Name: Levsha
Start: 2023-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Mariinsky-2

Organization

Admin

Mariinsky Theatre

Conductor

Valery Gergiev

Stage director

Alexei Stepanuyk

Set designer

Alexander Orlov

Costume designer

Irina Cherednikova

Choreographer

Ilya Ustyantsev

Lighting designer

Alexander Sivaev

Orchestra

Orchester des Mariinski-Theaters

Others

The Mariinsky Chorus

ruščina

Levsha -  (The Lefthander)

Saint Petersburg

Russia

Mariinsky-2

Levsha Shchedrin

Public

The Lefthander

Sagar Haldar

angleščina

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass

Singer

Soprano

Mezzo-soprano

Tenor

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Lefty is the most famous story by Nikolai Leskov. In Russia everyone, but everyone knows it. Leskov’s tale is an incredibly rich literary source for an opera plot. The plot of the tale itself is a grotesque exaggeration. What is it?
Is it a Biblical parable, a farcical fairground myth or an epic tale?
The characters are vivid, luscious and contrasting. The Russian Tsars Alexander I and Nicholas I, the Winter Palace, the British Court. A buffonade and a tragedy. Laughter through tears... But if you look a little deeper then you can clearly see the artistic contradistinctions of two kinds of life – the rational British and the irrational Russian.
And, finally, there is the protagonist. The cross-eyed illiterate artisan with “golden hands” from Tula. He is a condensed representation, I believe, of the most important and the most typical features of the Russian national character – innate talent, wit, self irony, indifference to human life and a pernicious love of alcohol. And the eternal Russian theme of power and the common man. The lack of need for genius in one’s own country...
This full-length two-act opera was composed for the opening of the new stage of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg (Mariinsky-II). Valery Gergiev, who turned sixty this year, is the Musical Director and Conductor. My score is dedicated to him.
Rodion Shchedrin

English

«Левша» – самая известная повесть Николая Лескова. В России ее знают все. Повесть Лескова предоставляет богатейший материал для оперного сюжета. Уже сама фабула повествования – гротесковое преувеличение. Что это? Библейская притча, ярмарочный балаганный миф, эпическое сказание?.. Яркие, сочные, контрастирующие характеры. Русские цари Александр I, Николай I, Зимний дворец, английский королевский двор. Буффонада и трагедия. Смех сквозь слезы…
А если заглянуть чуть вглубь, то и очевидное художественное противопоставление двух форм бытия – рациональной британской и иррациональной русской.
И наконец, главный герой. Косой неграмотный мастеровой из Тулы «с золотыми руками». В нем сфокусированы, думаю, важнейшие и типичнейшие черты русского национального характера: самобытная одаренность, смекалка, самоирония, безразличие к человеческой жизни, пагубная страсть к алкоголю. И вечная русская тема: власть и простой люд. Невостребованность гения на своей родине…
Объемная двухактная опера написана к открытию новой сцены Мариинского театра (Мариинский-2). Музыкальный руководитель и дирижер спектакля – Валерий Гергиев, которому в этом году исполнилось шестьдесят лет. Моя партитура посвящена ему. Родион Щедрин

русский

The Lefthander by Shchedrin, Od (2023/2023), Režija: Alexei Stepanuyk,, Dirigent Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky-2, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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