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14:00, 19:00.  Musical based on the timeless story by Leo Tolstoy. Directed by Alina Chevik. Libretto by Yuliy Kim. The music was composed by Roman Ignatyev for whom Anna Karenina is his third collaboration with the Moscow Operetta Theatre. Musical director Konstantin Khvatynets. Set and Lighting design Vyacheslav Okunev and Gleb Filshtinsky. Starring: Ekaterina Guseva, Dmitry Ermak, Valerie Lanskaya, Natalia Bystrova, Igor Balalaev, Sergey Lee, Andrey Birin, Alexander Marakulin, Lika Rulla. Spectacular, breathtaking, emotional, and high-tech show based on a masterpiece by Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina is a classic literature masterpiece about the relationship between a man and a woman. The dramatic love story between a married lady Anna Karenina and a dashing military officer Alexey Vronsky takes place amidst the glitter and luxury of the Russian nobility in the second half of the 19th century. The musical’s characters struggle with overwhelming and controversial feelings — love and betrayal, passion and duty, hope and desperation. Although almost a century and a half has passed since the time of the story, the events unfolding before the audience are gripping and touching in their timeless quality. Nine moving screens, a multi-ton metal construction and hundreds of lighting units combine onstage to produce a true set of the future with large-as-life spectator immersion. A sophisticated computer system navigates a set of moving video screens creating an impressive “multimedia puzzle” in a venue filled with light and music. It draws audiences inside the musical’s action turning spectators into invisible presences traveling from a 19th century opera house to a skating rink, or a luxurious palace, or a summertime countryside. Certainly, the show features the famous train scene, as an incredibly spectacular and dramatic climax sweeps over the audience before the finale. More info
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