The stars visited the Chinese Opera.
Maxim Galkin, Dmitry Bertman, Alla Pugacheva, Vladimir Fedoseev, And Irina Usmanova-Wiener
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Primadonna Alla Pugacheva greeted the Eastern New Year in
appropriate entourage: she enjoyed the music with Chinese intonations,
costumes with Oriental motifs and story of the original Chinese characters.
And company legend of the stage was not only her husband Maxim Galkin, but the best coach in the world in rhythmic gymnastics Irina Viner-Usmanova.
A scene from Puccini’s “Turandot” staged by Dmitry Bertman in “Helikon-Opera”
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New Year Eastern star met at the premiere of the Opera by Giacomo
Puccini’s “Turandot” at the theater “Helikon-Opera”. Before the premiere the artistic Director of “Helikon-Opera” Dmitry Bertman (he also directed productions) went out to the audience and introduced the honored guests who sat in the honorary box.
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
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Elena Hanga
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“You, Alla Borisovna, I always give my students at GITIS as an example of the incredible acting” — so, for example, welcomed Bertman Pugacheva. When the show ended, the stars and all the spectators burst into loud and long applause, despite the fact that “Helicon” has shown unusual version of Opera.
Ilya Reznik
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The fact that Puccini died a little and did not finish the Opera until the end. And at the first performance of the Opera was cut off right there where he wrote the last note to the author. But then, other composers decided to finish “Turandot”. And they decided to finish the story of incredibly beautiful Chinese Princess Turandot, the love which sought the Prince Calaf, a happy ending.
A scene from Puccini’s “Turandot” staged by Dmitry Bertman in “Helikon-Opera”
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However, Bertman, famous for a very unusual and daring performances, returned to the original version. And he staged a dramatic story has a dark and violent finale. To work on “Turandot” Dmitry has attracted world-renowned Russian conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev, canadian artist Camellia Koo and lighting designer Thomas Hase.