19.10.2017
Tatiana Bruni 115th anniversary exhibition
There are about 1,500 pieces of Tatiana Bruni’s work in the Mikhailovsky Theatre’s archive. A selection of this extensive collection will be presented at the exhibition, which opens in the stalls circle of the theatre on 24 October — 115 years to the day since the legendary theatre artist was born.
As a St. Petersburg native with Italian roots and the great-granddaughter of Fyodor Bruni, rector of the Imperial Academy of Arts and renowned painter of The Brazen Serpent, Tatiana Bruni is part of a Russian artistic dynasty. As a child, Tatiana studied ballet and regularly visited the concert halls of St. Petersburg.
Tatiana’s professional life was primarily linked with ballet. In the 1920s, Tatiana was one of the designers for the Young Ballet, founded by Giorgi Balanchivadze, who later became George Balanchine, the great ballet master. Tatiana worked on over 200 productions over the course of her creative career in theatres from Leningrad, Moscow, and Kiev, to Sverdlovsk, Yaroslavl, Perm, and Saratov. While her artistic style draws upon trends in twentieth-century stage design, her work is always recognizably her own.
Tatiana worked with our theatre for more than 40 years. The first ballet that she worked on was La Fille mal gardée (1937) in what was then known as the Maly Opera Theatre. Bruni’s final project for our theatre was working on the costumes and set design for the ballet La Esmerelda in 1981. Among the ballets that Bruni worked on are The Imaginary Fiancé (1946), Doctor Aibolit (1948), The Squire’s Daughter (1951), The Twelve Months (1954), Gavroche (1958), On the Eve (1960), Swan Lake (1965), and Harlequinade (1975). Operas included The Snow Maiden (1947), The Bandits (1948), Lakmé (1948), Don Pasquale (1954), and many others.
As a St. Petersburg native with Italian roots and the great-granddaughter of Fyodor Bruni, rector of the Imperial Academy of Arts and renowned painter of The Brazen Serpent, Tatiana Bruni is part of a Russian artistic dynasty. As a child, Tatiana studied ballet and regularly visited the concert halls of St. Petersburg.
Tatiana’s professional life was primarily linked with ballet. In the 1920s, Tatiana was one of the designers for the Young Ballet, founded by Giorgi Balanchivadze, who later became George Balanchine, the great ballet master. Tatiana worked on over 200 productions over the course of her creative career in theatres from Leningrad, Moscow, and Kiev, to Sverdlovsk, Yaroslavl, Perm, and Saratov. While her artistic style draws upon trends in twentieth-century stage design, her work is always recognizably her own.
Tatiana worked with our theatre for more than 40 years. The first ballet that she worked on was La Fille mal gardée (1937) in what was then known as the Maly Opera Theatre. Bruni’s final project for our theatre was working on the costumes and set design for the ballet La Esmerelda in 1981. Among the ballets that Bruni worked on are The Imaginary Fiancé (1946), Doctor Aibolit (1948), The Squire’s Daughter (1951), The Twelve Months (1954), Gavroche (1958), On the Eve (1960), Swan Lake (1965), and Harlequinade (1975). Operas included The Snow Maiden (1947), The Bandits (1948), Lakmé (1948), Don Pasquale (1954), and many others.
