#Edrian bernada

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Made some DM reaction gifs from Skazki’s Last Trial!

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I love Evgeny Egorov's Finrod the most; I adore his vocals during the Song Battle, and he really carries himself with all the grace and dignity of an Elven King. Plus, I love his interactions with Mikhail Potekhin's Beren, as he really comes across like an older brother to him. So yeah, Egorov is the best Finrod for me.

As for Sauron...

I really like Edrian Bernada's Sauron the most. He really exudes this controlled cruelty and arrogance in his body language and dialogue, and his performance of the Song Battle has got to be the best one. Plus, I really love the face paint he wears- it looks so good on him!

Tolkien Musical Fans Reblog with your favorite Finrod and Sauron!! I’ll go first

Seraphim as Finrod

Mikhail Sidorenko as Sauron

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Emerald Streams

Lay of Leithian

It's been a while since I last announced a stream more than one day in advance...! Two years ago, I streamed Finrod as part of this stream series, and now it's time for the second rock opera based on the tale of Beren and Lúthien!

From the unofficial website: Two different fates are woven together when Lúthien, an elven princess, falls in love with Beren, a hero of mortal men. To win her hand, Beren is sent on an impossible quest- to cut a legendary gem from the crown of the Dark Lord. So begins this battle between light and darkness, love and duty, in the most enduring tale of Middle Earth.

English, Russian, Finnish and Spanish subtitles available! This linktree contains links to the translation and is a fantastic resource.

When?

Friday, 12 January 2024

8pm CET / 7pm GMT / 2pm EST

room open from 7.50pm

Where?

[link removed]

password: leoleitian

no sign-up necessary, anons welcome!

Recording:

24 November 2022, pro-shot

Cast: Vilena Sokolova (Lúthien), Rostislav Kolpakov (Beren), Edrian Bernada (Sauron), Evgeny Egorov (Finrod), Ivan Grigoriev (Morgoth)

See you on Friday!

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Lay of Leithian collage I just finished!

30in by 24in, photos glued onto canvas. Photos not my me but the arrangement is. I might add some swirly lines of glitter at some point, but I’m pretty happy with how it is now!

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Hey! So I recently got a VK account, but I'm struggling to find my way around. Thanks to your masterposts I found the theatres' pages, but I don't know where to start looking for the actors. Could you please share the most important ones? Finrod, Leithian, Trial maybe ( Please ignore this if it's too much work )

Ngl, it was quite a lot of work 😅 I listed the actors' creative pages, not their personal ones, because that's the best way to keep up with their work and performances.

Agata Vavilova

Alexander Chernyshev

Alexander Kazmin

Alexander Khananin

Alexander Rychkov

Alexey Tolstokorov

Andrey Birin

Andrey Shkoldichenko

Anton Avdeev

Danila Polyakov

Danila Zhilyaev

Daria Burlyukalo

Daria Vorobyova

Daria Yanvarina

Edrian Bernada

Ekaterina Agafonova

Ekaterina Busygina

Elena Gazaeva

Elena Khanpira

Elena Minina

Emil Sales

Evdokia Malevskaya

Evgeny Gradusov

Evgeny Egorov

Fedor & Semyon Nemtsev

Galina Shimanskaya

Ilya Zhigarev

Iria

Irina Demidova

Irina Potekhina

Kirill Gordeev

Konstantin Baryshnikov

Konstantin Skripalev

Ksenia Spiridonova

Lora Moskovskaya

Maxim Rakovsky

Mikhail Nakhimovich

Mikhail Sidorenko

Pavel Dorofeev

Pavel Plamenev

Pavel Stukalov

Roman Susalev

Rostislav Kolpakov

Ruslan Gerasimenko

Selected Dreik

Seraphim

Sergey Smolin

Sofiko Kardava

Sviatoslav Besedin

Taria Baturina

Tatyana Shaikova

Vilena Sokolova

Vlad Yasinsky

Yaroslav Bayarunas

I hope I've got everyone, or at least most of those you're interested in. I'm not responsible for the contents of the pages I linked and do not endorse their opinions and actions, naturally.

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Now I'm curious: whom else do you consider a normal RMT tenor? (I agree btw, love Pasha's voice and acting; and I have some Questions towards some other RMT tenors as well xD)

Okay, I have to admit that I'm not very good at identifying voice types because I know next to nothing about singing - this is based solely on my experience as a theatre fan.

I've noticed that many performers in RMT have unusual, unique, distinct voices that you'd never find on Broadway or in the West End these days; somehow, most stars on the world's most prestigious mt stages have easily comparable voices because casting directors are looking for the same type of performer who's graduated from the same handful of theatre schools. There are exceptions; I'd name Drew Sarich and Ramin Karimloo. But RMT seems to be full of unique voices, and that's beautiful. You wouldn't find voices like Mikhail Sidorenko's or Edrian Bernada's on Broadway. And where are the belters anyway...?

Okay, regarding the tenors. Safe bets are Ivan Ozhogin, Anton Avdeev, Evgeny Kirillin and Roman Grafov, I'd say 🙃 Alexander Kazmin doesn't make the cut because his voice is too distinct, but others might give him a pass.

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How lucky are we to have insanely und uniquely talented performers like Edrian Bernada, Mikhail Sidorenko, Daria Burlyukalo, and Yaroslav Bayarunas play our favourite Tolkien characters??? It just... hit me.

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"Your fav could never", they say, but Sasha Rychkov and Edrian Bernada promising to be each other's Finrod and Sauron forever and ever in front of a wedding wreath is pretty epic actually

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Technically it's Celegorm Day, but here's Huan being a Good Boy instead.

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Quality content provided by Edrian Bernada (Instagram story, 2/3/22)

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Edrian Bernada's Sauron proves that looks only play a minor role when it comes to a great portrayal of characters. No, he doesn't look anything like I imagined Sauron to look like, and I doubt he matches anyone's mental image. But when he's on stage, Sauron is on stage. He's Sauron with every fibre of his being, incredibly consistent, a brilliant and powerful Maia. Who cares about his looks?

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Лэ о Лэйтиан - 24/11/2022 - Review

Cast:

Vilena Sokolova (Lúthien), Rostislav Kolpakov (Beren)*, Edrian Bernada (Sauron), Evgeny Egorov (Finrod), Ivan Grigoriev (Morgoth), Mikhail Sidorenko (Námo), Fedor Nemtsev (Celegorm), Semyon Nemtsev (Curufin), Maxim Rakovsky (Thingol), Ekaterina Busygina (Melian), Nikolay Teryaev (Daeron)*, Andrey Nechaev (Huan), Alexey Grigoriev (Carcharoth)

* premiere

Here's a "review" of the most recent performance in Moscow, Russia on 24 November 2022, broadcast live on Boomstream. Fair warning: I'm not a professional reviewer! Hence, here are some observations, thoughts, favourite moments; I didn't attempt to write a formal review.

REVIEW: Act 1 | Act 2

Full recording | clips | libretto & translation