Program
Marina Tsvetaeva’s Evening Gathering
a cross-genre performance
Director: Elizaveta Moroz
Conductor: Evgeny Vorobyov
Set design: Sergey Kretenchuk
Lighting design: Alexander Romanov
Video art: Maria Varakhalina
Costumes: Elizaveta Moroz and Sergey Kretenchuk
Featuring:
Soloists of the musicAeterna choir and orchestra
musicAeterna Сhoir
Yanina Lakoba, actress
Details
“Marina Tsvetaeva’s Evening Gathering” is a special project by musicAeterna and Dom Radio, where contemporary academic music and sound art meet poetry and drama. The performance is built around premieres of new musical works based on Marina Tsvetaeva’s poetry, composed by Dom Radio’s resident composers: Andreas Mustukis, Alexey Syumak, Yegor Ananko, Viktoriya Kharkevich, Kirill Arkhipov, as well as Vangelino and Teodor Currentzis. These pieces, written for unusual vocal and instrumental combinations, are woven into a dramatic monologue.
Poems, letters, and diary excerpts by Tsvetaeva are performed by theater and film actress Yanina Lakoba, creating a confessional narrative of life and love from the perspective of a tragic poet. Soloists and a chamber ensemble of the musicAeterna choir, under the baton of Evgeny Vorobyov, act as “sympathetic strings” in the performance — responding to the drama, resonating with it, and provoking its further development.
The production was directed by Elizaveta Moroz, head of the new theatrical platform “Atheatron” at Dom Radio: “The scale of Marina Tsvetaeva’s personality and creativity is immense. She is a true genius whose work cannot be confined to conventional forms. In this project, we explore the boundary between reality and the subconscious world of her lyrical heroine — a figure who splits, multiplies, merges, and drifts apart. She arrives at a meeting where no one expects her, where no one wants to listen. She’s an antagonist, a provocateur in relation to both the audience and the musicians. This heroine is constantly searching for a place of peace — in a world where there is no place for her, both literally and figuratively.”
This production continues a series of musicAeterna’s tributes to major poets and composers, launched in 2020. Previous performances in the series — presented at the Diaghilev Festival — have honored Paul Celan, Charles Baudelaire, and Kurt Weill.