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Anna Orochko
Anna Alekseyevna Orochko () (14 July 1898 – 26 December 1965) was a Soviet Russian stage and film actress, theatrical director, and acting teacher. Life and career Orochko was born in the village of Shushenskoye, Yeniseysk Governorate, where her family had been sent as political exiles. Anna's godparents were Vladimir Lenin and his wife Nadezhda Krupskaya, who had been exiled to the same village. Years later, visitors to Orochko's apartment would be puzzled to see portraits of Lenin and Krupskaya hanging among religious icons. As a daughter of exiles, Orochko was forbidden to attend public schools under the Czarist regime. She graduated from a private high school in Tula in 1916. From 1916 to 1919 she studied agriculture in Moscow, at the same time pursuing a career in drama. In 1917 she was admitted to the Student Drama Studio under the direction of Yevgeny Vakhtangov, later founder of the Vakhtangov Theatre. Vakhtangov appreciated her abilities as a tragedian and cast her i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turandot
''Turandot'' ( ; see #Origin and pronunciation of the name, below) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Puccini left the opera unfinished at the time of his death in 1924; it premiered in 1926 after the music was posthumously completed by Franco Alfano. The opera is set in China and follows the Prince Calaf, who falls in love with the cold-hearted Princess Turandot. In order to win her hand in marriage, a suitor must solve three riddles, with a wrong answer resulting in his execution. Calaf passes the test, but Turandot refuses to marry him. He offers her a way out: if she is able to guess his name before dawn the next day, he will accept death. Origin and pronunciation of the name The title of the opera is derived from the Persian term ''Turandokht'' (, 'daughter of Turan'), a name frequently given to Central Asian princesses in Persian poetry. Turan is a region of Central Asia that was once part of the Ach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Virta
Nikolai Yevgenyevich Virta () (real name Karelsky) ( – January 3, 1976) was a Soviet writer who developed the theory of "conflictless" drama. Biography Nikolai Virta was born in the village of Bolshaya Lazovka in Tambov Governorate, into the family of a village priest who was shot in 1921 as a supporter of Aleksandr Antonov. From 1923 he worked as a reporter for newspapers and radio, and after 1930, he lived in Moscow. He took his writer name ''Virta'' ( Finnish for "stream") as a reference to his Karelian forefathers. He won fame with his 1935 novel ''Odinochestvo'' (Alone), which he used as the basis for his play ''Zemlya'' (Earth, 1937). He was awarded the Stalin Prize for the novel in 1941, as well as for his plays ''Khleb nash nashushchny'' (Our Daily Bread) in 1948 and ''Zagovor obrechennykh'' (Conspiracy of the Condemned, a "virulently anti-American drama") in 1949, and for his script for the film '' Stalingradskaya bitva'' (The battle of Stalingrad) in 1950. He la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (1831) and ''Les Misérables'' (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as and (''The Legend of the Ages''). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romanticism, Romantic literary movement with his play ''Cromwell (play), Cromwell'' and drama ''Hernani (drama), Hernani''. His works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the opera ''Rigoletto'' and the musicals ''Les Misérables (musical), Les Misérables'' and ''Notre-Dame de Paris (musical), Notre-Dame de Paris''. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of Capital punishment in France, capital punishment and Abolitionism, slavery. Although he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Delorme (Hugo)
''Marion de Lorme'' is a play in five acts, written in 1828 by Victor Hugo. It is about the famous French courtesan of that name, who lived under the reign of Louis XIII. The play was first performed in 1831 at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, but was later prohibited by King Charles X. Synopsis Act I The Rendezvous. The play opens in 1638, in Blois, in the bedchamber of Marion De Lorme. Marion, famous Parisian courtesan, left the capital two months prior, to the despair of her lovers and admirers, and took refuge in Blois. Pressed by Saverny, who found her, she confesses that she has an appointment with a man named Didier who does not know who she is, and she knows nothing of his identity. She urges Saverny to leave. Didier arrives and confesses his love to Marion; he pressures her to marry him, although he has no fortune and is a foundling without a family. To the despair of Didier, Marion hesitates, judging herself unworthy. But she seems ready to yield when Didier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Simonov
Ruben Nikolayevich Simonov (, ; 2 April 1899 – 5 December 1968) was a Soviet actor, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1946). Biography Simonov was born in Moscow, to a family of Armenians in Russia, Russian Armenians. Graduating from the Moscow State University, he then became an actor, starting his career at the Armenian drama studio in the Armenian House of Culture.Yuzefovich, Victor (1985). ''Aram Khachaturyan'', trans. Nicholas Kournokoff and Vladimir Bobrov. New York, Sphinx Press. p. 74. . In 1939, he became director of the Vakhtangov Theatre. He also led the Armenian and Uzbek theaters of Moscow. Selected filmography * ''Admiral Nakhimov (film), Admiral Nakhimov'' (1946) as Osman Pasha (naval officer), Osman Pasha * ''The Fall of Berlin (film), The Fall of Berlin'' (1950) as Anastas Mikoyan * ''The Golden Antelope'' (1954) as Raja (voice) *''The Gadfly (1955 film), The Gadfly'' (1955) as Cardi Awards and honors * Honored Artist of the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
