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Boris Asafovich Messerer (Russian: Бори́с Аса́фович Мессере́р; born March 15, 1933, in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater artist, set designer and teacher. President of the association of artists of theater, cinema and television in Moscow.
Boris. Messerer. Born in 1933 in Moscow. Member of the famous Messerer-Plisetsky-Azarin theatre dynasty. Graduate of the Moscow Institute of Architecture. From 1960, he did designs for the theatres of Moscow (The Sovremennik, The Satire Theatre, The Mayakovsky Theatre and others), Saint-Petersburg, and of other cities in Russia and Europe.
Boris Messerer. Production Designer: Twelve Chairs. Boris Messerer is known for Twelve Chairs (1977), Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya (2000) and Carmen Syuta (1970). He has been married to Bella Akhmadulina since 1974.
- Production Designer, Set Decorator
- Boris Messerer
Jul 17, 2011 · The costumes, by Boris Messerer, are chic-surreal-modernist, with three female tobacco workers and a chorus of men all rendered faceless and wearing vertically divided attire (different colors on ...
Boris Asafovich Messerer ( Russian: Бори́с Аса́фович Мессере́р; born March 15, 1933, in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater artist, set designer and teacher. President of the association of artists of theater, cinema and television in Moscow.
Boris Messerer's sets included a mock bullring which symbolizes life, uniting the bullfight and Carmen's destiny in a sinister personage. Masked spectators and a uniformed judge represent society's disapproval for the unconventional behavior of Carmen and her lovers.
Creativity pervaded the Messerer home, and it shaped Boris’ talent from his early years. Vasily Aksenov, the writer, friend and kindred spirit of Boris Messerer, used to say, “There is one more masterpiece among Boris Messerer’s many stage settings, paintings, and graphic art pieces ... It is his attic on Povarskaya Street ...
