And we hate, and we love by accident,
Without sacrificing either malice or love,
And there reigns in the soul some cold secret,
When the fire is boiling in the blood.
These lines are asked in the epigraph to "Masquerade" by R. Tuminas. M. Lermontov's poetic drama is a ruthless truth about contemporaries, a cruel world where morality walks along the tip of a knife.
But Masquerade is also a holiday, charming music, bright costumes, mysterious masks, an attractive element of fun, where they speak evil, joke, fool, remaining unrecognized - freedom from everyone and themselves.
Masquerade is a theater - characters, intrigues, flirting, hot confessions and dangerous revelations. Fools, cynics, mystifiers, clowns, actors, romantic heroes pass through a string of "not knowing shame", protected by unrecognition.
Masquerade is a game with a partner, destiny, here they kill with a word, gossip, so that later, after removing the mask, shed "bitter tears of compassion".
What a captivating and treacherous community this masquerade. Thoughtlessly begun intrigue overgrown with details, speculation and rolls like a snowball, a victim and tempter.
Masquerade is a running around in a circle without stopping, without respite, its sweeping whirlwind tightens, bravura joy gives courage and sometimes deprives the mind.
Masquerade is a dream, the meaning of which opens with the last chord of a waltz.
"Masquerade" by R. Tuminas - a show of clowns, tragifars, sad comedy Del Arte, overturned these days, spinning with the sounds of waltz A. Khachaturyan, in decades returned to the Vakhtangov stage, for which it was written.
“ So beautiful that it is impossible to convey. A kaleidoscope of plots and pictures covered with white St. Petersburg snow. I watched it twice, I hope I will see it again.
“ great performance. modern production. very beautiful scenery. great acting. advise
“ Nina was on 03/30/2018. The performance is not straightforward, I went to Lermontov's Masquerade, but I got on the Winter Fairy Tale for adults-more specifically, the Polunin Show. I do not agree with the director, but the acting is at an altitude, they (the actors) pulled this performance out. Bravo!!!