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 Opera in four acts with intermission by Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Stage-director: Dmitry Bertman. Musical director, conductor: Valery Kiryanov. Set designers: Tauno Kangro (Estonia), Rostislav Protasov. The Pharaoh’s palace received the news, that Ethiopians would threat to attack Egypt. Radames is willing to lead the forces and win, he hints about it to the High Priest. The Pharaoh’s daughter Amneris is in love with Radames. She guessed about his passion to the slave Aida, when she sees him in a strong excitement. Priests hold the rite of passage to consecrate Radames as the Commander. Amneris is waiting Radames’ returning – he won the Ethiopians. Suspecting Aida is the rival and trying to learn her feelings to Radames, she tells Aida about his death. A wail of despair reveals Aida. Everything is ready for meeting the winners on the square in Thebes. The triumphant appears with the captured Ethiopians, there is Amonasro (the King of Ethiopia, Aida’s father) among them. Trying to avoid suspicion, he impersonates himself as the Commander and tells, that the King of Ethiopia is died in battle...
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19:00 | Maddalena. L'heure espagnole |
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 Operas in one act by Sergei Prokofiev and Maurice Ravel. Maddalena by Sergei Prokofiev. Libretto based on the play by Magda Lieven. Orchestration by Edward Downes. Sung in Russian with English subtitles. The score has been made available by Boosey & Hawkes Publishers Limited. Beautiful Maddalena is waiting at home for her husband, Genaro the artist, to return. Boats with loving couples are passing by under the setting sun, a chorus of gondoliers is heard from afar. One of the boats carries Maddalena’s friends Gemma and Romeo. They invite her to join them, but she refuses. L’heure espagnole by Maurice Ravel. Libretto by Franc-Nohain. Conductor: Alexey Vereshchagin. Director, Set Designer and Costume Designer: Vladislavs Nastav?evs. Lighting Designer: Anton Stikhin. Sung in French. Ramiro, a muleteer, comes to Torquemada’s clock shop to have his watch fixed. Concepci?n, Torquemada’s wife, reminds her husband that it’s time he went to maintain the town clock. Torquemada leaves. Gonsalve, a young poet, comes to visit Concepci?n. She wants to be left alone with him and asks Ramiro to bring a clock to her bedroom, which Torquemada wouldn’t do for her due to his lack of physical strength. The muleteer takes the clock upstairs, while the enamoured Gonzalve recites poetry to Concepci?n.
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