"Golden Sofita" was awarded in St. Petersburg

On November 7, the 22nd ceremony of presenting the highest theater award of St. Petersburg “Golden Sofit” was held in the St. Petersburg Youth Theater. The best performance on the big stage was recognized as Hamlet MDT - the theater of Europe in the production of the artistic director of the theater Leo Dodin.

According to Interfax , Dodin also received the Golden Sofit as the best director for this performance .

Angelica Nevolin was awarded in the “Best Female Role” nomination (for the role of Leni Rifenshtal in the play “Blue Light” Oleg Dmitrieva, MDT - the theater of Europe), in the nomination “Best Male Role” - Efim Kamenetsky (for the role of Venet in the play “Endless April” by Ivan Latyshev, the VF Komissarzhevskaya Theater).

BDT artists named after G.A. Tovstonogov, participants in the play “Baptized by Crosses” in the production of Benjamin Filcheminsky, received the “Golden Sofit” in the category “Best Acting Ensemble”.

The “rural honor” of the St. Petersburg Opera theater in the reserve of Yuri Alexandrov was recognized as the best opera performance, several “golden Sophies” in different nominations were received by artists and musicians of the Mariinsky Theater.

Special prizes of the Nomination Council “For a unique contribution to the theater culture of St. Petersburg” were awarded to Boris Dodin and the artistic director of the Ballet Academic Theater Boris Eifman. The golden sign “For a selfless many years of work on the education of new theater generations for the Russian theater” was awarded to the artistic director of the theater of youth work Evgeny Sazonov.

A full list of winners and nominees of the Golden Sophite is given on the Prize website .