Name: Muffled Voices Festival International Festival of Contemporary Opera by Women Composers
Start: 2024-04-19
End: 2024-04-19
Location: Moscow International House of Music

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Admin

Lyrica Classic

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BACH-quartet

Arielle Ensemble

Stage director

Elizaveta Korneeva

Marc Verzatt

Costume designer

Varvara Timofeeva

Executive producer

Yulia Petrachuk

Partner

Karina Pogosbekova

Alina Nebykova

Singer

Iliia Khardikov

Polina Sharovarova

Mary

Stanislav Li

Pierre LaFitte

Denis Sedov

Gaoler

Barker (spoken role)

David Sanikidze

Dominique You

Olga Seliverstova

The Lady Valerie

Mezzo-soprano

Zegner Sister 2

Bass

The Sodbuster

Soprano

Volkonskaya

Olga Nadezhdina

Trubetskaya

Alexandra Kovalevich

Tatiana

Professor Dowell

Russian

English

Muffled Voices Festival  International Festival of Contemporary Opera by Women Composers

Yaroslavl

Russia

Palace of Culture named after Dobrynin

Moscow

Concert Hall "Zaryad'ye"

Saint Petersburg

Art-Hall Vladimir

Moscow International House of Music

MUFFLED VOICES FESTIVAL: Concert Various (+2 More)

Public

Private

6+ Only

Cabildo

Proving Up

Blue Calls Set You Free

Russian Women

Tatiana's Dream

Professor Dowell's Head

Von Meck - Tchaikovsky

Zhdana

Dreams and Not Dreams

The Periodic Table

Approved

Lyrica Classic, in collaboration with the publisher "Shostakoviches and Stravinskies" and the contemporary music project "Music of Our Time," presents its first international festival of contemporary opera by women-composers, Muffled Voices. The first season of Muffled Voices will take place in various cities throughout Russia from February to August 2024. The event will pay tribute to the memory of the exceptional composer and author of more than 500 works, Tatiana Chudova while celebrating women's significant contributions to classical music. This festival is made possible with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. 

This collaboration between American and Russian teams will showcase the talents of female composers from both countries. In its inaugural season, the project promises to immerse the audience with opera premieres created by seven outstanding women composers, including Missy Mazzoli, Anne LeBaron, Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Tatiana Chudova, Alina Podzorova, Anna Kuzmina, and Alina Nebykova, and features ten chamber operas representing various musical styles.

With performances by splendid soloists from the global music scene and stage interpretations by renowned stage-directors Elizaveta Korneeva (the stage director of the Krasnoyarsk Hvorostovsky Opera and Ballet Theater and Staatstheater Hannover in Germany) and Marc Verzatt (stage manager of the Cincinnati Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago), each production promises to be a uniquely creative event.

"The festival is unique in that it not only celebrates the great contribution of Tatiana Chudova but also raises an important question about the role and talents of women composers in musical history," says Yulia Petrachuk, festival's producer. "Contemporary opera premieres, collaboration with outstanding directors and artists, make this musical celebration a unique bridge between the past and the future, emphasizing that talent transcends gender boundaries."

Throughout history, women's contributions to classical music composition have often been overlooked. However, the landscape is changing as contemporary female composers are breaking through barriers and reshaping the narrative of a traditionally male-dominated field.

«Лирика Классик» в сотрудничестве с издательством
«Шостаковичи и Стравинские» и проектом «Музыка нашего
времени» представляет открытие I Международного фестиваля
современной оперы женщин-композиторов «Приглушенные
голоса», посвященного памяти композитора Татьяны Чудовой.
Проект охватит несколько городов России с февраля по август
2024 г. В рамках фестиваля российские зрители познакомятся с
семью талантливыми композиторами женщинами и станут
свидетелями десяти уникальных оперных постановок в
исполнении ведущих солистов мировой музыкальной сцены и в
сценическом воплощении двух знаменитых режиссеров:
Елизаветы Корнеевой (Красноярский театр им. Хворостовского,
Мариинский театр, театр Ганновера) и Марка Верзатта (Опера
Цинциннати, опера Лирик в Чикаго, Метрополитен-опера).

русский

Muffled Voices Festival International Festival of Contemporary Opera by Women Composers by Beach, A., Mazzoli, LeBaron, Chudova, Nebykova, Kuzmina, Podzorova, Fri 19 Apr 2024, From (2024/2024), Directed by Elizaveta Korneeva, Marc Verzatt,, Moscow International House of Music, Moscow, Russia

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