Creators
We are sure that nobody will remain indifferent after watching this colorful and memorable performance! This play is based on real-life events: it tells us one of the most exciting and dramatic stories in the history of our country. There is a mixture of love and betrayal, power and scheming, and even nowadays nobody still knows the whole truth. We are offering you our version of this legend.
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Vladimir TartakovskyProducer
Vladimir TartakovskyProducerVladimir is the general director of Moscow Operetta Theatre. He was producing Russian adaptations of popular international musicals, including METRO, Notre Dame de Paris, and Romeo and Juliet, before partnering with Alexei Bolonin in 2008 to create a series of original musicals in Moscow Operetta Theatre. Vladimir is a Secretary of Russian Union of Theatre Workers. Together with Evgeny Knyazev, he oversees a special Moscow Operetta course at Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute.
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Alexei BoloninProducer
Alexei BoloninProducerAlexei has been working with musical theatre since 1999. He was the head of Metro Entertainment Company, which produced licensed musicals METRO, Notre Dame de Paris, and Romeo and Juliet in Russia. More than 10 years Alexei in partnership with Vladimir Tartakovskiy has been producing original Russian musicals for Moscow Operetta Theatre.
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Yuliy KimLibretto
Yuliy KimLibrettoGraduated from the historical-philological faculty of the Moscow Pedagogical Institute. Since 1968 he has been engaged in writing songs and plays for theatre and cinema (An Ordinary Miracle, The Heart of a Dog, Formula of Love,The Twelve Chairs). Author of more than 500 songs, 30 plays and 10 books. Member of the Union of Cinematographers, Union of Writers, winner of multiple prestigious awards. Author of libretto for Monte Cristo and Anna Karenina musicals.
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Roman IgnatyevMusic
Roman IgnatyevMusicGraduated from the Polytechnic University, he was engaged in sculpture and painting. He was also leader of several art-rock projects. Author of the music and lyrics for the musical show The Gentle Queen, based on the fairy-tale by Hans Christian Andersen, The Snow Queen. Creator of the original music for the ice shows City Lights and Carmen. Composer for Monte Cristo and Anna Karenina musicals.
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Alina ChevikDirector
Alina ChevikDirectorGraduated from the Samara Institute of Culture and Arts with a specialty in film studies, and the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) with a specialty in music theatre directing. Director of the show Hansel and Gretel at the Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. The director of the repertory shows at the Moscow Operetta Theatre, such as Mowgli, Orpheus in the Underworld, and Jane Eyre. Director of the musicals Monte Cristo and Anna Karenina.
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Irina KorneevaChoreographer
Irina KorneevaChoreographerGraduated from the Moscow Ballet School, specialty in ballet dance, and the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS), specialty in choreography directing. She worked at the Natalya Sats Musical Theatre (The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid). She was choreographer of the Moscow Operetta Theatre shows, such as Ricochet, Orpheus in the Underworld, Jane Eyre, Bayadere. Choreographer of the musicals Monte Cristo and Anna Karenina.
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Vyacheslav OkunevSet & Costume Design
Vyacheslav OkunevSet & Costume DesignGraduated from the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. As a student took part in the productions of the Mariinsky and Mikhailovsky theatres. Worked at the Bolshoi theatre, La Scala, the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, Vienna State Opera, New York City Ballet Theatre, Theatre Arena di Verona, and others. Set & Costume designer for the musicals Monte Cristo and Anna Karenina.
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Andrey DrykinWigs & Make-Up Design
Andrey DrykinWigs & Make-Up DesignWinner for the Golden Mask National Theatre Award. Graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Theatre Arts. Took part in the productions of the Bolshoi, the Alexandrinsky, the Mariinsky theatres, the Moscow Art Theatre named after Chekhov, Opera Bastille, Vienna Burgtheatre, La Scala, and the Metropolitan Opera. Worked for the musicals Nord-Ost, An Ordinary Miracle, Scarlet Sails - as designer of lighting and set display. Lighting designer of the musicals Monte Cristo and Anna Karenina.
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Gleb FilshtinskyLighting Design
Gleb FilshtinskyLighting DesignGraduated from the Ryazan Art School, attended courses in style, make-up, and hair in London, and school for make-up in France. He worked with the world-renowned magazines (ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Vogue), the leading fashion houses (Chanel, Christian Dior, Versace), Russian and foreign TV channels (Channel One, Domashny, STS, CNN, FOX USA). Wigs & Make-up designer of the musicals Monte Cristo and Anna Karenina.
