Alexander Sanin

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Alexander Sanin
Berdichev, Russian Empire
Died8 May 1956(1956-05-08) (aged 87)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Stage actor
Theatre director
Opera director
Film director
Acting teacher
SpouseLika Mizinova

Alexander Akimovich Sanin (Russian: Александр Акимович Санин, né Shoenberg, Шёнберг; 15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1869 – 8 May 1956) was a Russian actor, director and acting teacher.[1] He was a founder member of the Moscow Art Theatre and during his career directed plays, operas, and films.[2]

Biography

Born in

Alexey Pisemsky (1898), The Death of Ivan the Terrible by A.K. Tolstoy (1899), Snegurochka by Alexander Ostrovsky (1900), and The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen (1901).[1][4]

In 1902, he married Lika Mizinova, a woman with whom Anton Chekhov had once been romantically involved and who served as a prototype for Nina Zarechnaya in The Seagull.[5] That same year, following a disagreement with Stanislavski over the re-organization of the company (which had also prompted the departure of Vsevolod Meyerhold), Sanin moved to the Alexandrinsky Theatre. He remained there until 1907, working as an actor, director, and acting teacher, during which time he sought to propagate Stanislavski's ideas within that company.[6] He directed a number of plays by Alexander Ostrovsky with the Alexandrinsky, including The False Dmitry and Vasily Shuysky, An Ardent Heart and Stay in Your Own Sled.

In 1907, Sanin left the Alexandrinsky to join

Fyodor Chalyapin in the lead. In 1913, Sanin joined the newly formed Mardzhanov's Free Theatre and in 1914–1915 he was the stage director of the Moscow Drama Theatre.[6]

In January 1917, Sanin returned to Moscow Art Theatre and stayed until 1919. During this period he produced several plays and operas both for the

Polikushka (1919) and The Thieving Magpie (1920).[1]

Sanin and his wife left the Soviet Union in late 1922, after which he directed numerous classic Russian operas at several major world theatres, such as the

Pyotr Chaykovsky, Alexander Serov, and Anton Rubinstein.[5][7]

He died in Italy on 8 May 1956 and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome.

References

  1. ^ a b c Санин Александр Акимович. Biography at www.kino-teatr.ru
  2. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8
    .
  3. ISBN 978-0-415-05598-7
    .
  4. ISBN 978-0-415-05598-7
    .
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-5-85270-167-1
    (С. 406—407)
  6. ^ a b Sanin's biography at the MAT site.
  7. ^ A. Pruzhansky, Dictionary of Native Singers 1750–1917 [Пружанский, А. М., Отечественные певцы. 1750–1917: Словарь] (In Russian, accessed August, 2011)
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