Ekaterina Varnava, Vladimir Koshevoy, Sati Spivakova, Evgeny Borodenko

The premiere performances of the play took place on the stage of the Theater of Nations in Moscow. “Canary” about the opera diva Maria Callas with Sati Spivakova in the lead role.

Among the first audience members were Ekaterina Varnava, Ksenia Solovieva, Andrey Fomin and the artistic director of the theater Yevgeny Mironov. Vladimir Spivakov also came to congratulate his wife at the premiere.

Catherine BarnabasKsenia SolovievaVladimir and Sati Spivakov, Dmitry SerdyukSati Spivakova and Evgeny Mironov

The basis of the performance was the play of the same name by journalist and screenwriter Maria Vardenga, which tells about the last three days of the life of the great singer. The production was directed by Dmitry Serdyuk, who described his work as follows. “dramatic story of the singer and in no case a benefit performance”.

Sati Spivakova in the game “Canary”

The performance takes place in Callas’s apartment, which she rarely leaves in the last days of her life, but the audience will also see the flashes of the singer’s former glory: for example, costume designer Alexander Borovsky recreated the stage costumes of Maria Callas for opera productions. “sleepwalker”, “Longing” and “Macbeth”.

Earlier, Italian actress Monica Bellucci appeared on the theatrical stage in the image of Maria Callas. He took part in the play “Maria Callas: letters and memories” It was directed by Tom Wolf, which was released in 2019.

Mark Tishman, Andrey Fomin and Dmitry SerdyukVladimir Koshevoy