Published: 3 December, 2007, 10:37
Edited: 3 December, 2007, 10:37
Plays, ballet, photography and opera all feature on Entertainment Today.
New European play from Norway
Internationally renowned Norwegian director Jo Stromgren has presented his latest production “The Convent” at Moscow's Theatre of Nations as a part of the on-going festival – The New European Theatre (NET). It is the second part of a theatrical trilogy, written by Stromgren. It tells the story of three women, living in an isolated nunnery somewhere in the Alps.
They do nothing but praise God. However it doesn't bring them any peace and the women lose their belief. One of the nuns just to make fun of her companions pretends to have the signs of the stigmata on her palms. And after that joke it seems that there's nothing sacred left at the convent.
Creative photos in limited time
Russian photographers found a way to unite their biggest passion in life with a little bit of sport and adventure. The creators refer to Photocross as intellectual leisure. As a race to produce the best art in the least amount of time it combines the sport of orienteering with photography.
At the start of the competition each team receives an envelope with a so called Cross-list. This tells the competitors what images they have to capture. It could be an object, a sentiment, an action or a phrase. Traditionally Photocross ends with an exhibition.
Ex-Nightwish diva sings in Mosciw
The queen of symphonic-metal Tarja Turunen has given a concert in Moscow. Welcomed by hundreds of goth-lovers the former lead singer of a Finnish band Nightwish presented her solo album “My winter storm”.
Tarja's strong opera voice gave the “Nightwish” heavy metal band a unique sound. Their union was very popular in the unusual genre of the Symphonic metal. However, in 2005 she left the band, started writing her own lyrics and began a solo career. Tarja's first solo album, “My Winter Storm”, was released in November 2007 and achieved gold status in Finland on the day of release.
Requiem as a ballet
Two Russian heavyweights – choreographer Boris Eifman's ballet company and conductor Vladimir Spivakov's Orchestra – joined forces to stage Mozart's “Requiem”. For the first time immortal masterpiece of late Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, praising the death and revival has been made staged with such passion.