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 Olga Zhevakina
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 BabyatinskiyRecipient of the Prize of the Russian Federation Government, народный артист России Alexander Ermakov заслуженный артист России Vasiliy Zotov
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 Konstantin Yudaev Dmitriy Zenichev
Surin, an officer Pyotr Zhikharev Ignatiy Kuznetsov Evgeniy Voronov
Katov, an officer Konstantin Yudaev Максим Путинцев
Hermann, a military engineer Vladimir Alekseev
Ladies at the ball Natalya Khrustalyova Mariya Seryogina Valeriya Knyazeva Alyona Kolesnikova Alexandra Ivanova Mary Mark Dariya Novoseltseva Alina Kolesnikova
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 Olga Zhevakina
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 BabyatinskiyRecipient of the Prize of the Russian Federation Government, народный артист России Alexander Ermakov заслуженный артист России Vasiliy Zotov
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 Konstantin Yudaev Dmitriy Zenichev
Surin, an officer Pyotr Zhikharev Ignatiy Kuznetsov Evgeniy Voronov
Katov, an officer Konstantin Yudaev Максим Путинцев
Hermann, a military engineer Vladimir Alekseev
Ladies at the ball Natalya Khrustalyova Mariya Seryogina Valeriya Knyazeva Alyona Kolesnikova Alexandra Ivanova Mary Mark Dariya Novoseltseva Alina Kolesnikova