Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila

January. 01,2011      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The reopening show of the historical stage of the Bolshoi Theatre by Jurowski and Tcherniakov. "Ruslan and Lyudmila", opera by Mikhail Glinka, has particular relation with the Bolshoï Theater, it held more than 700 representations throughout the history and nine different productions. Logically the fable of Mikhail Glinka (from a poem of Pushkin), symbol of the Russian opera, opened the season 2011-2012 of the majestic Moscow s opera, after its long renovation. This reopening inspired the director Dmitri Tcherniakov, who signed the direction of this new production. The new devices of the Bolshoi Theatre and its two giant screens are fully exploited in a spectacular staging. Tcherniakov transposes Glinka s opera at the 21th century with contemporary ambitions because of the "modernity of the subject", trying there to put forward "the deep feelings of the characters , exposing the protagonists to very modern temptations: a "harem" for Ruslan, a Thai massage for Lyudmila.

Mikhail Petrenko as  Ruslan

Reviews

Incannerax
2011/01/01

What a waste of my time!!!

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Huievest
2011/01/02

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

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ChanFamous
2011/01/03

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

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Ava-Grace Willis
2011/01/04

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

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