"Master and Margarita" (musical): reviews, ticket prices. The premiere of the musical

Musical "Master and Margarita" Musical Hall of St. Petersburg showed the world in September 2014. One and a half thousand spectators came to discover this large-scale mystical production, which was created based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Bulgakov.

About the book

Mikhail Afanasievich began to write his famous novel in 1928, he worked on it for a very long time, rewrote it several times and made cardinal changes to it. The title of the book changed many times and the Master and Margarita were not included in the novel at once. In 1930, the author burned his creation, but after his marriage to ES Shilovskaya returned to work on the novel. Until the last days of his life, Bulgakov corrected his great work. The publication of the novel was dealt with by the husband of Bulgakov after his death.

The creators of the musical

A huge team worked on the creation of the musical "Master and Margarita": the theater "Music Hall" in conjunction with the production company "Makers Lab". The musical director of the project was Fabio Mastrangelo, director and art director of the Music Hall. The project directors are S. Shirakanyan and T. Zhalnin. Music was written by six composers: A. Tanonov, O. Tomaz, S. Rubalsky, I. Dolgova, O. Popkov, A. Maev. The authors of the libretto are also six: Sergei Shilovsky-Bulgakov (grandson of E.Shilovskaya, the last wife of MA Bulgakov), I. Afanasyeva (she is a producer), A. Pastushenko, M. Oshmyanskaya, K. Hankok, I. Shevchuk. The choreographer is D. Pimonov. Illusionist - M. Kretov.

Costumes and decorations were created by Kentauer - the production designer of Hungarian versions of such musicals as "Phantom of the Opera", "Miss Saigon", "Oliver" ... To the Russian public he is known for his work in the production of "The Vampire Ball", which was successfully staged in St. Petersburg The Petersburg Musical Comedy Theater until August 2014.

Those who already had the opportunity to see the play "The Master and Margarita" (musical), the responses about the production leave the opposite, but the general impression of the majority is remarkable, many say that with great pleasure will more than once become the spectators of this mystical action.

Characters of the musical

Woland, Master, Margarita, Jeshua, Gella, Azazello, Behemoth, Koroviev, Pilate, Homeless, Frida, Berlioz, Kaifa, Levi Matvey, Likhodeev, Maigel are the characters of Musical Hall's "Master and Margarita". The musical (St. Petersburg), or rather its creators, has somewhat transformed some of them ...

Woland is Satan, he travels the world in search of sinners. In his musical, unlike the book image, long hair, taken in the tail, and in the arsenal of costumes, there is one very original - in the Gothic style. He can not be called an absolutely negative character, he does not do harm to those whose conscience is clear, he justly punishes those who deserve it.

Master - a historian, decided to become a writer. He created a brilliant novel, but, as often happens with geniuses, his talent was not appreciated.

Margarita - a beautiful woman, she has a loving, but not a beloved husband, her life is empty. Once she met the Master and fell in love with him. She is a symbol of true love, ready for self-sacrifice.

Yeshua is a philosopher who believes that there are no evil people in the world. Was crucified innocently on the cross. By Yeshua is meant Jesus.

Pilate, the Procurator of Judea, because of his cowardice, condemns Yeshua to execution, which repents all his life.

Demons from the Woland suite. Cat Hippopotamus - walks on two legs, behaves like a man and talks. Gella is a vampire, very beautiful, but with an ugly scar on her neck. Bulgakov's Gella always walks naked, but the creators of the musical gave her some dresses, and also gave her love for Woland. Koroviev is a knight in the past, who got into Woland's retinue as a punishment for an unsuccessful joke. Azazello is a demon-killer.

The plot of the musical

The plot of the musical is as close to the book as possible. Most dialogues and monologues of characters are completely taken from the novel.

Woland arrives in Moscow and pretends to be a professor of black magic. He punishes people who do evil deeds. Events occur in the 30s of the twentieth century, when everyone believed that neither God nor the Devil exists. Woland proves the opposite.

The master wrote a brilliant novel about Pilate and Yeshua, but his work was criticized and refused to publish. He burns his novel and voluntarily finds himself in a madhouse ...

Woland arranges a ball, which, according to tradition, should be a queen - a woman named Margarita, in whose veins the royal blood flows. The main character turns out to be a suitable candidate, and Azazello suggests that she perform this role, hinting that as a reward for this, Messire promises to fulfill her desire. Margarita agrees to become the hostess of the ball in the hope that they will again be together with the Master.

In the final of the play Woland takes the Master and Margarita into oblivion to grant them eternal rest.

"Master and Margarita" (musical) reviews viewers to the characters received a variety. Enthusiasm is said a lot, but there is a small percentage of disappointed - these are those who, after reading the book, imagined her characters are not quite the same as they are shown in the musical. To this the creators of the play give the answer that even before the premiere they advised the viewer to abstract from the book for correct perception of the production.

Actors

In the musical "Master and Margarita" the actors were casting in 3 rounds. Among them there are artists who have already become famous and are very familiar to the viewer.

Ivan Ozhogin (Woland) - one of the best actors in the musical genre, the owner of the stunning beauty and power of voice, the laureate of the Golden Sofit, the Musical Heart of the Theater and the Golden Mask for the role of Count von Krolock in the musical The Ball of Vampires . The executor of leading roles in musicals "Phantom of the Opera", "Jekyll and Hyde", "Paul Negri", "Nord-Ost", "Cats" ...

Now the list of his works has been added to the project "Master and Margarita" (musical). Photo of Ivan Ozhogin as Woland is in this article.

Rostislav Kolpakov (Woland) - gained fame thanks to the musical "The Ball of Vampires". Anton Avdeev (Master / Yeshua) - soloist of the musicals "Chaplin", "Aladdin", "Vampire Ball". Victoria Zhukova (Margarita) - previously was a soloist of the theater "Rock Opera". Natalia Martynova (Margarita) is an actress of theater and cinema. Vyacheslav Shtyps (Pilate) - soloist of the St. Petersburg Theater of Musical Comedy, Sultan in the musical "Aladdin". Elena Romanova (Frida) - actress of the ensemble and the performer of the role of Sarah in the musical "The Ball of Vampires". Maria Lagatskaya-Zimina (Gella) - soloist of the musical "Chaplin".

Thanks to the fact that a remarkable troupe was selected for the project "Master and Margarita" (musical), the audience's comments on the actors involved in the production are the most positive. Most viewers express their special admiration for Ivan Ozhogin, who plays the role of Woland. In their opinion, the artist perfectly manages to embody his hero on the stage.

The premiere of the musical

The premiere of the musical "Master and Margarita" was held on September 18. The guests were met by girls dressed in small black dresses, and on their hands they kept black cats. At the entrance to the theater was laid a red carpet. Everyone who came to the theater for a performance, could reincarnate in Kota Behemoth and be photographed in this manner. Interesting idea with the division of seats in the hall into sectors with names of memorable places from the novel: "Variety", "Griboyedov restaurant" ...

Features of the production

"Master and Margarita" (musical, St. Petersburg) has a number of unique features. This is an interactive performance - in the course of action, the audience becomes its participants. In addition to the decoration in the design, video content with a 3D image is used, it is created using the latest technology, which allows you to do without stereoscopic glasses. In the musical there are special effects and Copperfield tricks. During the play, photo and video are allowed, and applause is forbidden. "Master and Margarita" (musical) reviews about the interactive received the most flattering, the audience is delighted with such a close interaction of artists with the audience.

Monument to the Master and Margarita

On the eve of the premiere of the musical, a press conference took place, in the finale of which a monument to the Master and Margarita by the sculptor Grigory Pototsky was unveiled directly on the stage of the theater. In the future, it is planned to transport it to the Russian Museum. Grigory Pototsky depicted the heroes in the form of St. Andrew's Cross.

Ticket price and how to get there

The performance "Master and Margarita" Theater Music Hall will show blocks, an average of 7-10 days a month. The action lasts 2 hours 30 minutes with intermission. The cost of tickets from 500 to 5000 rubles. In the theater you can buy a program, CDs with studio recording of arias, T-shirts.

Theater address: Alexandrovsky Park, 4. The nearest metro station is "Gorkovskaya". Nearby are the theater "Baltic House", the theater "Skazkin House", the Leningrad Zoo. Nearby is the famous "Peter and Paul Fortress".