“For me it was absolutely unexpected, and the departure of Galina Borisovna Volchek for me, as for everyone, was an unexpected blow. Everything was completely unexpected, and I need time to realize, understand and put it all in my head, ”Ryzhakov quotes RIA Novosti.
He called "Contemporary" a theater with a great history.
“Galina Borisovna was an important person in my life. The last eight years of our communication with her, we wanted to come up with something for the theater. But this was not realized during his life, ”the director said.
Earlier it became known that Ryzhakov, who heads the Vsevolod Meyerhold Center, will become the new artistic director of Sovremennik.