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 A lyric opera with intermission by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by Modest Tchaikovsky, and is based on the play “King Rene's Daughter” by Henrik Hertz. Director: Sergey Novikov. Conductor: Evgeny Brazhnik. “Iolanta” – the amazing opera, filled with the mystic sense, particular dramatic effect and shine. Its philosophical content and message are relevant and in tune to any time. In the literary basis of the opera is the historical plot. Two independent governors – Rene (the King of Provence) and Philip III (the Duke of Burgundy) stood against to each other the whole life. Lost in the fight with the Antoine of Vaudemont, commander of Burgundy, Rene got into captivity, where he stayed for six years. Philip III allowed him to get back home only after the wedding of the eldest Rene’s sons on the daughters of the House of Burgundy. Moreover, the duke of Burgundy forced Ren? to subscribe the engagement of the seven year old Iolanta. However, agreeing to these conditions, Rene kept silent about Iolanta’s blindness. Thus, the information about her disease became the strictly protected state secret, which could be the cause of new war between Burgundy and Lorraine, a matter of life and death of Rene’s sons, who are in fact remained hostages at the court of Philip III.
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