Nyanyushka, part one
Nyanyushka
Words: Simon Nicholson
Music: Gary Carpenter
Kirov: Damian Thantrey
Olga Tomsk: Stephanie Corley
Maria Popinova: Susan Atherton
Nyanyushka tells the story of a man, left to fend for himself in post
revolution Russia, who yearns for the care of his Nyanushka once again.
Simon Nicholson writes:
I'd read about the peasant nannies of Tsarist Russia some time ago.
Adored by the noble children they suckled and reared, they were nonetheless
servants: penniless, illiterate women who usually lived out their entire
lives on the estate on which they were born. When Gary approached me about
the project, I remembered this material, and for some reason found myself
wondering what might have happened to these women after the 1917 revolution.
I thought up a story. It had the somewhat grotesque tone of some early
Soviet writers (Mayakovsky, Bulgakov, Erdman) and that provided a good clue
for how to write the libretto. A lthough it proved impossible to resist
references to a certain 1960's musical film as well...
Gary Carpenter writes:
My references arrived with Simon's libretto. Set at a time when the
influence of Diaghilev's coterie of disaffected Russian emigrés was still
felt everywhere except Russia, I tinkered around the edges of Mussorgsky and
early Stravinsky. In the spirit of the piece, I confess to one quotation.
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Slavic Mythology
Slavic Mythology, Folk and Fairy Tales FILM
Slavic Mythology in Russian - Славянская Mифология на русском языке
The first Museum of Slavic mythology has been existed in Tomsk since 2007. It was created by Gennadii Mikhailovich Pavlov. The Museum is located in a three-storey building behind Voskresenskaya hill. Today it is a historical part of the city and the center of Slavic culture in Tomsk.
The Museum is unique and doesn’t have any counterparts in the world. It’s collection consists of paintings by modern Russian artists, and these paintings are connected by a common subject – the mythology of our ancestors, the ancient Slavs and their heroic past, Russian fairy tales and customs. The talented artists of these paintings, no matter how different they are in style, are united in their desire to recreate this legendary world of the ancient Slavs, to make it visible for other people through art. It really feels as if the Gods and heroes of ancient Slavic culture are looking at you from the paintings.
The first Museum of Slavic mythology aims to discover, research, collect and popularize works of art created by talented artists of Russia.
Victor A. Korolkov «Makosh» The goddess of fertility, the patroness of the crop, of destiny and good luck.
V. A. Korolkov «M?rana» Morana is a Slavic goddess of lifeless and slepping of the nature.
V. A. Korolkov «The Slavic saga»
V. A. Korolkov «The fern blossoming»
V. A. Korolkov «Flying around the world» Baba-Yaga (on the picture) is a Slavic witch
V. A. Korolkov «The crying of the house spirits» The world in Slavic tradition is full of spirits who live around the people.
V. A. Korolkov «Peruniza»
V. A. Korolkov «Karachun»
V. A. Korolkov «Radegast» Radegast - the Deity of battle glory and war ¬of the western Slavs. Radegast is represented as an armed man.
V. A. Korolkov «The bathhouse spirit» Steam baths are well-known in many European countries, but maybe only in Russia is the steam-bathing “banya” tradition such a subject of national pride and an attribute of Russianness, and rightly so. It is known more than two thousand years ago.
V. A. Korolkov «Chislobog. The God of the arithmetics»
V. A. Korolkov «The transformation» In folk tales swan-like maidens are very beautiful creatures, possessing seductive and prophetic powers.
V. A. Korolkov «Lel – the sovereign of the birds» Lyel is the God of love and tenderness. The image of Lyel can be found in Russian spiritual songs, wedding folk poetry, lullabies
V. A. Korolkov «The light-winged shallop»
V. A. Korolkov «Stribog» Stribog is the supreme ruler of the winds.
Andrey Klimenko «Perun» Perun is the God of the Thunder-storm and Lightning, he is the rainmaker. Perun was the same asZeus (the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology) and Thor (the hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, oak trees and strength in Norse mythology). The word «Perun» goes back to an era of the unity of Indo-European speaking people
Andrey Klimenko «Svarog the ancestor»
Andrey Klimenko «Veles» God Veles
Andrey Klimenko «The fairy-tales of Russian forest»
Andrey Klimenko «The Dream about Dazhdbog’s chariot» The main character in the picture is the Prince of Kiev, SvyatoslavThe Brave, zealot of paganism
Boris M.Olshanskii «The warrior’s birth»
B. M. Olshanskii «The prediction»
B. M. Olshanskii «Dnieper battle»
B. M. Olshanskii «The prediction»
Vyacheslav Nazaruk «The Battle»
B. M. Olshanskii «Dazhdbog»
V. M. Nazaruk «Vagri»
Anna Vinogradova «Petrushka» (Diptych « The past is close»)
Z. F. Lavrentyev «The soul of the forest»
V. M. Nazaruk «Boyan» (from the triptych «The Lay of Igor's Raid »)
Sergey Panasenko (Бог ветра) « Позвизд / God of Wind
Sergey Panasenko « Spirit of fire
Sergey Panasenko « Spirit of Sea
Sergey Panasenko « Матушка Земля /Mother Earth
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The Wilhelm Scream and Iconic Sounds of Horror Cinema (feat. Monstrum's Emily Zarka)
You may not know their names, but the theremin and the wilhelm scream are ubiquitous in horror films. Today, Danielle and special guest Dr. Emily Zarka tell the spooky tales of how these iconic sounds ended up in your favorite movies!
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