Moscow metro premieres Tolkien’s backstory to ‘The Lord of the Rings’ in Elvish

Record ID: 877089

  • Title: Moscow metro premieres Tolkien’s backstory to ‘The Lord of the Rings’ in Elvish
  • Date: 13th May 2017
  • Summary: **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR, BORIS TARAKANOV, SPEAKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR, BORIS TARAKANOV, SAYING: "Now we dealing with the Elvish language which, as we know, doesn't naturally exist. However it was created, Tolkien fans are speaking it, and I know today some of them will be here and will be judging us very strictly. The language is melodious, audible, beautiful. The main is that with translation we understood what we were singing about. But how it will works, our audience decides."
  • Embargoed: 27th May 2017 17:18
  • Keywords: ‘The Lord of the Rings’ 'The Silmarillion' orchestra Elvish performance dance opera Tolkien metro Russia elf underground
  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Music,Human Interest / Brights / Odd News
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026GO7GPL
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Moscow metro premiered 'The Silmarillion', a backstory to 'The Lord of the Rings', by English writer J.R.R. Tolkien on Saturday night (May 13).
    The performance was part of the 82nd anniversary of Moscow metro programme.
    The show took place on the platform of 'Business center', or Delovoy center as it is called in Russian, station.
    Several hundred people attended the premiere of the show that was a mixture of opera-oratorio and dance accompanied by the presidential orchestra.
    The singers were performing in the Elvish language, created by Tolkein.
    The tickets for the show were distributed online among Tolkien fans and active members of Moscow metro community.
    'The Silmarillion' was published after Tolkien's death and is a background to his 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy and 'The Hobbit.'
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