Rimas Tuminas is cremated in Italy

On March 8 at 15:45 in a small Italian town in the church of Santuario di Santa Maria del Canneto, a funeral mass will be held for the famous Russian theater director, who directed the Theater named after him for almost 15 years. Evgenia Vakhtangov to Rimas Tuminas. And the next day the cremation will take place. Moreover, according to his last will, the director will go on his last journey in the simplest, roughly planed coffin, and inside it there should be not silk, but rough canvas fabric.

This desire, which may seem strange to many, has an explanation: Tuminas greatly appreciated wood, loved and knew how to work with it, and made furniture himself. Well, after cremation, the ashes of Rimas Tuminas will be taken by his relatives to Lithuania, where he will be buried.

Let us remind you that the great director died in an Italian clinic on the evening of March 6. For 10 years he struggled with cancer, but despite his serious illness, after leaving Russia he continued to stage plays in different countries of the world.

In the morning, the façade of the Vakhtangov Theater is decorated with his portraits. Admirers of his talent and spectators bring and bear flowers, paying tribute to the Master’s talent.