Nikita Kononov (Krygin), stage director for opera

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Was born in 1976 in Volgograd (Stalingrad), Russia; studied the Opera in the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts – GITIS with D.Bertman and D.Belov; specially studied Meyerhold ‘s biomechanics and acting techniques of baroque theatre;

played a role of Don Quixote in musical play The Man from Lamancha, Moscow (2000);

… as stage manager he works at Yasnaya Polyana Museum (Tula, Russia) – Open-Air-Production War and Peace (S.Prokofiev), 1999; at Khamovniki Museum (Moscow, Russia) – Open-Air-Production Khaji-Murat (Sh.Chalaev), 2003, World premiere; at Musashino Cultural Foundation (Tokyo, Japan) - Mavra (I.Stravinsky), Japan premiere, 2003; at Studio of contemporary dance of E.Konnova (Moscow, Russia) 2004; at Konstantinovo’s Music Summer Festival (Ryazan, Russia) – Salieri and Mozart (P.Kulichkin), 2004, World premiere.

… as acting coach he works in Die Zauberflöte, Bastien und Bastienne and Die Entführung aus den Serail (W.A.Mozart), Eugen Onegin and Iolanta (P.Tchaikovsky), The Tsar’s Bride (N.Rimsky-Korsakov).

… as scenographer he works at Konstantinovo’s Music Summer Festival (Ryazan, Russia) – Salieri and Mozart (P.Kulichkin), 2004, World premiere; at Moscow Early Opera Company (Russia) – La Serva Padrona (G.Pergolesi), 2005.

… as stage director and scenographer…

Le Pauvre Matelot (D. Milhaud), 2000, Russian Academy of Theatre Arts – GITIS (Moscow, Russia);

Les Indes Galantes (J.-P. Rameau), 2001, Amadei Music Theatre (Moscow, Russia), Russian premiere;

Orpheo (K.W. Gluck), 2001, Amadei Music Theatre (Moscow, Russia);

The Queen of the Spade (P. Tchaikovsky), 2002, Amadei Music Theatre (Moscow, Russia);

Don Giovanni (W.A.Mozart), 2004, Amadei Music Theatre (Moscow, Russia);

Black Man (S.Esenin – E.Tolstunova), 2004, Konstantinovo’s Music Summer Festival (Ryazan, Russia);

Alcina (G.F.Handel), 2005, Moscow Early Opera Company (Russia);

Bastien and Bastienne (W.A.Mozart), 2008, The Young Actor's Studio (Moscow, Russia).

The founder and Art director of Moscow Early Opera Company in 2005 – 2007.

The teacher of Department of Directing and Acting of the Musical Theatre (Russian Academy of Theatre Arts – GITIS) in 2006 - 2008.

The acting teacher and Stage director in The Young Actor's Studio (Moscow, Russia).

The author of articles about the French literature and art of XVII century in Russian Wikipedia.