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19:00 | Beatrice et Benedict |
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 Opera in two acts to music by Hector Berlioz. Libretto by composer after “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare. Music Director: Julien Salemkour. Stage Director: Alexander Petrov. Set Designer: Simon Pastukh. Sung in French with Russian surtitles. In the Sicilian town of Messina, the citizens are gathered to welcome Don Pedro, prince of Aragon, who is about to return from a successful military campaign. Leonato, the governor, arrives with his niece Beatrice and his daughter Hero, who eagerly anticipates the return of her beloved Claudio, Don Pedro’s comrade in arms. When Don Pedro and his troops arrive, the wedding of Hero and Claudio is announced for that evening. Meanwhile, Hero’s cousin Beatrice has a very different kind of reunion with another soldier, Benedict. The pair lose no time in resuming their longstanding ‘merry war’, trading taunts and wisecracks. Somarone, the local music master, arrives with his musicians to rehearse the wedding song he has composed, a ham-handed double fugue.
Bolshoi Theater New Stage  |
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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera in two acts, 195 min. Sung in German. Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder based on Christoph Martin Wieland’s fairy tale Lulu oder die Zauberfl?te. Stage Director: Boris Pokrovsky. Music Director: Vladimir Agronsky. Designer: Viktor Volsky. Costume Designer: Rafael Volsky. Choreographer: Lilia Talankina. Premiered on September 24, 2004. "The Magic Flute" was the last opera Mozart composed: it was premiered on September 30, 1791 - roughly three months before he died. The opera became the most famous and performed in the world. Why do we love “The Magic Flute” so much? Probably because this opera is about the most valuable thing in life – about love? A romantic fairy tale, filled with a deep philosophical sense, has an irresistible magic for the opera stage directors, because, created by Mozart without regard to age restrictions - hardly he thought, 16+ or 6+ will be put on the poster - is clear and sweet for both the child and the adult.
Boris Pokrovsky Chamber Stage |
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 Russian epic opera in seven scenes. Libretto by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and Vladimir Belsky. Stage Director: Dmitry Bertman. Musical Director: Vladimir Ponkin. The opera “Sadko” by Rimsky-Korsakov is not an epos. It is a reflection of our life in the eyes of eternal history. “Sadko” initiated new era in “Helikon” as it was the first play staged in Stravinsky Hall after the theatre came back to its original home place on Bolshaya Nikitskaya in Moscow. “Sadko” also opened a new arch of time: first time the play was presented to the audience by Moscow S. Mamontov’s opera’s actors more than a century ago. Actors of the past could only dream of boundless possibilities that their contemporary colleagues have! Underwater world, overseas countries, Ilmen lake coast, the ancient city of Novgorod… These places magically appear on the “Stravinsky” stage. Modern plunger system easily transforms space, while unique video projections help the audience to be carried away into the world of opera’s characters. «Nothing can compete with this play’s beauty. The classical opera of Rimsky-Korsakov turned into an opera-parable about the most precious things in life – human soul and its sufferings» - Valery Kichin, “Rossiyskaya gazeta”.
Helikon Opera |
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