Vysotsky birth of the legend of the armless. “Look, here he is walking without insurance!” - The Moscow Provincial Theater played the play “Vysotsky. The birth of a legend. Broke into the Kremlin

SERGEY BEZRUKOV
Performance-event: Sergei Bezrukov will present musical performance“Vysotsky: Birth of a Legend” in Minsk.

On November 24, Sergei Bezrukov’s sensational performance “Vysotsky: The Birth of a Legend” will take us for a couple of hours to the era of one of the main idols of the 20th century - Vladimir Vysotsky. A large-scale production of the Moscow Provincial Theater will tell about the difficult creative path, unknown episodes from the life of the poet, and most importantly, will present A New Look to everyone’s favorite songs of the author - extremely sincerely, as in last time…

My path is one, only one, guys

Nobody knows at what moment a legend is born. The creators of the play “Vysotsky. The Birth of a Legend" led by director and performer leading role Sergei Bezrukov.

Part of the stage will turn into a spinning gramophone record. On it, the audience will see episodes from the poet’s life and genre scenes from the 70s and 80s of the 20th century - an era when the whole country breathed with Vysotsky’s songs. The role of the legendary bard will be played by several actors. The viewer will see Vysotsky as a little boy, lyricist, poet, citizen, lover, movie hero. Thus, from everything that happens on stage, the same image of an idol that “everyone has their own” will gradually be born.

The basis of the production will be the immortal songs of Vladimir Vysotsky. The performance will include “I Don’t Love”, “My Gypsy”, “Ballad of Love”, “My Black Man”, “Lyrical”, “I Carried My Misfortune”, “07”, “Fasicky Horses”, “On Bolshoy Karetny "performed by artists of the Moscow Provincial Theater. At the same time, actors will least of all try to imitate the style of a great artist. The variety of arrangements will be the main surprise of the performance: there will be everything from classic bard singing with a guitar to modern rock and even rap.

Broke into the Kremlin

At one of his performances, Vysotsky said: “Please turn on the lights in the hall, we are not having a concert like in the Kremlin, they won’t let me in there yet.” This year the great singer would have turned 80 years old. In honor of this event, Sergei Bezrukov and his team performed a performance on the stage of the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, giving way to Vysotsky’s work in the Kremlin.

A little over a year has passed since the premiere of the play “Vysotsky. The birth of a legend,” and all this time they talk, write, and argue about it. For every viewer, what they saw and experienced remains in their heart for a long time: “This performance does not let me go for much longer than a month and, it seems, it will never let go!”, “The emotions then do not let go for another couple of days. The songs are spinning in my head, the energy is crazy!”, “I envy those who sat in the hall and saw it all live,” viewers write on Bezrukov’s YouTube channel.

And yet, wherever you are...

The director of the play, Sergei Bezrukov, speaks about the production as follows: “Most of those who will read and sing Vysotsky’s songs in our performance are a different generation, young people who were born and raised after Vysotsky’s death and after the collapse of the USSR. It was important for me that they let Vysotsky through themselves: his amazing sincerity, his nerve and emotional intensity, his songs and poems. This, it seems to me, is an inextricable connection, continuity of generations: if we do not break this thread, then Vysotsky’s poems will be read in a hundred years.”

The final chord the performance will become famous song“Where are my 17 years old”, which is performed by all the artists involved in the play, led by Sergei Bezrukov, to the accompaniment of the orchestra playing right here on stage. And from the first notes, the whole hall joins them in a single impulse.

On November 24, 2018, on the stage of the Palace of the Republic, episodes from the life of the great artist will flash before the Minsk public, giving birth to a legend before the eyes of the audience, whose name is Vladimir Vysotsky. The performance-event will give everyone the opportunity to experience Vysotsky through themselves - to experience tragic moments, enjoy great poetry, and sing songs that are remembered by heart.

On January 25, 2019, on the birthday of Vladimir Vysotsky, the play “Vysotsky. The Birth of a Legend" directed by Sergei Bezrukov. The performance is based on the memories of contemporaries, little known facts Vysotsky's life, fragments from letters and diaries. The creators of the play are far from the idea of ​​presenting a theatrical biopic about the life of Vysotsky, but they are trying to answer the question: how is a legend born?

“This performance is a tribute to the memory of Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky, his confessional work,” explains the director of the play, Sergei Bezrukov. - Such seemingly pretentious words, but now he is truly a legend. My generation and older ones grew up listening to his songs. In my childhood, everyone in the house had his records, and not knowing and not loving Vysotsky was somehow strange. And now a lot depends on us, whether our children and those who come after us will remember him. Most of those who perform Vysotsky's songs in our performance are a different generation, young people who were born and raised after Vysotsky's death and after the collapse of the USSR. It was important for me that they let Vysotsky through themselves: his amazing sincerity, his nerve and emotional intensity, his songs and poems.”

The image of Vysotsky in the play is not given to a specific actor - it arises from episodes of his life played out on stage, confessional poems and songs. Vysotsky’s famous tweed cap, guitar and cigarette become attributes that are passed from actor to actor, who seem to try on his image.

Like many poets, Vysotsky’s biography is written in his songs and poems. The most famous of them will be performed by actors of the Moscow Provincial Theater, marking notable milestones of his life: “I Don’t Love”, “My Gypsy”, “Ballad of Love”, “My Black Man”, “Lyrical”, “I Carried My Misfortune” ", "07", "Finicky Horses", "On Bolshoy Karetny" and many others. Vysotsky's songs are performed in a performance in different genres: from classic bard guitar performance and orchestral arrangements in the style of the 70s of the last century - to a completely new rock sound.

“It’s not easy to sing his songs, because there is an amazing author’s performance,” admits Bezrukov. - The most important thing is to live these songs, because Vladimir Semenovich was an artist, and he himself not only sang, but lived them. Likewise, his poems cannot simply be recited - these are monologues of the author himself, extremely confessional, sometimes to the point of breaking. It seems to me that in our performance his songs will sound in a new way. In the finale, several of his works are performed as rock compositions - it was very important for me that Vysotsky sounded like our contemporary. This is its magnitude: it is always modern.”

Stage director - Sergei Bezrukov
Assistant director for music - Svetlana Medvedeva
Assistant director - Evgeniy Gomonoy
Script - Andrey Shchetkin
Lighting designers - Taras Mikhalevsky, Laura Maksimova
Choreographer - Anna Gilunova

Participating in the performance:
Sergey Bezrukov, Karina Andolenko, Alexander Tyutin, Dmitry Kartashov, Sergey Vershinin, Anton Sokolov, Vera Shpak, Mikhail Shilov, Elena Doronina, Andrey Isaenkov, Stepan Kulikov, Sergey Kunitsky, Yulia Pilipovich, Andrey Soroka, Alexander Frolov, Grigory Firsov, Natalya Shklyaruk , Victor Shutov, Sasha Belyaev.

Governor's Orchestra of the Moscow Region.
Chief conductor - Sergei Pashchenko.

The performance was created with the participation of the Vysotsky House on Taganka.

Duration: 4 hours (with one intermission).

"Poets walk with their heels on the blade of a knife - And cut their barefoot souls to blood!" January 25, 2017 on the birthday of Vladimir Vysotsky in Moscow Provincial Theater The premiere of the play "Vysotsky. The Birth of a Legend" took place. Director Sergei Bezrukov said about his production this way: “This performance is a tribute to the memory of the great talent, genius - Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky, his confessional work... Most of those who will read and sing Vysotsky in our performance are young people who were born and They grew up after the death of Vysotsky and after the collapse of the USSR. It was important for me that they let Vysotsky pass through them... This, it seems to me, is an inextricable connection, continuity of generations: if we do not break this thread, Vysotsky’s poems will be read in a hundred years. ". And the actors, led by Sergei Bezrukov, presented a performance in which everyone became a creator creative portrait Vladimir Vysotsky, and he himself seemed to be invisibly present at the same time - this is how the displayed photographs, television and film footage were intertwined with what was happening that evening in the Provincial Theater. Above the stage - theater posters The Taganka Theater, white sails are stretched to the right and left, in the center of the stage there is a rotating circle of gramophone records, Vladimir Vysotsky is looking from photographic portraits (life, roles, screen tests). It is impossible, in my opinion, to accommodate, squeeze Vysotsky and his work into the framework fenced with “red flags” - be it genre or timekeeping, because he himself is outside any framework, and that’s why the performance became just that - it combined key episodes biographies: starting with memories of early childhood, dramatic separation of parents, life in new family father...; milestones creative path and the works themselves: poems and songs, each of which became a small performance within a performance. Here, under “The Ballad of Childhood,” the meticulously recreated and recognizable atmosphere of a populous post-war communal apartment comes to life on stage, and the touching memories of my mother are heard (her image is very subtly embodied by Valeria Lanskaya). “The Ballad of Love” became a beautiful and poetic story of love and separation between the father and mother of the future poet. The image of Vladimir Vysotsky himself and his literary “alter ego” in the play was created by several artists: young Sasha Belyaev, Alexander Tyutin, Anton Sokolov (who also played his father), Alexander Frolov, of course, Sergei Bezrukov and the main performer - Dmitry Kartashov, very convincing and precise in this complex role. Vera Shpak embodied her beloved women - Lyudmila Abramova and Marina Vladi, and the songs “I love you now, not secretly - for show...” and “I carried my Trouble”, full of tenderness and reverent frankness, can be said to have opened the cycle love lyrics Vladimir Vysotsky. Songs from films were played, widely and less famous works military and sports themes, comic and satirical songs. Each was presented as a separate story and presented in an original way, with interesting findings and associations. I would like to say separately about Vladimir Semenovich’s humorous and hooligan songs “Dialogue on TV”, “Police Protocol”, “Morning Exercises” and “Song about a Sentimental Boxer” - brilliantly played by Stepan Kulikov, Mikhail Shilov and Natalya Shklyaruk (and their “support group” ")) they caused friendly laughter and loud applause from the entire hall. Thank you! It was great! About Sergei Vershinin’s performance of “Bengalsky’s Couplets,” which laid the foundation for Vysotsky’s songs from films, one can say in the words he sang: “Brilliance and sophistication.” The production "Vysotsky. The Birth of a Legend" clearly showed all the incredible versatility of Vysotsky the man and creative personality. He considered himself first and foremost a poet, and it is in poems that themes come to the fore philosophical reflections about life and your place in it, about the problem of choice and compromise, overcoming yourself and circumstances. The performance also reflects the fact that, adored by the people as a bard and actor, Vysotsky was officially considered an ideologically dangerous and suspicious figure, was not recognized as a poet, and was not published. A certain commission of officials “from culture”, whose faces are ugly distorted by half-mask-noses, on high level decides the question: to let or not to let the politically and creatively unreliable Vysotsky to his wife in France, whether this will cause harm Soviet country? At the very beginning of the performance, addressing the audience from the screen, and as if inviting spectators and listeners to a frank dialogue, Vladimir Vysotsky, with the song “I Don’t Love,” clearly and clearly formulates his life principles, and in the future this theme is revealed by the songs “Wolf Hunt”, “Corsair”, “Alien Rut”, “White Bathhouse”, “Save Our Souls” heard from the stage, the poems “Masks”, “My black man in a suit” gray", "And there is ice below, and above...", "When I sing and play..."... The performance presented us with different Vysotskys and made us realize that a correct understanding of all facets of his talent and creative heritage is possible only with a serious philosophical approach to his works. That evening at the Provincial Theater we saw how, in parallel with the course of earthly life, a legend named “Vladimir Vysotsky” was born. And this legend continues to live, because despite the passage of 37 years after the death of Vladimir Semyonovich, his thoughts, words, feelings embedded in poetic and song lines are absolutely modern and relevant, and are invaluable material for us today. In the final part of the performance, songs created by Vysotsky 40-50 years ago (!) were performed; they were performed in a rock arrangement and caused a real shock. “Sail”, “Finicky Horses”... And “Hunting from Helicopters”, “My Gypsy” and “Rope Walker” sung by Sergei Bezrukov simply plunged the audience into a state of real trance. Believing that Vysotsky should be sung only to break, like the last time, without thinking about whether the ligaments and the heart could withstand it, Sergei sang these songs exactly like that: as if a tsunami had covered the hall during his performance, and the blood was pulsating to the beat of the songs and the sound vote. During the song “Rope Walker”: “...Look - here he is walking without a safety net. A little more to the right of the slope - he will fall, disappear! A little more of the slope to the left - you still can’t save... But freeze - he has no more than a quarter of the way to go! .." Sergei, balancing with his hands, walked along the edge of the stage and literally fell off it like a hero falling off a rope! The audience could not hold back a scream, people jumped up from their seats... Blackness, everything froze... “And today another one is walking without a safety net. A thin cord under his foot will fall, disappear! Tilt to the right, left - and you can’t save him... But for some reason he also needs to go four quarters of the way!” Well, who else could live this song like Bezrukov did?! At the end of the performance, when all the artists appeared on stage, the words spoken in the film “Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive” were heard from the screen: “I am grateful to you... Lord, may it be good for them...”. The performance, which ended with the song “On Bolshoi Karetny,” lasted almost four hours, but there was an absolute feeling that if Sergei Bezrukov had said: “Let’s sing some more?” - the audience would shout in unison: “Yes! Yes! Yes!” “Here is the answer,” as they say. Thank you for the performance, which became a declaration of love to the great man and poet Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky. Thanks to Sergei Vitalievich, all the actors, musicians, creators of the play for the wonderful acting, wonderful voices, for the fact that everything was sung from the heart and passed through own heart, for this incomparable feeling of life and truth on stage. Happy Premiere to you, dear Governors! Long and happy life the play "Vysotsky. The Birth of a Legend"! Happy 79th Birthday to all of us! “When I sing and play, Where will I end up, on what? I can’t guess? But I know only one thing for sure: I won’t want to die! - and I’ll run out into the thunderstorm!”