Awards, народная артистка России Irina Muravyova
Marina, an orphan girl, 22 years old Lyubov Eshchenko Ekaterina Vasilyeva
Mitrich, an old laborer, ex-soldier заслуженный артист России Viktor Nizovoy Mikhail Fomenko
Anisya's relative заслуженная артистка России Tatiana Korotkova
Marfa, Pyotr's sister Nataliya Boronina
Matchmaker Recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, заслуженный артист России Yuriy Ilyin Maksim Khrustalyov Anna Zharova
Marína's husband народный артист России Sergey Eremeev
First girl Alexandra Ivanova Alyona Kolesnikova Mariya Kriventseva
Second girl Ekaterina Porubel Alyona Kolesnikova
Police officer заслуженный артист России Pyotr Skladchikov
Village Elder Andrey Manke Evgeniy Sorokin
Neighbour Mariya Seryogina Ekaterina Porubel
First lad Mikhail Martyanov Stanislav Soshnikov Maksim Filatov
Second lad Maksim Khrustalyov Ignatiy Kuznetsov
Bridegroom Evgeniy Sorokin