ANNA & SERGEI Starring Hershey Felder as Sergei Rachmaninoff to be Presented in World Premiere Live Stream in May

Hershey Felder Presents - Live from Florence has announced the world premiere livestream of Hershey Felder as Sergei Rachmaninoff in Anna & Sergei, a new streaming film written by and starring virtuoso pianist/performer Hershey Felder. The production will also feature soprano and actress Ekaterina Siurina as Natalia Alexandrovna Rachmaninoff and actor and master violinist Igor Polesitsky as Dr. Golitzin, with additional casting to come.

Anna & Sergei, featuring a book by Felder and direction by Felder and Stefano DeCarli, will be live streamed at 8:00 pm Eastern / 7:00 pm Central / 6:00 pm Mountain / and 5:00 pm Pacific on Sunday, May 16, 2021, with on-demand access available through Sunday, May 23. To buy tickets ($55 per household) or for more information, visit EventBrite.com.

Taking place as a memory play in the house in which Rachmaninoff died in Beverly Hills, Anna & Sergei is the story of a very strange and little-known real-life meeting between the famed Russian composer and pianist and Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to be the Princess Anastasia, the sole surviving member of the Romanov Dynasty. Anna & Sergei will feature many of Rachmaninoff's most beloved melodies and music.

Felder's arts broadcasting company, Hershey Felder Presents - Live from Florence, produces high quality streaming arts programming for international audiences, both for the period while theatres remain closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and beyond. Since the start of the pandemic, Felder's live streams have generated over $2.6 million in sales. Felder has donated 80% of these proceeds mainly to theatres in the United States, as well as several abroad, arts organizations, schools, artists and publications that have been financially impacted by the worldwide health crisis.

Production design is by Hershey Felder. Film production and live editing is by the DeCarli Live film company. Live broadcast and sound design production are by Erik Carstensen. Historical & Biographical research by Meghan Maiya. Costumes and Hair are by Camilla Saccardi.

Video on Demand streams of earlier broadcasts - Hershey Felder, Puccini with international opera stars Nathan Gunn, Gianna Corbisiero, Charles Castronovo and Ekaterina Siurina; Hershey Felder as Sholem Aleichem in Before Fiddler featuring Klezmerata Fiorentina; Hershey Felder, Tchaikovsky; Hershey Felder as Claude Debussy in A Paris Love Story; Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone; Hershey Felder, Beethoven; and Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin and the cooking show, Cooking French in Florence with Felder and internationally renowned chef Jeff Thickman - are available for "on demand" purchase ($45 per household) at www.hersheyfelder.net.