Mark Reizen. One day and all of life (1986)

Panorama and views of the stage, orchestra pit and auditorium of the Bolshoi Theater.

Art critic A.A. Zolotov talks about opera singers, the walls of the theater hall, remembering their voices (synchronously).

View of the auditorium of the Bolshoi Theater, the figure of Atlanta in the corner under the arch.

View of the Imperial Box.

Panorama and views of the hall.

Mark Reisen listens to a recording of Ruslan's aria, sings along to the record player, sits in a chair, Reisen's face.

A gramophone record is spinning, envelopes of records with portraits of Mark Reisen are lying next to the player.

Reisen talks about the peculiarities of his voice, talks about the profession of an opera artist, about the constant expansion of the range of performing arts of an opera artist, talks about the desire for contrast and alternation of images performed by him, talks about working on the images of Ivan the Terrible, Don Basilio, Gremin, Boris Godunov (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Portraits of Reisen in the images of Ruslan and Farlaf.

Photos and portraits of Reisen in the image of Ivan the Terrible in the opera "pSkovityanka".

Photo of Reisen in the image of Don Basilio.

Photos of Reisen in the images of the Varangian guest, Gremin, Boris Godunov.

Reisen's face.

Reisen talks about going on stage at the age of 90 to perform the part of Gremin during his anniversary, about his desire to sing on his anniversary, about the excitement before going on stage after a three-year break (synchronously and off-screen).

Poster of the anniversary evening dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Mark Reisen.

Meeting Reisen at the entrance to the Bolshoi Theater before the start of his anniversary evening.

The conductor is at the console.

Reisen walks through the corridors to the makeup room.

Reisen walks into the makeup room, looks at himself in the mirror, takes off his jacket and tie.

A table with makeup accessories.

Reisen makes up in front of the mirror.

Reisen puts on a Gremin costume.

Reisen in a suit and makeup comes out of the makeup room, examines himself in the mirror in the hallway.

Artists of the Bolshoi Theater in pairs go backstage after the ball scene in the opera "Eugene Onegin".

Art critic Zolotov A.A. talks about the appearance of 90-year-old Mark Reisen on stage, about Reisen's performance of Lensky's aria on Sobinov's anniversary (synchronously).

Reisen is backstage in makeup and a Gremin costume getting ready to go on stage.

The conductor is at the console.

A fragment from Tchaikovsky's opera "Eugene Onegin", Reisen performs Gremin's aria (synchronously), the audience in the boxes and in the hall.

The view of the main flattering Bolshoi Theater.

Interiors of the foyer of the Bolshoi Theater.

The artists behind the scenes listen to Mark Reisen singing.

The faces of the audience.

Reisen continues to perform Gremin's aria (synchronously).

The audience stands up, applauds Reisen at the end of the performance of the aria, Reisen is on stage.

The audience in the boxes and the hall applaud, Reisen bows from the stage, goes backstage.

The artists, standing on the stage, applaud Reisen.

Reisen goes on stage, sits in a chair.

Artists of the Bolshoi Theater perform opera arias in honor of Mark Reisen's 90th birthday, congratulate him on his anniversary.

Reisen accepts congratulations.

Presentation of flowers and gifts to the hero of the day.

Reisen talks about the role of music in his life, about his immediate plans to record a number of works by domestic and foreign authors on gramophone records (synchronously).