Shlepyanov, Ilya Yulievich

Ilya Shlepyanov
Ilya Shlepyanov
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Ilya Yulievich Shlepyanov ( October 27 [ November 9 ] 1900 , Chernigov - December 21, 1951 , Moscow ) - Russian Soviet theater director and artist. Honored Artist of the RSFSR ( 1933 ), laureate of the Stalin Prize ( 1946 , 1951 ).

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Biography

Ilya Shlepyanov was born in Chernigov; in 1904 the family moved to Kiev , where in 1919 he graduated from the first commercial school and at the same time as a painter’s school of the artist A.S. Monko. Then he began to study with Petrograd teachers, students of V. E. Meyerhold in 1914-1917, A. M. and A. V. Smirnov, who opened a theater studio in Kiev. He continued his studies and volunteered for the Red Army while serving in the Political Administration of the 12th Army in Kiev.

In 1922, Shlepyanov became a student of Sun. Meyerhold at the State Higher Director's Workshops (GVIRM), which he graduated in 1925 . Even while studying, he designed at the Theater. Meyerhold three performances - "D. E. ”M. Podgaetsky (1924),“ Teacher Bubus ” A. Fayko and“ Mandate ” N. Erdman (1925), under the guidance of Meyerhold, developed innovative scenic techniques for them: movable shields transforming the stage, rotating concentric circles-rings and others ^[1] .

Since only the art director himself could stage performances in Meyerhold’s theater ^[2] , Shlepianov left his teacher together with several young actors ( M. I. Zharov , V. F. Fedorov and others), for a short time he was the main artist of the Baku Workers' Theater , then the Realistic Theater in Moscow, and since 1928 - the main artist and director of the Moscow Theater of the Revolution . Here, Ilya Shlepianov worked until 1937, designed, in particular, the performances based on the plays by N. Pogodin 's Poem on the Ax (1931), My Friend (1932) and After the Ball (1934). Together with A. D. Popov, he performed the famous production of “ Romeo and Juliet ” (1935) with M. Babanova , M. Astangov , and O. Pyzhova . He gave preference to the constructive-architectural design principle, using photo montage and abandoning planar pictorial scenery ^[1] . He staged a number of plays by modern Soviet playwrights, including N. Zarchi 's Street of Joy and the Battle in the West, Vs. Vishnevsky . In 1933, I. Yu. Shlepyanov was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

Since the second half of the 30s, Ilya Shlepyanov was mainly engaged in directing. In 1938-1939 he worked at the Leningrad Maly Opera and Ballet Theater , where he staged, in particular, the opera D. Kabalevsky “Cola Bruyon”. In 1939-1940 - artistic director of the Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater of the BSSR (Minsk). In 1940-1942 in Moscow he directed the Lensovet Theater, in 1942-1944 - the Satire Theater .

From 1944 to 1951 he was the main director of the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater. S. M. Kirov ^[1] . He staged The Orleans Maiden by P. Tchaikovsky (Stalin Prize of the 1st degree, 1946) and The Taras Family by D. Kabalevsky (Stalin Prize of the 2nd degree, 1951). At the same time he staged at the Bolshoi Drama Theater “ A lot of noise from nothing ” by W. Shakespeare and “ Dowry ” by A. Ostrovsky .

He was buried at the Don cemetery in Moscow.

Family

Ilya Shlepyanov was married to actress Natalya Semyonovna Svitalskaya; the eldest son, Yuri (1925-1985) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War , had military awards, including the Order of the Red Star and the medal "For the capture of Berlin" ; was a leading designer in the defense industry, was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor .

The second marriage was married to the daughter of the wing of the adjutant of the tsarist army, Evgenia Nikolaevna Strakhova; the youngest son, Alexander Shlepianov , became a screenwriter, among his works are scripts for the films “The Dead Season” and “The Queen of Spades”.

Awards and titles

Honored Artist of the RSFSR ( 1933 )
Order of the Red Banner of Labor ( 1940 )
Stalin Prize of the first degree ( 1946 ) - for staging the opera "Orleans Maiden" by P. I. Tchaikovsky ^[3]
Stalin Prize ( 1951 ) - for the production of the opera The Family of Taras by D. Kabalevsky ^[4]

Creativity

Directing

Theater of the Revolution

I. Shlepianov (left) and V. Fedorov in the design of the scenery for the play "Hop-la, we live!", 1928

1931 - The Stroyfront by A. I. Zavalishin ; artist I. Shlepyanov
1932 - "Street of joy" N. A. Zarha; artist I. Shlepyanov
1933 - “In the West, the battle” of V.V. Vishnevsky; artist I. Shlepyanov
1934 - “Personal Life” by V. A. Solovyov
1935 - “Romeo and Juliet” by W. Shakespeare (together with A. D. Popov); artist I. Shlepyanov
1936 - “Concert” (“Alexander Shigorin”) A. M. Fayko
1936 - "The death of the squadron" A. E. Korneichuk

Lensoviet Theater, Moscow

1940 - The Seville Barber by Beaumarchais (artist N. Prusakov)
1941 - “The Baboon Riot” by D. Smolin (according to Aristophanes ) (artist N. Prusakov)
1941 - “Treasure of Sampo” by D. A. Shcheglov (artist M. Cheremnykh )

Theater of Opera and Ballet. S. M. Kirova

1944 - La Traviata by D. Verdi
1945 - “Eugene Onegin” by P. I. Tchaikovsky
1945 - The Orleans Maiden by P. I. Tchaikovsky
1946 - “ Duenya ” by S. Prokofiev
1947 - "Prince Lake" by I. Dzerzhinsky
1949 - “Boris Godunov” by M. Mussorgsky
1950 - "Mazepa" by P. I. Tchaikovsky

A scene from the play “My Friend” by N. Pogodin. Guy - M.F. Astangov (on the right). The leading person is M. M. Strauch . Staged by A. Popov. Artist I. Shlepyanov. Theater of the Revolution, 1932
1950 - “The Taras Family” by D. Kabalevsky
1951 - “Ivan Bolotnikov” by L. Stepanova

Bolshoi Drama Theater

1946 - “ Much Ado About Nothing ” by W. Shakespeare ; artists T. G. Bruni and I. Yu. Shlepyanov
1948 - “Dowager” by A. Ostrovsky ; artist V.V. Dmitriev

Scenography

Theater named after Meyerhold

1924 - "D. E. "Podgaetsky; Director Sun Meyerhold (together with V.F. Fedorov )
1925 - “Teacher Bubus” by A. Fayko ; Director Sun Meyerhold
1925 - The Mandate of N. Erdman ; Director Sun Meyerhold (with P.V. Williams

Realistic Theater

1929 - The Nord-Ost by D. Shcheglov; Director V.F. Fedorov