Afanasyev Valeriy

People's Artist of Russia

Valeriy Afanasyev was born on August 20, 1949. In 1970 he graduated from the acting department of the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, course of Marianna Ter-Zakharova. From 1990 to 2011 worked in Moscow State Theater In The Southwest. From 2011 to 2017 he worked in the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre.

On March 1, 2017 Valeriy joined the company of the Maly Theatre. In 2005 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia.

Roles on the stage of the Maly Theatre:

10.10.2017 - Tsar Boris Godunov, «Tsar Boris» by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, directed by Vladimir Beylis

26.11.2017 - Krutitskiy, «Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man» by Alexander Ostrovsky, directed by Vladimir Beylis

24.12.2017 - Yaichnitsa, «Marriage» by Nikolai Gogol, directed by Yuri Solomin

10.05.2018 - Shein, Governor of Smolensk, «Time Of Troubles. 1609-1611» by Vladimir Medinksiy, directed by Vladimir Beylis

30.04. 2019 - Horace Vandergelder, «Always Call Dolly» by Sergey Plotov and Vladimir Ivanov, directed by Vladimir Ivanov

22.02.2020 - Tsyganov, «Barbarians» by Maxim Gorky, directed by Vladimir Beylis

Valeriy Afanasyev was born on August 20, 1949. In 1970 he graduated from the acting department of the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, course of Marianna Ter-Zakharova. From 1990 to 2011 worked in Moscow State Theater In The Southwest. From 2011 to 2017 he worked in the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre.

On March 1, 2017 Valeriy joined the company of the Maly Theatre. In 2005 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia.

Roles on the stage of the Maly Theatre:

10.10.2017 - Tsar Boris Godunov, «Tsar Boris» by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, directed by Vladimir Beylis

26.11.2017 - Krutitskiy, «Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man» by Alexander Ostrovsky, directed by Vladimir Beylis

24.12.2017 - Yaichnitsa, «Marriage» by Nikolai Gogol, directed by Yuri Solomin

10.05.2018 - Shein, Governor of Smolensk, «Time Of Troubles. 1609-1611» by Vladimir Medinksiy, directed by Vladimir Beylis

30.04. 2019 - Horace Vandergelder, «Always Call Dolly» by Sergey Plotov and Vladimir Ivanov, directed by Vladimir Ivanov

22.02.2020 - Tsyganov, «Barbarians» by Maxim Gorky, directed by Vladimir Beylis

Publications

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

On August 20 People's Artist of Russia Valeriy Alekseevich Afanasyev celebrates his 70th anniversary. We would like to wish him much more success in the years ahead and exciting new projects on the stage of the Maly Theatre!

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ALWAYS CALL DOLLY HAS PREMIERED IN THE MALY THEATRE

​Music, dancing and a special gift for the anniversary. Always Call Dolly! based on the play by Thornton Wilder was staged specially for the benefit performance of Irina Muravyova. It premiered in the Maly Theatre on April 30.

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