Eimuntas Nekrosius - director
Eimuntas Nekrosius is considered one of the most interesting director of our
time.
After graduating from the Art Institute Lunačarski Moscow (1978) and worked at
the Kaunas Drama Theatre (1979-80), he made his debut as a director with
Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney. In 1993 he was director of the
International Festival of Theatre Lithuanian (LIFE), and in 1998 he founded the
independent arts center Meno Fortas that he currently heads. In his artistic
path explored literary works from the great Russian authors to Shakespeare. He
created unusual shows characterized by richness and variety of vitalistic
invention that have been presented in many theaters in the world. In 2002 he
made his debut as director of lyric opera, directing Macbeth at the
Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence and then revived at the Teatro
Massimo in Palermo.
Eimuntas Nekrosius was awarded by prestigious prizes such as: Lithuanian Theatre
Union prize for the best director of the year (1994/1998); the New Theatre
Realia prize of Taormin Arts Committee and European Theatre Union (1994); the
Best Director's prize of the Baltiysky dom festival, St. Petersburg, Russia
(1995); Premio Abbiati for the best foreign performance shown in Italy (1996,
1998, 2000, 2007); the Golden Mask National Theatre Prize for the best foreign
performances shown in Russia (1999, 2004); Lithuanian national Culture and Art
Premium (1997); The International Stanislavsky Fund premium, Moscow, Russia
(2001); Ministry's of Culture premium (2001, 2003); Letter of Honor "For the
Spread of Lithuanian Theatre Culture" from the Lithuanian Institute of Awards
"LT Identity 2004"; Herder Prize (2005); honorary Award of the 16th
International Istanbul Theatre Festival (2008).
Eimuntas Nekrosius was artistic director at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza for
2011/2012 and 2012/2013 seasons.
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Nadezda Gultiajeva – set and costume design
Nadezda Gultiajeva was born in Irkutsk, Russia. Mrs Gultiajeva graduated from
Irkutsk Art College, department of scenography. In 1972-1973 she was the chief
designer of State Youth Theatre of Irkutsk, she has attended High Producer
Courses in GITIS (Moscow) and worked on probation with Eduard Kochergin in St.
Petersburg. From 1976 lives and works in Lithuania.
She has designed sets and costumes for Eimuntas Nekrosius’ productions of Uncle
Vanya, Three Sisters, Cherry Orchard by Chekhov, Hamlet and Othello by
Shakespeare, costumes for Life and Death in Verona by Antanelis and
Geda, Macbeth by Shakespeare, Ivanov by Chekhov, The Seasons by
Donelaitis, Song of the Songs based on the poem from the Old Testament,
Faust by Goethe, Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Caligula by Camus,
Dante’s Divine Comedy, Macbeth by Verdi and Boris Godunov by
Musorgsky at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Children of Rosenthal at
Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, sets for The Seven Deadly Sins by Kurt Weil,
costumes for Die Walkuere by Wagner and Otello by Verdi at
National Opera of Lithuania, Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh by
Rimsky Korsakov at Teatro Lirico in Cagliari.
In 2002 was awarded the Theatrical Critic’s Prize of Lithuania as best designer
of the season, in 2004 was nominated for the “Golden Mask” award in Moscow.
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Marius Nekrosius - set designer
Marius Nekrosius was born in Palanga, Lithuania in 1976. In 1995-2002 studied
architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vilnius (VDA). Since 1998 is working
for theatre as a stage designer. He was invited for important production in
theatres such as:
National Drama Theater in Vilnius, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino,
Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Bolshoi in Moscow, Teatro Argentina in Rome, La Scala
in Milan, La Fenice in Venice, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre,
Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, just to name a few.
In 2005 Marius Nekrosius was nominated for the “Golden Mask” award in Moscow,
and was awarded the Theatrical Critic’s Prize of Lithuania as best stage
designer of the season. In 2009 was awarded the UBU prize for the best drama
performance design in Italy for Anna Karenina, then in 2010 he won the
1st place in the international architectural competition for a new Russian Drama
theatre in Astana, Kazakhstan
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