tittus reviews: 16 ratings: 16 rating: 19
That means buffoonery... that means a people's theater... The task is clear. But why did I want to feel sorry for the actors all the time, blush for them, hide myself or hide them somewhere? Apparently, Raikin is deeper than he himself suspects, imbued with the spirit of his roles (in which he himself, by the way, is impeccable) and in staging a comic play he cannot rise above his own style of performance. As a result, we see a scene filled with actors who are trying their best to work under Raikin. True, there is also a monster here, strongly reminiscent of Jimm Carrey with such a sweet and familiar green face to us since childhood. And to look at how, first, one actor, and then the other, diligently try to repeat his gestures, plasticity, even typically cinematic tricks, is a real torment. Is Jimm even aware of such plagiarism antics? That we have Broadway spread out next to Maryina Grove? But what can I say, how can the image of the hero Kerry serve as a prototype of a multimedia demon? To interpret it this way, one must not understand anything either in the Mask itself or in the madness built by its creator Jim.
The performance focuses on circus aesthetics. Fine. Why not. Still, you can't do without circus performances in the areal theater. But why do the actors climb the rope ladders so timidly, why does one of the heroines move so tensely awkwardly in a suspended hoop, and damn it (!) could one handle a jump rope horse a little more skillfully? And in some scenes it is not at all clear why circus equipment appears on the "arena" (suspension swings, for example). Apparently, just on someone's whim and without any justification.
In addition, there are a lot of below-the-belt jokes in the play. Very good! They bring the action to life, don't they? But for some reason they do not make laugh, but puzzle. The roofing felts are not in their place, or they give away too much amateur performance, but they rather slow down the action. I don’t know, maybe this is, of course, a game of my taste sensations, but I can’t stand the introduction of modern slang, colloquial, abusive words into old plays. In my opinion, it gives bad taste. By the way, I do not really understand the parents who brought their offspring to the Blue Monster on one of the cold winter evenings. I'm afraid the crumbs may have a number of questions about what is happening on stage.
But here's the most interesting thing - people in the hall laughed, applauded ... many liked it. And then a thought came to my mind. Perhaps Raikin did exactly what he wanted? He reproduced in his production Gozzi the internal laws of the medieval folk theater! Where the vulgarity of jokes should overwhelm, where the swords should fall out of the actor’s hands because of the awkwardness of the actor’s movements, where the actor goes to work even if he does not close the ligaments, where the text is transformed in accordance with the realities of the time ... etc. People in the crowd laugh, paw the girls during the performance, eat, drink, spit at their feet, move from one impromptu scene to another. And they like such a theater, they need such a theater! So maybe this section of people, in a modern interpretation of course, accustomed to the Comedy club, and laughed in the hall? And in fact, this performance is not tasteless and inept, but cunning and talented ... And Raikin simply gave certain people what they want. And he watches the laughing spectators, his look is terrible, he is beautiful, and strongly resembles Brain's mouse, who tried to take over the world with the help of a lambada.
Only it is presented to us not as folk art, whose place is not in the theater building, but on the square in front of it. Therein lies the mistake. People go to the "Blue Monster" to join the beauty, they bring their children, forgetting about the "low" source of origin of this art form, of which K. Raikin turned out to be such a devoted admirer.
Larisa Nikolaevna Nikulina reviews: 97 ratings: 151 rating: 257
The hall gave a standing ovation. And there was something to applaud. The guys are working. Circus acrobatic sketches, incredible Italian music and humor (unfortunately below the belt).
O"K reviews: 4 ratings: 4 rating: 7
Whenever I come to the "Satyricon", for me the performance starts before the actors appear on the stage. After all, it is an art to turn a request to turn off mobile phones into a joke, a tradition, a show, and thereby pave the way for a performance. And just when Raiken says that "sometimes stupid people come to us," I understand: "It will start right now."
Yes, lo and behold, real circus performers appear on the stage, however, they behave strangely: they take out an imaginary board, put it on an imaginary barrel, put a very real, albeit somewhat awkward, woman on the end of the board and jump to the other end of this board . Strange, but the woman flies to the other end of the stage into the hands of other "circus performers" and breaks her neck. However, this does not bother them, "show must go on" so to speak, they take away the loser, bow and run away. Isn't it a strange beginning for the play "The Blue Beast"? And then It appears on stage to the music of the "Black Box" from "What? Where? When?", Insanely similar to the hero of the film "Mask" both in appearance and behavior. Such a fool. Constantly screaming, laughing and grimacing character. Not a monster, of course, but a miracle Yudo for sure. And it wants to separate two lovers, the Chinese prince Taer and the beautiful Georgian princess, Dardane. They go to the clearing on quite nice horses (practically on Alphas, if anyone remembers this series), and Zelu proceeds with his plan: Dardane dresses up as a man and sends her lover to the service of her father (strictly forbidding anyone to speak that she is a woman), and Taer gets the role of a new monster and his task is to make Dardane fall in love with him again. Agree, this is difficult, given that she hates the Blue Beast and does not know that now this is her lover, but of course you cannot tell her this. You are probably wondering what happened to that monster that was before? Well, oddly enough, it has become an ordinary Anapa tourist in Panama and with a film camera. Then we suddenly see the Chinese king and his ministers (a funny grandfather and a bespectacled uncle), they zealously argue about the situation in the country and decide by lot that the captain’s sister will go to feed the seven-headed hydra, which eats one virgin a day and corrupts people with her breath Chinese army and part-time servant of Dardane, but soon the king goes to his wife's chambers, and the ministers begin to actively discuss the gossip of their state in a very strange Venetian dialect.
To be honest, I was very carried away by the plot, I won’t tell further, it’s not interesting. I really like their way of joking with a very serious face. It's twice as funny. For example, four men who are floundering in a puddle and blowing fantanchiki from their mouths, or a gondola floating in the background, and a man in a mask with tangerines sits in it. Very positive. For two and a half hours she sat like a small child and did not know what would happen next, whether the main character would put on a gas mask to fight the hydra, or the queen would appear in fishnet tights and with a “sexy” belt, or an iron bandura with TV cameras would turn out to be the hydra. I know it all sounds a little crazy, but trust me, it's great together.
And at the end, you know, goosebumps ran down my spine. “Sometimes we don’t see who we are not, and life becomes like a circus or a Venice carnival.”
Mitya Zolotov reviews: 8 ratings: 236 rating: 11
The performance caused me a disgust that I had not experienced in a long time.
This is not a circus performance or a dramatic performance - that's for sure.
This is some kind of terrible Full House, which probably other aesthetes can dream of in a nightmare.
Here, I registered on the poster specifically for the reason that there are too many positive and neutral reviews about this performance.
Of course, there is some other pyrotechnic show here, and maybe it's not bad - but that's all in the second act, and everyone who is even a little interested in the theater must first painfully survive the long and useless first act. I left the theater at intermission. I think that the pyrotechnic show can be seen much better somewhere else than on the site of the Satyricon Theater. I'm not talking about some circus elements. Get it out of your head. There is no circus here. Playing charades somewhere in the country is a good circus compared to this.
Even if we talk about a purely technical component, the sound, for example, was very bad. Except for the first 5 minutes, perhaps. It got off to a pretty good start. An intriguingly nasty sound, light and a character in a blue mask, written off on the poster from the Joker, grimacing like Jim Carrey, promised something interesting. Alas, nothing interesting followed.
Unfunny attempts to squeeze out laughter with humor from the waist down and in short pants were almost not crowned with success. Some kind of incomprehensible painful eroticism, constantly present in the production, also did not cause any aesthetic pleasure, and in general, pretty actors and actresses were sometimes just vile in such roles.
The performance was based on the play by Carlo Gozzi: A certain "Blue Monster" bewitches and separates two lovers in order to reunite again, they will have to go through many trials.
I think that everyone who comes to this performance will enjoy it very much.
Carlo Gozzi
Blue Beast
A tragicomic tale in five acts
Characters
Zelu - Blue Beast
Dardane- Princess of Georgia, Taera's beloved
Taer- Prince of Nanjing
fanfour- King of Nanjing, decrepit father of Taer
Gulindi- slave, second wife of Fanfour
Smeraldina- servant of Dardane
Pantalone, Tartaglia- Ministers of Fanfour
Brighella- captain of the guard
Trufaldino- Thayer's servant
Enchanted Knight in ancient weapons, chained in armor
seven-headed hydra
Executioner
Nobles
soldiers
Slaves without speeches.
The action takes place in Nanjing and its environs.
Act one
Forest. In the depths under the mountain is a cave.
Phenomenon IZelu - Blue Beast comes out of the cave.
Zelu
O stars! Stars! Thank you!
The moment has come, happy for me,
When I shed this terrible face
At the cost of someone else's grief. Into this forest
Georgian Princess Dardane
I must with my beloved Taer,
Crown Prince of Nanjing, arrive.
There must have been a couple of lovers
Faithful to each other like these two:
Such a woman, so that about no one
Not for a moment, except for one
Didn't think; and such a man
To only one woman in the world
Experienced the excitement of love;
And so that she gets into this forest:
Then, and only then, will the time come
My torments. And, oh miracle! In the world
Such lovers were found.
And soon they will be here - and I am free.
(Offstage.)
Forward, forward, ill-fated couple!
It's hard for me that I should bring down on you
I have so many disasters to myself
Get free. Yes, but who can
To love suffering for the sake of suffering,
Kohl on the other can charge them?
Many terrifying monsters
He will see this forest, thick and dark.
There will come times - and transformations,
which I accomplish can become
A beautiful allegory; and the people
Like me they will be monsters
In an effort to regain a beautiful appearance
And turn others if they can
In monsters.
(Looks offstage.)
Here are the two royal servants:
They precede the unfortunate couple,
To bring news to the capital
About Taer's imminent return.
(Takes a flask and goblet.)
Drink of oblivion! Make it forget
They are all the past ... their masters ...
And to the yard not to return again.
truffaldino, with an umbrella, looking after Smeraldina, Both are dressed in Chinese.
Truffaldino says that we should let the horses graze on the grass, they just fall from fatigue. After all, their masters are still so far away, etc. They can rest in the shade of these pleasant trees, listening to the babbling of the brook and the chirping of birds, etc., and then they will go to Nanjing, which is visible from here. There are only two hundred steps here. He sings a famous folk song:
What could be sweeter
And what is dearer to us
Walk in the green
With his beloved.
Ah, ah, I'm dying
I'm dying of love
my beauty
I'm L and Yu and B and L and Yu.
Smeraldina. He is right, this place is capable of awakening love moods, etc., but he is not constant and will soon forget her for some other girl, etc.
Truffaldino
I'm L and Yu and B and L and Yu,
What does it mean - I love
I will love forever
My beauty.
I'm L and Yu and B and L and Yu.
His vows. He will follow the example of Prince Taer, his master, in whose service he entered, meeting him, fortunately, in Georgia. The prince is in love with Princess Dardane and never looked at any other woman - everyone seems ugly to him, etc. He, Truffaldino, saw beauties who were hopelessly in love with the prince, and he despised them, simply - he wanted to spit on them! Ah, his Dardane! His Dardane! Etc.
Smeraldina says that if before him is the example of Taer, his master, then before her, as in a mirror, stands her mistress Dardane. What loyalty! Smeraldina does not think that even in her dreams she has ever seen another such person as Prince Taer, etc.
truffaldino,- in truth, Taer earned her love by the great feats that he performed to save her from the persecution of the magician Bizegel. Does Smeraldina remember his fight with the fiery monkey, and then the fight with the donkey, which tied with his ears and cut with his tail, and then the fight with the bird, which spewed boiling oil in his face? And he overcame all, and he conquered all thanks to his love! Oh great love! Great constancy! Great love! Etc.
Smeraldina replies that this is all true; but is it not enough that Dardane remained faithful to Thayer even when the wizard Bizegel threw on her shoulders that enchanted veil that instills in women madness and the desire to have all the men they see? What fidelity was needed to overcome the spell of this veil out of love for one Taer, etc.
truffaldino,- of course, it's a lot. Was there ever a veil on Smeraldina's shoulders?
Smeraldina,- never, but even if she had it, she would still remain faithful to him.
Truffaldino jokes about this enchanted veil. It seems to him that now all the bedspreads that are sold to women in fashion stores have the same magical properties as the Biesegel coverlet, etc. He expresses his feelings to Smeraldina, sighs romantically, etc.
Smeraldina Truffaldino answers the same. She says she's hot and thirsty.
Truffaldino worries - ... Ah, my princess, etc. Looking for water, finds a flask and a goblet of Zelu. His considerations: some shepherd left her here; sniffing: smells good; the aroma of Cypriot wine, etc. He is proud that he can treat his princess to such a drink in this deserted place. He gives her a cup.
Smeraldina drinks. Shows with gestures that she has forgotten everything; asks Truffaldino who he is.
Truffaldino- I am L and Yu and B, etc. He is her dear Truffaldino, her passionate lover, equal in his loyalty to Taer, Prince of Nanking, etc.
Smeraldina drives him away; she does not know who Truffaldino is, nor who Taer is, etc.
Truffaldino
Ah, ah, I'm dying
I'm dying of love etc.
Thinks Smeraldina is joking. He says that it is time to go to the city, because their masters are about to arrive and Dardane may be angry with them, etc.
Smeraldina- bold! She knows no gentlemen, no Dardane; let him clean up, etc.
Truffaldino asks if the veil of the wizard Bizegel has been put on her, and if she wants other lovers, etc. He takes her by the hand to lead her to the horses and go to Nanjing.
Smeraldina gives him a slap in the face and runs away towards Nanjing.
Truffaldino. I am L and Y and B and L and Y. His amazement. He feels like he's about to faint. Must be refreshed. Drinking from a flask. He shows with gestures that he has forgotten everything: he does not know where he is, how he got here. Must be riding, because his buttocks hurt. He doesn't remember anything. He sees the city and leaves to look for shelter there, etc.
Phenomenon IIIZelu“The Blue Beast is alone.
Zelu
Unhappy! Go. If only
Your masters will have
Enough strength to defeat fate
You will also meet and love,
But Taer and Dardane are close
Thicken, clouds! Heaven, thunder!
Shoot fire arrows of lightning
So that the horses of the royal couple are frightened
Disconnected! Leave your life to them.
Let each one come here separately;
Everything else I can do.
Darkness, thunder, lightning.
The frightened horses disengaged.
They fly - one to the mountain, the other to the valley.
The horse of the unfortunate Dardane fell
Frightened, she rushes here
Hasty gait. Let's leave.
(Exits.)
The thunder and lightning continues for a while, then everything clears up.
Event IVDardane, Then Zelu.
Dardane (in a fright)
My God! Where to run? Who will help me?
How did I not die! Surely a miracle
Saved me. But what am I saying?
I am saved by O
re: my favorite
Probably died! Oh Taer, Taer!
Where are you, my friend, the only joy
Unfortunate and persecuted mercilessly
Hostile star?
Zelu - Blue Beast
Dardane- Princess of Georgia, Taera's beloved
Taer- Prince of Nanjing
fanfour- King of Nanjing, decrepit father of Taer
Gulindi- slave, second wife of Fanfour
Smeraldina- servant of Dardane
Pantalone, Tartaglia- Ministers of Fanfour
Brighella- captain of the guard
Trufaldino- Thayer's servant
Enchanted Knight in ancient weapons, chained in armor
seven-headed hydra
Executioner
Nobles
soldiers
Slaves without speeches.
The action takes place in Nanjing and its environs.
Act one
Forest. In the depths under the mountain is a cave.
Phenomenon I
Zelu - Blue Beast comes out of the cave.
Zelu
O stars! Stars! Thank you!
The moment has come, happy for me,
When I shed this terrible face
At the cost of someone else's grief. Into this forest
Georgian Princess Dardane
I must with my beloved Taer,
Crown Prince of Nanjing, arrive.
There must have been a couple of lovers
Faithful to each other like these two:
Such a woman, so that about no one
Not for a moment, except for one
Didn't think; and such a man
To only one woman in the world
Experienced the excitement of love;
And so that she gets into this forest:
Then, and only then, will the time come
My torments. And, oh miracle! In the world
Such lovers were found.
And soon they will be here - and I am free.
(Offstage.)
Forward, forward, ill-fated couple!
It's hard for me that I should bring down on you
I have so many disasters to myself
Get free. Yes, but who can
To love suffering for the sake of suffering,
Kohl on the other can charge them?
Many terrifying monsters
He will see this forest, thick and dark.
There will come times - and transformations,
which I accomplish can become
A beautiful allegory; and the people
Like me they will be monsters
In an effort to regain a beautiful appearance
And turn others if they can
In monsters.
(Looks offstage.)
Here are the two royal servants:
They precede the unfortunate couple,
To bring news to the capital
About Taer's imminent return.
(Takes a flask and goblet.)
Drink of oblivion! Make it forget
They are all the past ... their masters ...
And to the yard not to return again.
Phenomenon II
truffaldino, with an umbrella, looking after Smeraldina, Both are dressed in Chinese.
Truffaldino says that we should let the horses graze on the grass, they just fall from fatigue.
After all, their masters are still so far away, etc. They can rest in the shade of these pleasant trees, listening to the babbling of the brook and the chirping of birds, etc., and then they will go to Nanjing, which is visible from here. There are only two hundred steps here. He sings a famous folk song:
What could be sweeter
And what is dearer to us
Walk in the green
With his beloved.
Ah, ah, I'm dying
I'm dying of love
my beauty
I'm L and Yu and B and L and Yu.
Smeraldina. He is right, this place is capable of awakening love moods, etc., but he is not constant and will soon forget her for some other girl, etc.
Truffaldino
I'm L and Yu and B and L and Yu,
What does it mean - I love
I will love forever
My beauty.
I'm L and Yu and B and L and Yu.
His vows. He will follow the example of Prince Taer, his master, in whose service he entered, meeting him, fortunately, in Georgia. The prince is in love with Princess Dardane and never looked at any other woman - everyone seems ugly to him, etc. He, Truffaldino, saw beauties who were hopelessly in love with the prince, and he despised them, simply - he wanted to spit on them! Ah, his Dardane! His Dardane! Etc.
Smeraldina says that if before him is the example of Taer, his master, then before her, as in a mirror, stands her mistress Dardane. What loyalty! Smeraldina does not think that even in her dreams she has ever seen another such person as Prince Taer, etc.
truffaldino,- in truth, Taer earned her love by the great feats that he performed to save her from the persecution of the magician Bizegel. Does Smeraldina remember his fight with the fiery monkey, and then the fight with the donkey, which tied with his ears and cut with his tail, and then the fight with the bird, which spewed boiling oil in his face? And he overcame all, and he conquered all thanks to his love! Oh great love! Great constancy! Great love! Etc.
Smeraldina replies that this is all true; but is it not enough that Dardane remained faithful to Thayer even when the wizard Bizegel threw on her shoulders that enchanted veil that instills in women madness and the desire to have all the men they see? What fidelity was needed to overcome the spell of this veil out of love for one Taer, etc.
truffaldino,- of course, it's a lot. Was there ever a veil on Smeraldina's shoulders?
Smeraldina,- never, but even if she had it, she would still remain faithful to him.
Truffaldino jokes about this enchanted veil. It seems to him that now all the bedspreads that are sold to women in fashion stores have the same magical properties as the Biesegel coverlet, etc. He expresses his feelings to Smeraldina, sighs romantically, etc.
Smeraldina Truffaldino answers the same. She says she's hot and thirsty.
Truffaldino worries - ... Ah, my princess, etc. Looking for water, finds a flask and a goblet of Zelu. His considerations: some shepherd left her here; sniffing: smells good; the aroma of Cypriot wine, etc. He is proud that he can treat his princess to such a drink in this deserted place. He gives her a cup.
Smeraldina drinks. Shows with gestures that she has forgotten everything; asks Truffaldino who he is.
Truffaldino- I am L and Yu and B, etc. He is her dear Truffaldino, her passionate lover, equal in his loyalty to Taer, Prince of Nanking, etc.
Smeraldina drives him away; she does not know who Truffaldino is, nor who Taer is, etc.
Truffaldino
Ah, ah, I'm dying
I'm dying of love etc.
Thinks Smeraldina is joking. He says that it is time to go to the city, because their masters are about to arrive and Dardane may be angry with them, etc.
Smeraldina- bold! She knows no gentlemen, no Dardane; let him clean up, etc.
Truffaldino asks if the veil of the wizard Bizegel has been put on her, and if she wants other lovers, etc. He takes her by the hand to lead her to the horses and go to Nanjing.
Smeraldina gives him a slap in the face and runs away towards Nanjing.
Truffaldino. I am L and Y and B and L and Y. His amazement. He feels like he's about to faint. Must be refreshed. Drinking from a flask. He shows with gestures that he has forgotten everything: he does not know where he is, how he got here. Must be riding, because his buttocks hurt. He doesn't remember anything. He sees the city and leaves to look for shelter there, etc.
Phenomenon III
Zelu“The Blue Beast is alone.
Zelu
Unhappy! Go. If only
Your masters will have
Enough strength to defeat fate
You will also meet and love,
But Taer and Dardane are close
Thicken, clouds! Heaven, thunder!
Shoot fire arrows of lightning
So that the horses of the royal couple are frightened
Disconnected! Leave your life to them.
Let each one come here separately;
Everything else I can do.
Darkness, thunder, lightning.
The frightened horses disengaged.
They fly - one to the mountain, the other to the valley.
The horse of the unfortunate Dardane fell
Frightened, she rushes here
Hasty gait. Let's leave.
(Exits.)
The thunder and lightning continues for a while, then everything clears up.
Event IV
Dardane, Then Zelu.
Dardane (in a fright)
My God! Where to run? Who will help me?
How did I not die! Surely a miracle
Saved me. But what am I saying?
I am saved by O re: my favorite
Probably died! Oh Taer, Taer!
Where are you, my friend, the only joy
Unfortunate and persecuted mercilessly
Hostile star?
(Crying.)
Zelu (appearing)
Dardane,
From hostile stars you suffered little:
You still have to endure a lot.
Dardane (scared)
My god... Who are you, monster? I'm scared…
Where to escape? .. My God ...
(Wants to run away.)
Zelu (stops her)
Stop!
You won't escape me. I'm that one
Who commanded the clouds and separated
Taera with Dardane
Dardane
Stop, cruel!
Take my life. I lost
Who I lived.
Zelu
I feel sorry for you,
unhappy; Your taer is alive, but more
You won't see him. tremble
For my life, but not now. All troubles
Taera and yours from this minute
Just started.
Dardane
I won't see again
Taera?!
Zelu
No, you'll see, but lost
He is for you. Judged by cruel rock
Both of you are in danger, death, perhaps.
Be subjected to severe trials
And maybe happiness will return to you.
Dardane
Monster! What are the tests
Still fate is preparing him for me, unfortunate?
I suffered so much for my beloved.
Zelu
Don't be so afraid, Dardane
Here is the first - now you will see it.
(He kicks the ground.)
Dardane is dressed like a male warrior, with oriental luxury.
Dardane
Why did you change my clothes?
Oh what will happen to me...
Zelu
So little,
And are you already shaking? But listen, do you want
Take back Taer?
Dardane
Okay, go ahead
You are in Nanjing, to the elderly Fanfour,
Thayer's father. Enter the service
Under the guise of a young man; take yourself
Someone else's name. There now you will meet
Those servants whom you sent ahead;
You will remain unrecognized by them:
Everyone will consider you a man.
But do not reveal the truth to anyone:
When you betray yourself with the smallest word,
Your taer is dead forever.
Dardane
And this
Do you consider it a test?
You are giving me an easy task.
Monster, I swear I won't give myself away.
Zelu
Unhappy! You're an easy task
Do you think it? But I warn you
I feel sorry for you. Men's outfit for you
Greater dangers will be caused,
Violent disasters ... As soon as possible,
Hide your gender and don't spare your life
In the dangers of terrible things to come,
Though at the cost of death, il Taera
You will lose forever...
Dardane
You threaten me
Cruel Beast; threats
And secrets are scary, just like you. Maybe,
You want to scare me; but again
I swear: I'm ready to endure everything,
I will not give myself away. Just tell me
What trials await Taer.
Zelu
Terrible. I'm sorry unfortunate
But I can't tell you everything.
O my daughter, we will be silent about him.
It's about you. So if you can
All that you have to conquer
And if you save your life
And your heart will not be at all like
On all the other women you are, then believe
What will not pass a day, as you find
With a sweet spouse, joy and peace.
Dardane
Wizard of hell, we were happy
Why was it necessary to send clouds,
To separate lovers? And why
Change my clothes to men's?
Why keep silent about what awaits Taer?
Why put me in danger
And shroud fate with a terrible secret?
Monster! Whatever it is, I can
Be silent, hide your gender. I swear to you,
Dangers any meeting boldly;
Heaven will help an unfortunate woman -
Let weak, yes, but loving and faithful.
(Wants to leave.)
Zelu
(holds her)
Stop, my daughter.
Dardane
What else can you tell me?
Zelu
You are your harsh star
Again in this grove will soon lead.
Dardane
Zelu
I haven't told you everything yet...
Dardane
But what else?
Zelu
Look, my daughter
On my terrible face.
Dardane
I look ... With difficulty I do not look away.
Your face is terrible, your image is monstrous,
Don't make me watch again.
(Exhibits disgust and horror.)
Zelu
Unhappy! Do you like your Taer?
Dardane
Do not ask! How I myself
Taer is so dear to me.
Zelu
I feel sorry for you.
Take another look at my terrible face
And don't be afraid.
Dardane
Gods! Protect.
Save me from the terrible sight.
Why should I look at you? My opinion
Unable to bear...
Zelu
I feel sorry for you.
For now, silence. Go to Nanjing
Surrender yourself to your misfortunes
that I owe to you
Send, obedient to fate. Don't forget
Everything that you said. Oh my daughter
Of course, this feat is not possible,
which I dare not reveal to you.
You will lose Taera, but you cannot
I will deliver you from the feat.
Dardane
Don't lose heart, Dardane! in dismay
My mind is from the words of the monster terrible ...
I will boldly throw myself into the fatal sea
Unheard of mysterious misfortunes.
I will endure everything; let my husband know
That I did everything I could;
And if death should take him away,
I call death: I do not need another.
(He leaves towards Nanjing.)
Zelu
Go, unhappy! I didn't dare anymore
Tell you to better prepare
And summon the strength of the spirit in order
To endure unheard-of troubles.
Here is your husband, your unfortunate Taer,
He hurries to meet his grief.
Phenomenon V
Zelu, Taer.
Taer
Really after so many torments and disasters,
Oh Dardane, will I lose you?
Where did your hot horse take you?
Perhaps you are dead, Dardane...
Oh, terrible thought! I'm dying!
(Crying.)
Zelu
(appearing)
Don't cry, Taer!
Taer
Monster! Who are you?
Do not think my life is easy to take away!
(Tries to pounce on him.)
Zelu
Leave it, Taer! Your sword is useless
There is no question of fighting or death.
I really should be your enemy
Then, that I myself should be a friend.
But still what I can, I want to be
useful to you.
Taer
Zelu
Went on foot:
Her horse fell, but she was unharmed.
Her name is Dardane. Her power
Terrible troubles and into the abyss of evil torment
Sent to Zela.
Taer
O woe that I hear!
But who is Zelu?
Zelu
Zelu before you.
Yes, I am Zelu, the great spirit; once upon a time
I blinded you with beauty. But cheeky
Angered the wise men of the Holy Mountain
In China and for that he was turned
In the Beast a hundred years ago.
Taer
Well, vile Beast, goodbye.
Endure your lot. Just give me a trail
My beloved. you sent her
For pain and sorrow? But why?
Tell me, villain, where can I find her?
Your closeness is disgusting to me; unable
To bear your ugly look.
(Wants to run away.)
Zelu
(holds his hand)
stay
If you want the beautiful Dardane
Re-master, then listen: very soon
Don't call me ugly
Neither vile.
Taer
As you want. Away...let go!
(Freed up.)
Zelu
Taer, don't be so arrogant! Listen before:
Thy father, King Fanfour, when
Five years since your disappearance
Which was a mystery to everyone
For lack of news of you,
As if dead, he mourned at last.
Left without an heir to the throne,
And the good king took Gulindi as his wife,
A slave with a passionate and vicious heart.
Full of sins and low lusts
Her soul - and for her sins
Commanded me from this cave
Send punishment to the state.
The command of the sky here was the Hydra,
Even scarier, more monstrous than me.
And the tower of the city is a certain Knight,
Born of a fairy, mastered, and behold
I'm coming out of my cave
Destroy the harvest in the fields
I destroy the herds and poison the soil;
And the Bewitched Knight, whose strength
Invincible, every day comes out
From the tower, and kills passers-by,
And keeps the city at bay. But only
More terrible than the Hydra, the inevitable scourge!
She poisons people with her breath,
And not to let her into the city,
She is daily sacrificed,
By drawing lots, unfortunate maidens.
Fanfur, oh poor old man, weeps bitterly,
Not realizing that his wife -
Cause of disaster...
Taer
Fine. Enough.
I can avenge my father.
Monster, don't hurt us anymore
Harm, or you know how it hurts
My sword pricks. I follow my beloved
Your closeness is disgusting to me, unable to
I can bear your vile, vile appearance.
Where is Dardane, tell me, or I will find it myself.
(Wants to leave.)
Zelu
(holds him up)
If you love Dardane, then listen.
Unhappy! Very soon you won't
Neither call me vile, nor vile.
Taer
I've listened enough, goodbye, let me go.
Zelu
Taer, don't be so arrogant! Don't be a threat
For those who want to reduce
your misfortunes. If you don't listen,
Do not submit to me - know that you are dead,
And Dardane, your love, perished.
Now you will see her in an unusual
clothes; one is given to you
Get to know her. Doesn't recognize you
your spouse; even your voice
Yours will be a stranger to her. Watch out, look
Do not open up to her, Taer, remember:
Do not open up to anyone and listen -
If you reveal the truth, do not hope
Someday to have a wife.
Taer
Monster, what do these secrets mean?
And how my wife does not recognize me,
When will he see?
Zelu
Soon all yours
Doubt will end, Taer.
Do not follow Dardane. stay
In this cave. In it you will find a book;
There is a description of all your misfortunes.
Read. When will the Dardane come,
Advise her as the book teaches.
Talk to her kindly; to advice
Add all tenderness, sighs, all art,
What can only wake
Enamored favor in a woman's heart,
In which hatred lives; achieve
Any humiliation, pleas,
So that love for you is kindled in Dardane.
Taer
Crazy Monster! achieve,
So that love for me is kindled in Dardane,
When she has long been an example of love
And fidelity to your spouse?
You stupid monster!
Zelu
Oh soon
You know, unfortunately,
That I'm not stupid. Ask her, pray
Love you, get her love,
If you can, but don't say who you are.
From everyone, from small even insects
Hide that you are Taer. Terrible thrill
You will feel in your whole being,
Deadly fire in the veins, but in the heart -
The touch of an icy hand
Even before dawn,
When you don't get her love
And dead you will fall; and the same will be
When you open it - in anger or sorrow -
To her or to another mortal who you are.
I swear by the gods, Taer, and hell,
What I'm telling the truth. Do not open,
Who are you; talk to her kindly;
Get love from her - then
All your troubles will end.
Taer
Zelu, you scare me; and death
And secrets, and love, and transformations ...
I don't understand! Strict silence...
Your threats... books and caves...
I don't believe in anything! I love her -
And I hasten to search for her.
(Wants to leave.)
Zelu
(holds him up).
Stop, unfortunate! You'll see,
What, prompted by pity, I have done
It is possible that your destiny is cruel
Soften. “O sages of the Holy Mountain!
Your sentence condemned me to torment,
But at last I am free. -
Taer, enter the cave; with a wonderful book
retire; read it and remember
What did I say. See you later,
If you endure everything; you will not endure - never again
Let's not meet. Now forgive me
But to get away from my misfortune,
I'll put all the burden on you.
(Stomping foot.)
The miraculous transformation of Taer into the Blue Beast follows, as Zelu was, Zelu into a handsome young man.
Bolder friend, control yourself. Sorry!
(Runs away.)
Event VI
Taer one in the form of a monster.
Taer
Woe to me! What is this? Dream or reality?
Zelu, cruel one, return. Oh Gods!
You spoke the truth. Oh Dardane!
You must save me from pain
In the guise of this vile love?
You will come here, but I will have to
Keep silent about the fact that I am your beloved husband,
Plunged into such an abyss of grief!
When I reveal to you who I am,
Or when you don't love me,
Even before the dawn
I will die and lose you forever!
O evil stars! What is it for?
(Weeping. Anger.)
Run faster to the city, to the palace,
To the unfortunate father, ask for protection
And help. Deceives the spirit;
I don't have a minute to waste now!
(Tries to run, but stops.)
What am I saying? Lost hopes
My wife! Oh grief! I obey
Cruel Zelu. There is no doubt
He told me the truth. Everything confirms
The meaning of dark speech: on yourself, ill-fated,
I experienced an unheard-of miracle.
I'm going to read a fatal book
And I will do everything to return happiness
And return Dardane. And you, the cave
You, the son of the royal shelter, are poor,
Hide my terrible face from the light.
(Goes into the cave.)
A curtain.
Action two
Throne room in Nanjing. On the throne - fanfour, the aged king. In the middle of the hall is an urn, near which he sits boy. sitting in two rows nobles. Pantalone and Tartaglia seated on either side of the throne. Elevation from which the name taken from the urn is called out.
Phenomenon I
Fanfour, Pantalone, Tartaglia, nobles, boy.
fanfour
Ministers! I know you look sad
On your king: broken for years
I am for the misfortune of my people.
My hand is trembling, my body is powerless.
But if you could look into the soul,
Then you wouldn't hate me.
I lost my only son;
I remarried to leave
Heir. But the wish came true.
A terrifying monster
It appeared in the country, took possession of it
And destroys everything around and destroys.
Sinister Knight, a native of hell,
I chose the Nanjing tower as a dwelling,
Kills everyone, threatens the city;
It is futile to fight with him: he will not be defeated.
And finally, the monstrous hydra
It threatens to devour all my subjects!
The oracle obeying the order,
To her, insatiable, a daily sacrifice
We must give away the innocent maidens,
To avoid the worst. Oh my God!
Why did I deserve such executions?
My nobles! If anyone
Of you on my throne wishes,
The throne of sorrows and tears, oh, how willingly
I'll get off it! But tell me
What new troubles are being prepared
A monster, a dire Knight, a Hydra?
Will we ever find peace?
Pantalone. Your Majesty, to my great chagrin, wine is getting more expensive this year. This cursed Beast has spoiled more than ten thousand vineyards this morning. It is hard to believe, but after it had ruined so much the grace of God, it began to amuse itself by slaughtering all the sheep and rams under the city and throwing them into the river. In general, if we do not shear ourselves, then this year we will not have a piece of wool, neither for mattresses, nor for fullers, and, besides, there will not be a drop of wine. Magnates, nobles, who does not want to cry, let him not cry.
Tartaglia. I saw travelers today killed between twelve o'clock and half past one by the Knight of the Tower. Your Majesty, there are a total of one hundred and twenty-five people: sixty-eight swindlers, plus twenty-two peasants, makes ninety, then fifteen doctors, five lawyers, a total of one hundred and ten; fourteen poets, a total of one hundred and twenty-four, and, worst of all, one venerable comedian, whom I will never cease to mourn. (Crying.)
Pantalone. To tell you the truth—and I do it with a trembling heart—can no longer be tolerated, Your Majesty. Your subjects scatter like ants and give themselves up to the patronage of other sovereigns; as soon as it gets dark, robbery and robbery begin, property is confiscated. The city was completely deserted. What has become like our capital? Some rotten place, like Caorle, Mazorbo, Portobuffole.
Circus (3h) 12+
C. Gozzi
Director: Konstantin Raikin
Zelu: Anton Egorov, Sergey Sotnikov
Dardane: Evgenia Abramova, Alena Razzhivina, Maryana Spivak
Taer: Alexey Bardukov, Yakov Lomkin
Fanfur: Alexey Yakubov
Gulindi: Julia Melnikova
Smeraldina: Elena Bereznova, Marina Drovosekova, Polina Raikina
Pantalone: Anton Kuznetsov, Artem Osipov
Tartaglia: Igor Gudeev, Sergey Klimov
Truffaldino: Georgy Lezhava
Brighella: Alexander Gunkin, Ivan Ignatenko
Guard: Alexey Koryakov S 29.07.2015
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Review of "Afisha":
Carlo Gozzi's fairy tale "The Blue Miracle Vishche" is a rare guest, especially on the Russian stage. But Konstantin Raikin loves Western dramaturgy both of past centuries and of the present. Today, the great Italian playwright gave the director the opportunity to seem to merge what was once with what is now, and, apparently, with mischief to hint that at the moment Shakespeare's saying that the whole world is a theater , and the people in it are actors, if not outdated, then lost their relevance. The whole world is a circus, and the people in it are acrobats, jugglers, illusionists, tamers, entertainers. Everyone turns out to be a participant in a talk show, the topics of which are inexhaustible, like life itself.
With the light and talented hand of Alla Kozhenkova, the Satyricon stage really turned into a circus arena. How else? After all, the program states that the "Blue Monster" is a circus in 2 parts. Yes, and all the circus props from trapeze to "magic boxes" are available. Artists fly under the grates, show tricks, dance and sing, and four clowns, they are Pantalone (Artem Osipov), Truffaldino (George Lezhava), Tartaglia (Igor Gudeev) and Brighella (Ivan Ignatenko), will make the audience laugh with all their might and periodically explain them, what is still happening in circus Venice. What passions rage in this phantasmagoric world?
The following happens. The blue monster Zelu (Anton Egorov) dreams of being freed from magical captivity. To do this, he needs a young man and a girl who are in love with each other. They are, of course, there. This is Taer (Aleksey Bardukov) and his young wife Dardane (Alena Razzhivina). Under the influence of the necessary witchcraft, Taer was turned into the Blue Monster. And now, if Dardane does not fall in love with him in this guise, then inevitable death awaits him, especially since he should not tell anyone his real name. The real Zelu disappears forever, and Dardane and Taer must by all means “see” each other in this crazy carnival, the characters of which change their masks with virtuoso speed.
The fairy-tale plot of Gozzi was not an end in itself for the Satyricon. This end in itself was revealed in a completely different way - to clearly, catchy and temperamentally demonstrate the physical capabilities of young theater artists who, having passed through the crucible of the Blue Monster, are able to embody the most labor-intensive plastic tasks on the stage of the Satyricon, which the director, who is exacting in this part, will set before them. .
Directed by K. Raikin. Artist A. Kozhenkova. Director-consultant of circus performances E. Morozova. Director of the stage fight V. Rybakov.
Actors and performers:
Zelu, the Blue Beast - Anton Egorov,
Dardane - ,
Taer - Alexei Bardukov, Yakov Lomkin
Fanfur - Andrey Oganyan
Gulindi - Yulia Melnikova, Ekaterina Malikova
Smeraldina - Marina Drovosekova, Elena Bereznova,
Pantalone - Artem Osipov, Anton Kuznetsov
Tartaglia - Igor Gudev, Sergey Klimov
Truffaldino - Georgy Lezhava, Alexander Kashcheev
Brighella - Alexander Gunkin, Ivan Ignatenko
Konstantin Raikin is known for his special love for the works of foreign playwrights, both modern and classic. From time to time, he adds new pearls of the foreign collection to the repertoire of the Satyricon Theater, including the play "The Blue Monster", based on the fairy tale of the Italian writer. Tickets for the production open up a new world for the audience, filled with miracles and magic. in this performance, it seems to rethink the famous saying of Shakespeare "The whole world is a theater, all the people in it are actors." According to the plot of the production, the whole world is a circus, and all the people in it are circus performers, clowns and acrobats, jugglers and entertainers, tamers and magicians. Life is an endless talk show, and each person is its direct participant, the protagonist. Life themes are inexhaustible and endless.
Through the efforts of the talented artist Alla Kozhenkova, the theater stage has turned into a real circus arena, and how could it be otherwise? Indeed, in the playbill of the "Satyricon" the play "The Blue Monster" is designated precisely as "a circus in 2 acts." Spectators who have bought tickets for a fascinating spectacle will see here all the usual circus props - from magic boxes of illusionists to air trapezes. Actors will dance and sing, perform tricks and fly under an impromptu dome, and clowns, as expected, will make the audience laugh. Artem Osipov, Igor Gudev, Ivan Ignatenko and Georgy Lezhava act as clowns this evening. They embody the world's most famous comic characters - Brighella, Pantalone, Tartaglia and Truffaldino. Their task is not only to amuse the audience, but also periodically explain to them what is happening in the world of phantasmagoria, what passions are raging in it? And this is what happens - the Blue Monster is imprisoned and wants to get out of it. To complete this task, the Blue Monster will need a couple in love, these are Taer and Dardane. A magical spell turns Taer into a Blue Beast. Now, if Dardane does not fall in love with him in this frightening guise, he will be doomed to death ... The real monster has disappeared forever, and the lovers will have to see each other again in a crazy colorful carnival, where characters change masks with dizzying speed.
