Opus #7
Director-Dmitry Krimov
2 hours and 40 minutes with 1 intermission
Premiered in October of 2008
People who suddenly found themselves in the ever-echoing, crying out to the images of a great nation's collective memory, the fragile silence pierces the original sound and shapeless dark spots of fresh paint start to come to life ... Like the mediums, the actors become agents of past generations, telling us about their fate from Abraham to the Holocaust. A quiet rustle of voices turns into a roar, and none of the witnesses of what is happening can escape from the memories of this vortex.
The second part is devoted not only to the famous composer, but also to all those for whom Motherland orders were incompatible with life. Small, like Charlie Chaplin person from birth has been concluded in the power of his talent and hard realities of the country, that the existence of such he could not allow. This confrontation of genius and the regime was not a life-and-death, and that is why the music of "Leningrad Symphony", which is habitually associated with the invasion of enemy troops, fighting not tanks and tiny pianos.
It was assumed that the first part will be devoted to the genealogy of Jesus Christ. But in the process the emphasis has shifted, "I began to feel strongly in this work and their relationship have. Generally - all those who have gone before us. Nationality does not matter! Here's looking at a family album - and many, unfortunately, do not know. And I did not have to ask. It turns out that Christ had the pedigree, but we do not. It's a pity! So we are doing something about them and about themselves.
The second part is devoted to Dmitriy Shostakovich. It's like Charlie Chaplin. It has a funny, terrible, tragic. His appearance, behavior, and even funny stories about him - he's a little bit himself in the clown turned, and it's terrible to say, after a heavy beating, terrible danger. He put on a clown mask, behind which there is a relationship drama, not only with the government but with life itself.
New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/theater/reviews/opus-no-7-from-the-dmitry-krymov-lab-of-moscow.html?mcubz=1