Background
Levental, Valery Yakovlevich was born on August 17, 1942 in Moscow.
Levental, Valery Yakovlevich was born on August 17, 1942 in Moscow.
Educated, All-Union State Cinematography Institute.
With, Bolshoi Theatre, since 1965; chief designer, Bolshoi Theatre, since 1988.
Sets designs include for Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Anna Karenina, Khovanshchina, Prince Igor, Tosca, Madam Butterfly, Otello, Till Eulenspiegel, Icarus, Così Fan tutte. Theatrical designs include for Woe from Wit, The Bedbug, The Wedding, The Marriage of Figaro, The Duenna, Macbeth, The Seagull, Boris Godunov. Designs for experimental ballets of Maiya Plisetskaya, Vladimir V. Vasiliyev.
Member Russian Academy Arts (correspondent).