June 12, 2020
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Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor
The production of Borodin’s Prince Igor staged at the Novaya Opera is based on Glazunov and Rimsky-Korsakov’s version adapted by Yuri Alexandrov. Trying to bring home the message of The Tale of Igor's Campaign, which is somewhat concealed by Borodin’s beautiful music, the stage director highlights different key points.
Conductor – Valentin Uryupin
Igor Svyatoslavich Sergey Murzaev
Yaroslavna Irina Moreva
Vladimir Igorevich Boris Rudak
Prince of Galich Alexey Tikhomirov
Konchak Vladimir Kudashev
Konchakovna Valeria Pfister
Ovlur Anton Bochkaryov
Skula Boris Zhukov
Yeroshka Veniamin Egorov
Nurse Galina Koroleva
Polovtsian Maid Ksenia Nesterenko
June 13, 2020
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Charles Gounod
Faust
Charles Gounod’ Faust after the Goethe tragedy enjoys pride of place among the operas that captured Russian hearts back in the 19th century. The opera almost immediately gained popularity in Russia. The Bolshoi Theatre staged the first version in 1866, just seven years after the Paris premiere.
Faust is quite literally part of Russian and Moscow opera culture. Among the exited admirers of this piece was a young doctor who later became a famous writer and playwright, Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940). Gounod’s opera is a recurrent character in Bulgakov’s work, and it is mentioned in the novel Master and Margarita.
The Novaya Opera Theatre presented its Faust in the year of the 150th anniversary of the opera’s Moscow premiere, and of the 125th anniversary of Mikhail Bulgakov’s birth. In this production, made by stage director Ekaterina Odegova and dramatist and opera critic Mikhail Muginshtein, Goethe’s and Gounod’s characters will possess recognizable Moscow features.
Music Director and Conductor – Jan Latham-Koenig
Faust Khachatur Badalyan
Méphistophélès Evgeny Stavinsky
Valentin Alexey Bogdanchikov
Wagner Dmitry Orlov
Marguerite Elizaveta Soina
Siébel Anna Sinitsyna
Marthe Schwertlein Alexandra Saulskaya-Shulyatieva
June 14, 2020
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Gioachino Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Rossini’s operatic masterpiece The Barber of Seville has been staged all over the world, and even children recognize Figaro’s famous aria, while Figaro qua, Figaro là and La calunnia è un venticello have become bywords.
The witty Rossini, being not only an outstanding composer but also a brilliant cook, developed the recipe for the opera’s incessant, astounding success. Here it is: take seven bright characters and an intoxicating love intrigue, spice the mixture with humorous dialogues, dress with wonderful melodies and sprinkle virtuosic ensembles on top. Rossini’s masterpiece has been cooked by the Novaya Opera’s Chef, Maestro Eri Klas, accomplished English stage director Elijah Moshinsky and topnotch English designer Anne Tilby, specially invited for the occasion.
Conductor – Alessandro Vitiello (Italy)
Figaro Vasily Ladyuk
Rosina Daniela Barcellona
Count Almaviva Alexander Bogdanov
Basilio Sergey Artamonov
Doctor Bartolo Paolo Bordogna
Berta Elena Mitrakova
Fiorello, Officer Evgeny Kungurov