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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
This book is about Meirkhol`d`s remarkable production of Chaikovskii`s Queen of Spades in the Leningrad Malyi Opera Theater, which premiered on January 25, 1935. After two years the production was banned, and soon the author was arrested.
This is the last and unfinished work of the historian of theater from the Institute of Art Studies Efim Kholodov (1915-1981). His idea was to write the history of viewers from the first theatrical performances in 1672 through the whole nineteenth century.
The author analyzes classic Russian drama from Griboedov to Gor`kii in categories of images of the place and time the drama takes place. These two categories, born in the theory of literature in the twentieth century, are used by Mil`don to discover a new meaning of famous dramas: Gore ot Uma, Maskarad, Motsart i Sal`eri, Vlast` T`my, Boris Godunov, Groza, Vishnevyi Sad, Na Dne, etc.
[ Russian ballet theater of Catherine`s time: Russia and the West : ] Moscow: Kompozitor, 2010 Language: Russian
Price: $ 43.00
This monograph-textbook studies the history of Russian ballet theater at the court of Catherine II (1762-1795): its genres, libretti, ballet directors, sets and dance techniques. Appendices (pp. 195-402) include scores, libretti of several ballets and other documents on this period.
The eighth session of Bulgakov`s readings had the topic "Mikhail Bulgakov and European Culture of the 20th Century". Works of this outstanding Russian writer were discussed in the context of the main trends in the literature and theater of the past century.
[ Theater development in southern Siberia : ] Gorno-Altaisk: Gorno-Altaiskii Nauchno-Issledovatel`skii Institut Istorii, Iazyka I Literatury, 1994 Language: Russian
Price: $ 15.00
This book is the first on the history of theaters performing in languages of the aboriginal peoples of southern Siberia: Khakas, Altaic, and Tuvan. Many of them started in 1920-30s. They were based on local folklore traditions and made a significant contribution to preserving and developing the national culture of these peoples.
[ On Russian theater directing in 1930s : ] St. Petersburg: LGITMiK, 1989 Language: Russian
Price: $ 11.00
This is a collection of six articles on the history of the Russian theater of 1930s and the most interesting productions and the leading directors: V. Meierkhol`d, A. Tairov, A. Dikii, N. Akimov, N. Khmelev.
This is the fifth issue of proceedings of the Russian Institute for the Studies in History of the Arts (St. Petersburg). The current volume contains works on Russian traditional culture, folk calendar and theater.
This is the second volume of materials toward a dictionary of the theater. It examines the history of Russian theater and tendencies in Western art that influenced the development of the Russian theatre.
The history of the Sheremet`evs’ serf theater is closely connected to the history of three generations of one of the most noble Russian family. This is a catalog of plays performed in 1775-1797, the period when theater had just established itself as a new art in Russia.
This book is about the theatrical life in Moscow in 2000s: theater directors, artistic leaders, artists. Among them: K. Ginkas, Iu. Liubimov, P. Fomenko, S. Zhenovach, K. Raikin, Iu. Pogrebnichko, M. Zakharov, D.
One of the greatest Russian theater directors Vsevolod Meierkhol`d (1874-1940) is known also as a reformer of Russian theater, who through his own works and teaching of actors and directors significantly influenced the art of theater.
[ Social functioning of theater and issues of modern cultural policy : ] Moscow: Gos. Institut Iskusstvoznaniia, 2000 Language: Russian
Price: $ 19.00
Modern theater is studied in this monograph as one of the sociocultural institutions with its mission in modern cultural policy. The author shows the social and cultural functions of theater in different cultural environments, and singles out various types of theater in terms of the relation with the "theater-viewer" and their drift in changing cultural conditions of 1960s-1990s.
[ The Beginning : ] St. Petersburg: SPbGUP, 1996 Language: Russian
Price: $ 36.00
This book by a well-known Russian theater director and professor describes his acting school. To use the words of the Director of MKHAT, Oleg Efremov, “Korogodskii destroyed the wall between art for grown-ups and art for children, he led children’s theater out of the second-rate art category and showed the unity of art, rejecting the notion of ‘nearly perfect’”.
[ Meierkhol`d: Romance with Soviet power : ] Moscow: Agraf, 1999 Language: Russian
Price: $ 16.00
The author, an art historian, found new documents about the world renowned theater director Vsevolod Meierkhol`d (1874-1940) and his relations with the Bolshevik authorities. This book is about the post-revolutionary period of his life, his engagement in the Bolshevik cultural and political agenda, his works on the theater stage and his tragic end.
This anthology contains critical writings about the theatrical productions of one of the greatest Russian theater directors, Vsevolod Meierkhol`d (1874-1940). Meierkhol`d is also known as a reformer of Russian theater, who through his own works and teaching actors and directors significantly influenced the art of theater.
The collection includes materials and articles on the repertoire and audience of the Moscow Art Theater in 1998-2005. This book is a chronicle of the main events in this period. Among contributors are scholars from many fields.
How did Russian theater of the 1930s flourish and enrich the traditions of pre-Revolutionary theater, despite the strengthening censorship and aggressive press? According to the author, the theater survived as art because of its is direct contact with the audience.
"Samoe Glavnoe" (1920) is the best known play by Nikolai Evreinov (1879-1953), a Russian theater director, playwright, and historian of theater, one of the key figures of the so called Silver Age. This play reflects his theoretical views on the essence and mission of theater.
[ An Actor of Liubimov`s Theater : ] St. Petersburg: By author, 1994 Language: Russian
Price: $ 7.00
The Theater on Taganka (Moscow) and its director Iurii Liubimov were a legend of the 1960-1980s. This theater was extremely popular with the intelligentsia, and became a center of an artistic Fronde. However, many critics indicated that actors and acting were quite insignificant in this theater.
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