Chulpan Khamatova, who had previously retired from the Sovremennik Theater and left Russia, replaced actress Irina Vybornova in the production of The Decameron at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, Kirill Serebrennikov said. The performance, directed by Mr. Serebrennikov, is a joint project of Deutsches Theater Berlin and Moscow’s Gogol Center.
“Chulpan Khamatova helped us out, brilliantly introduced herself in the role of Ira Vybornova, who, alas, was laid down by the covid. Ira, get well soon! Chulpan, bravo and with the premiere! ”, The director wrote in his Telegram channel.
When Mrs. Vybornova fell ill and how long Mrs. Khamatova rehearsed the role with the troupe is unknown. It is also not reported when the actress arrived in Germany. Earlier, Chulpan Khamatova announced that she had moved to live from Russia to Latvia in connection with the military operation in Ukraine. The actress will serve in the New Riga Theatre, declared artistic director Alvis Hermanis on Instagram (owned by Meta, recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and banned).
The actress has already worked with Serebrennikov. She played in the performances The Naked Pioneer (2005) and Antony & Cleopatra. Version ”(2008) in“ Sovremennik ”. In the film “Petrovs in the flu” (2020), Ms. Khamatova played the main role.
Chulpan Khamatova is a laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation, graduated from the Russian Institute of Theater Arts (GITIS), since 1998 she has performed in the troupe of the Moscow Sovremennik Theater, and was a confidant of Vladimir Putin during the presidential campaign in 2012.
Read about the cancellation and bans on the Russian stage in the publication “Kommersant” “The theater of military disasters”.