Peopleґs Artist of the USSR.
Born in 1883 in Chernigov. In 1907 he graduated from
the set department of the Stroganov Arts School, where he taught
until 1923.
Fyodorovskyґs career is linked with musical theatre. He
first worked as a designer in 1907, creating the sets for
Carmen for the Zimin Opera Company. There he also worked on
The Demon, The Snow Maiden and A Life for
the Tsar among other operas. His most famous works from
the period are Musorgskyґs Khovanshchina (1913 for
Diaghilevґs private company in Paris) and Tchaikovskyґs
The Enchantress (1913, Zimin Opera).
In 1921 he
was appointed head of the stage production team and subsequently principal
designer of the Bolshoi Theatre (up until 1941 and from
1947-1953). His main works there include the operas
Carmen (1922), Lohengrin (1923), Boris
Godunov (1927), The Tsarґs Bride (1931) and
The Maid of Pskov (1932) and the ballet Spanish
Capriccio (1923). These soon resulted in the emergence of his
most monumental works – Prince Igor (1934) and
Sadko (1935).
Inclined towards heroic and epic themes
throughout his career, Fyodorovsky became one of few theatre designers who
devoted themselves to the Russian classics. His major works include
Dzerzhinskyґs Quiet Flows the Don (1936), Prince
Igor (1944), Boris Godunov (1947),
Sadko (1949) and Khovanshchina (1950) for
the Bolshoi and Ivan Susanin (1939) for Leningradґs Kirov
Theatre.
Fyodor Fyodorovsky died in Moscow in 1955.