MARAT/SADE

By Yuriy P. Lyubimov after Peter Weiss "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of Monsieur de Sade"

Director - Yury Lyubimov. Scenography by Vladimir Boyer. Music by Sergey Letov, Mikhail Zhukov, Vladimir Martynov, Tatiana Zhannova. Costumes - Elena Predvoditeleva. Choreographer of the step dance - Vladimir Belaykin. Plastic Movement - Vladimir Sazhin

CAST

Coulmier, Polpoch, Father of Marat - Felix Antipov

Marquis de Sade - Valery Zolotukhin

Jean-Paul Marat - Timur Badalbeili

Charlotte Corday - Alexandra Bassova

Herald, Kokol - Dmitry Vysotsky

Cucurucu, The hospital attendant - Alexandr Fursenko

Le Rossignol, Simonne Evrard - Larisa Maslova

Duperret, Inmate - Dmitry Muljar

Jacques Roux, School Teacher of Marat - Alexei Grabbe

Wife of Coulmier, Mother of Marat - Tatiana Sidorenko

Daughter of Coulmier - Yulia Kuvarzina

The hospital attendant - Ivan Ryzhikov

The Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton - Anastasia Kolpikova

Asylum Band:

• Sergey Letov - saxophone baritone, saxophone tenor, saxophone soprano, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute, piccolo, swanee whistle

• Vladimir Nelinov - percussion

• Tatiana Zhannova - keyboards (KORG)

Singers - soloists of Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble: Marina Cherkashina, Svetlana Sorokina-Subbotina

The schedule of performances look at http://www.letov.ru/CONCERTS.html

The performance was put on stage in 1998 - at Taganka Theatre, Minor Stage

Since 1998 Marat and Marquis de Sade was presented at Theatre festivals at Petersburg (Russia), Rome, Avignone, Tampere (Finland), Budapest, New Haven (USA), Hong Kong, Seoul, Shizuoka (Japan), Rijeka (Croatia), Kiev

Jazz variations on the music for Marat and Marquis de Sade - MP3:

• Blues For Sleeping Charlotte Corday (S. Letov) 13:49 17.8 Mb VBR
• Terrorism (S. Letov) 6:58 5.3 Mb VBR

(recorded in Ekaterinburg: Sergey Letov - saxophones, chalumeau, Vladimir Talabuev - alto saxophone, Vitaliy Vladimirov -trombone, piano, Alexandr Alexandrov - bassoon, Sergey Proskurin - double bass, Igor Zakharov - drums)

Terrorism - from the music to Theatre performance Marat and Marquis de Sade (Sergey Letov) - first 45 seconds, playing by Russian Saxophone Mafia

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