EUGENE ONEGIN

Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation and the National Prize of Lithuania and Holder of the Order of Frienship, Rimas Tuminas has produced more than 20 plays in various theaters in Russia and Europe since 1978. Since 1979 he has been giving workshops on the art of directing. In 1990 he founded the Maly Theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 2002 he directed_ Nikolai Gogol's The Inspector General at the Vakhtangov Theatre. In 2007 he became artistic director of the Vakhtangov Theatre at the invitation of renowned Russian actor Mikhail Ulyanov. Under his direction, the Vakhtangov company becomes one of the most important on the theatrical scene with shows staged all over the world. For the Vakhtangov Theatre, Tuminas has produced Troilus and Cressida_ by William Shakespeare,_ The Last Moons_ by Furio Bordon and Harold Muller, Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, A Masquerade Ball by Mikhail Lermontov, Le vent des peupliers by Gerald Sibleyras, The Haven (based on from different authors), Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin,_ Smile to us, O Lord_ by Grigory Kanovicius, Minetti by Thomas Bernhard. The magnificent performance of The Haven production was an incredible and talented demonstration of the skills of the artistic leadership to head of the company. In 2016 at the Spoleto Festival he staged Eugene Onegin.

Laureate of the National Prize of Lithuania, from 1978 to 1983 Adomas Jacovskis was chief set designer for the State Youth Theatre of Lithuania. He has been teaching set design at the Lithuanian Academy of Fine Arts since 1989. He has designed the sets for more than 80 theater, opera opera and dance productions. He has worked with the National Dramatic Theatre of Lithuania, State Youth Theatre of Lithuania, Maly Theatre in Vilnius, LIFE Festival, Lithuanian Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Kaunas Dramatic Theatre, Riga National Opera, the Vrotslav Modern Theatre in Poland, the Rep Theatre in Scotland, the National Theatre to Reykjavik in Iceland, the Göteborg Theatre in Sweden, the Sovremennik Theatre to Moscow, the Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre and the Bolshoi Theatre in Russia. Since 1994 he has collaborated with director Rimas Tuminas. For the Vakhtangov Theatre he has designed the sets for Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, _A Masked Ball _by Mikhail Lermontov, Le vent des peupliers by Gerald Sibleyras, The Haven (based on from different authors), Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin, _Smile to us, O Lord _by Grigory Kanovicius, Minetti by Thomas Bernhard, _Oedipus Rex _by Sophocles. Adomas Jacovskis is also a painter and has shown his works in numerous national and international exhibitions.

Laureate of the State Prize of Lithuania, from 1979 to 1991, Faustas Latenas was musical director and leader of the Vilnius Puppet Theatre in Lithuania. From 1991 to 2005 he worked for the Maly Theatre in Vilnius as musical director, later assuming the position of artistic director as well. During the same period he became director of the National Drama Theatre of Lithuania. In 1996 and in the years 2005 and 2006, he is Deputy Minister of Culture of Lithuania. From 1997 to 1999 he is Lithuanian State Councillor for Cultural Heritage and in 2006 he is elected Secretary to the Prime Minister. In 2012 and 2013 he is Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of Lithuania to Moscow. Latenas composes music for orchestra and solo instruments, from chamber music, and music for voices and choir. He is the author of more than 100 soundtracks for films, documentaries and dramas. For the Vakhtangov Theatre he composed the music for Nikolai Gogol's The Inspector General, _Troilo and Cressida _and Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare, The Last Moons by Furio Bordon and Harold Muller, Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, A Masquerade Ball by Mikhail Lermontov, Iwona Princess of Burgundy by Witold Gombrowicz, Le vent des peupliers by Gerald Sibleyras, The Haven (drawn from different authors), Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin, Smile to us, O Lord by Grigory Kanovicius, The Marriage of Figaro by Pierre Beaumarchais.