Name: Iolanta, op. 69
Start: 2019-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2020-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Mikhailovsky Theater

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Organization

Conductor

Alexander Vedernikov (II)

Stage director

Andriy Zholdak

Set designer

Daniel Zholdak

Costume designer

Simon Machabeli

Singer

Soprano

Anastasia Moskvina

Iolanta

Tenor

Sergey Kuzmin

Almeric

Bass

Yury Monchak

Rene

Alexander Kuznetsov

Bertrand

Baritone

Nikolay Kopylov

Ibn-Hakia

Andrey Petrenko

Lighting designer

Mikhail Mekler

Pianist

Maria Kopyseva

Chorus master

Alexey Dmitriev

Sergey Tsyplenkov

Mikhailovsky Theatre

Iolanta, op. 69 -  (Iolanta)

Saint Petersburg

Russia

Mikhailovsky Theater

Iolanta Tchaikovsky,P

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Pyotr Tchaikovsky found the inspiration for his last opera in a tale of medieval France. Iolanta, the daughter of King René, has been blind since birth, but is unaware of her misfortune. Cradled in loving care, she lives a quiet, happy life, in ignorance of her blindness, until a young knight happens to enter her home.
In a very literal sense, the opera celebrates love and its curative powers. Indeed, it is only after she falls in love, experiences spiritual pain, and overcomes her fear, that Iolanta is able to see. In the finale, the choir extols the universe, the light of reason, morality, and purity. The production is bathed in light, which heightens its delicate musical lyricism and reinforces the story’s main theme of the victory of light over darkness.

English

Iolanta by Tchaikovsky, P. I., From (2019/2020), Directed by Andriy Zholdak,, Conductor Alexander Vedernikov (II), Andrey Petrenko, Mikhailovsky Theater, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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