Ivan
Vasilyevich Sevastyanov

Russia • 1920−2004

Member of the Union of artists of the USSR. People's artist of the RSFSR.

Only in Saratov Sevastyanov has created as an artist for more than thirty performances, and dozens more – in the Novosibirsk and Leningrad, many performances in the 80-ies in the theatres of the countries of the socialist camp and the Union republics. In total, more than 200 theatrical productions.

Born in 1920 in Saratov province and died in 2004 in St. Petersburg. He studied theatre stage design course at the Saratov art school. In College he was a student of I. Shcheglov and B. Milovidova, student Utkin. During the war years — again to the question regarding the time and place in his life — he became a pupil and assistant to V. Dmitriev, the chief artist was evacuated to Saratov Theater in his youth was the disciple of Petrov-Vodkin and students of the experimental Studio of the armed Forces. E. Meyerhold. After the war, disciple N. Guschin, one of the outstanding artists of the Russian Diaspora. In 1940, Sevastyanov came to work in the theatre. And in 1945, he was already the chief artist of the Saratov Opera and ballet theatre. In that year, here I put "Faust" Gounod. Since 1952, Sevastyanov was the main artist of Novosibirsk Opera and ballet theatre. This is perhaps the most fruitful period in his life. Dozens of productions. In Novosibirsk, Sevastyanov set "Enchantress", "May night", "Sadko", "Romeo and Juliet", "the Tale of Tsar Saltan", "the Swan lake", "Boris Godunov" and many more — almost all the classical operatic repertoire and many ballets. There was raised and many experimental stuff: Hungarian Opera classics Frentz Erkel's "Bank Ban", ballet Chinese Zhang Xiao-Hu "Precious Lotus". Working in Novosibirsk, Sevastyanov received the title of people's artist of the RSFSR. In the years 1963-1976 Sevastyanov worked at the Kirov theater in Leningrad. Some of the most beautiful sketches of this period to the "Russian" operas and ballets published in published for the exhibition catalog. "Prince Igor", "Boris Godunov", "Khovanshchina", "the Tsar's bride" — the constant part of the repertoire of any Russian theatre. In 1952 he participated in all major exhibitions of theatrical-decorative art. And in 1971 had a solo exhibition in Moscow.

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