July 19, 2023 marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Mayakovsky. On this day, the Theater on Malaya Ordynka, under the artistic direction of Evgeny Gerasimov, will present the premiere of the play “Mayakovsky. Music City. The show will take place on the stage of the State Kremlin Palace.
The creators were based on the staging of the poet’s poem, his own memoirs and letters, as well as the testimonials about him from Lily Brik and her sister Elza Triolet. There is not a single invented word in the performance, the characters are real personalities, including the poets-comrades of Vladimir Mayakovsky – Igor Severyanin and Velimir Khlebnikov.
The libretto by Alexei Shoshev and Alexander Lebedev accurately conveys the spirit of the Mayakovsky era and emphasizes the originality of his poetry. Alexei Shoshev, who is also the composer of her performance, created textured marches, impressive choral parts, and other memorable musical numbers for her. The production team of the play, headed by director Alexander Rykhlov, turned to the genre of “urban musical”, saturating the production with choreography combined with acrobatic numbers.
The set design involved Vladimir Mayakovsky’s famous propaganda posters, the so-called “Windows of GROWTH”. Mayakovsky is played by Andrey Shkoldychenko, Lilya Brik is played by Yanina Studilina, Osip Brik is played by Alexander Bobrov.
Previously, the Hermitage installed an online camera to broadcast works by Henri Matisse throughout the day. It shows the paintings “Dance”, “Music” and “Conversation”. We talk about it in more detail here.
