Project
Opera “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk”
Category
Best Implemented Theatre Set Design
About the project (provided by the applicant)
The stage design is organized with several layers of fences in different configurations. Each scene features a unique wooden fence that rises, revealing a new setting. The audience experiences a sense of peeking into the characters’ lives, full of secrets, as if watching partially through gaps.
Each layer includes boards that can be lifted by the performers, or doors hiding spaces such as bedrooms, hangars, or offices. The fences, like Katerina’s skirts, rise to create cascades of textures and shades, ranging from black to white. The first fence is a black street fence, while the last, at the wedding, is snow-white. In the penal labor scene, boards rotate from vertical to horizontal, forming a “lake” of planks. In the final drowning scene, the boards completely cover Katerina, leaving only parts of the platforms and fences on stage, reminiscent of a cemetery.
Location
16 Henri Barbusse Street, Astrakhan, Astrakhan State Opera and Ballet Theatre, Russia
Project implementation year
2025
Extra visual materials
Photo https://www.evgeniyashutina.com/sv4lp8sq2f
https://disk.yandex.ru/d/4nyxEqvZPSyUaQ
Model https://www.evgeniyashutina.com/z3hzav9zze
https://disk.yandex.ru/d/_4vKWcHH_MHtmA
Applicant
Evgeniya Shutina
Evgeniya Shutina is a set designer and the author of over 70 productions. She graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio (workshop of Oleg Sheintsis) in 2009. She has worked at theaters including the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre, Sergey Zhenovach Studio Theatre, Peter Fomenko Workshop Theatre, Sovremennik Theatre, Mayakovsky Theatre, Novaya Opera, Vakhtangov Theatre, and others. She holds a diploma from the Russian Academy of Arts in scenography. Several of her works are part of the Bakhrushin Theatre Museum collection.
Author of the project
Set Designer Evgeniya Shutina
Photo
Alexander Potapov
Customer
Astrakhan State Opera and Ballet Theatre
Other participants
Conductor Valery Voronin, director Alexey Smirnov, costume designer Elena Bodrova, lighting designer Andrey Abramov
Status of the project
Implemented
