The production by Kirill Serebrennikov revives all four of Alexander Pushkin's classic blank-verse dramas: "Mozart and Salieri", "The Miserly Knight", "The Stone Guest", and "Feast in Time of Plague". Without changing a single word of the original text, Serebrennikov seamlessly blends classic literature with the stark realities of the 21st century. The director explores human nature through a modern lens, reflecting on envy, greed, egocentrism, and the profound fear of aging and oblivion. In this reimagining, the Miserly Knight becomes an archivist of a vast library, his son turns into a motorcycle racer, and the grim "Feast in Time of Plague" takes place inside a modern nursing home. Serving as the central musical and thematic thread, famous Russian rapper Husky performs his own songs between the acts, acting as a contemporary Prophet and bridge between eras.

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Cast

Philipp Avdeev

Моцарт

Nikita Kukushkin

Сальери

Georgiy Kudrenko

Альберт

Semen Shteinberg

Иван

Nikita Kukushkin

Жид

Evgeny Romantsov

Герцог

Alexey Agranovich

Барон

Semen Shteinberg

Дон Гуан

Georgiy Kudrenko

Лепорелло

Philipp Avdeev

Монах

Viktoriya Isakova

Лаура, Донна Анна

Svetlana Bragarnik

Донна Анна II