Mam’zelle Nitouche (1944)
The premiere took place in December 1944 . The production caused indignation of the superiors: why should one twitch legs when so much blood is shed! The possibility of staging of an operetta by a dramatic theatre during the war looked suspicious. But the performance had a great success. It was sharp and light, no traces of efforts and sweat. The actors, real masters, played brilliantly, and all the youth was engaged in bright and gaily decorated crowd scenes. “Mam’zelle Nitouche” remained in the repertoire during many years. An illegal wartime masterpiece became a smash hit in Moscow.
Main Stage
Premiere was on 14 December 1944
Characters & Cast:
Denisa |
Galina Pashkova Lyudmila Tselikovskaya |
Augustin (Floridore) |
Vladimir Osenev Sergey Lukyanov |
Owner of the pansion |
Elena Ponsova |
Colonel |
Anatoliy Goryunov |
Ferdinand de Shamplatro |
Viktor Koltsov Nikolai Gritsenko |
Korinna , operetta theatre prima donna |
Garen Zhukovskaya Elena Berseneva Nina Nikitina |
Lorio Non-com |
Nikolay Plotnikov Nikolay Pazhitnov |
Theatre director |
Arkady Maryin |
Polinar Stage director’s assistant |
Eugeniy Maximov |
Michael Stage director of the American company |
Nikolai Gritsenko Vyacheslav Dugin |
Ursula |
K. Sultanova |
Crew:
Production |
Ruben Simonov |
Decorator |
Nikolay Akimov |
Text of intermediates |
Nikolay Erdman |
Lyrics for Music part |
Y. Galitskiy |
Orchestration and Music for the 2nd act |
Aleksandr Golubtsev |