"Anna Karenina" (anglicized "Anna Karenin") is one of the best works by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. It is considered to be a realist fiction, but the author himself declared the story to be his first true novel. The character of the heroine was inspired by the daughter of the famous poet Alexander Pushkin, whom he once met at dinner. The lady impressed Tolstoy so much that he began writing a story, which had been published in "Russkii Vestnik" from 1873 to 1877.

The novel has often been staged with great success. The Lithuanian director Eimuntas Nekrosius suggests his own version of the book. Working with a cast of Italian actors, he introduces a soothing leitmotif, extensive involvement of dance and movement, interesting decorations and the use of natural decorations, such as fire, wind, water, ice and stone.

The performance is run in Teatro Argentina from 4 to 16 March.

 

2008.03.03