Tolyatti Bids Farewell to Theater Director Vladimir Korennoy
In Tolyatti, a farewell ceremony was held for Vladimir Korennoy, an Honored Artist of the Samara Region and the director and artistic director of the city«s Youth Drama Theatre. The ceremony took place in the theater where Korennoy had worked for many years.
«The farewell lasted from 11:00 to 13:00. A funeral service was held beforehand,» representatives of the Youth Drama Theatre said.
Hundreds of citizens came to pay their last respects to the artist. The theater itself announced a period of mourning.
Vladimir Korennoy passed away at the age of 76 after a brief illness. Residents of Tolyatti were shocked by the news.
«The grief is inexpressible... Vladimir Lukich so wanted to work, create, live!!! He was full of plans and hopes. His passing is an enormous loss for the city, for everyone who knew Vladimir Lukich. A most intelligent, cultured man, with all the high strings of a creative soul, a wonderful actor and leader. It is hard to accept that he has left us... The pain is immense... Pain and sorrow... Deepest, most sincere condolences to his loved ones, family, and the theater company...»— this message was left by Irina Denisova.
«Eternal memory to Vladimir Lukich. May he rest in peace. My condolences to his family. This is a great loss for the city and the Youth Drama Theatre. Vladimir Lukich was a wonderful actor, person, and leader,»wrote Galina Smirnova.
A letter with words of sorrow was sent to the theater from Ivanovo — the city where Vladimir Korennoy lived and worked in the 1980s.
Vladimir Lukich Korennoy was born on May 20, 1949, in the town of Zaigrayevo (Republic of Buryatia). In 1972, he graduated from the Sverdlovsk Theater School with a degree in «drama theater actor.» He began his professional career at the Sverdlovsk Theater for Young Audiences, then worked at drama theaters in Omsk, Kemerovo, and Ivanovo.
In 1988, at the invitation of Gleb Drozdov, a People«s Artist of Russia, he moved to Tolyatti and became an actor in the experimental drama theater »Koleso« (The Wheel). From March 2005, he was the director and subsequently the artistic director of the Tolyatti Youth Drama Theatre. Over half a century of theatrical activity, he created more than 80 roles and was actively involved in the cultural life of the region. The title of »Honored Artist of the Samara Region« was conferred upon Vladimir Korennoy in 2014.
