Organization

Libretto

Magda Liven-Orlova

Singer

Soprano

Anna Bauman

Concepcion

Tenor

Pyotr Melentyev

Gonzalve

Igor Vyalykh

Torquemada

Baritone

Vasily Sokolov

Ramiro

Bass

Alexander Markeev

Don Inigo Gomez

Stage director

Vladislavs Nastavševs

Conductor

Alexey Vereshchagin

Lighting designer

Anton Stikhin

Chorus master

Pavel Suchkov

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Ekaterina Mironova

Dmitry Bobrov

Alexey Sulimov

Alexandra Nanoshkina

Anna Semenyuk

Valery Makarov

Alexander Polkovnikov

Alexey Prokopyev

Alexey Smirnov

Maria Lobanova

Maddalena

Ksenia Muslanova

Irina Alekseenko

Natalia Sokolova

Jemma

Tatiana Koninskaya

Ekaterina Semenova

Vasily Gafner

Romeo

Zakhar Kovalyov

Mikhail Yanenko

Genaro

Alexander Chernov

Roman Bobrov

Stenio

Andrej Breus

Dmitry Cheblykov

Bolshoi Theatre

Orchestra

Edward Downes

Russian

French

L'Heure espagnole -  (The Spanish Hour)

Moscow

Russia

Boris Pokrovsky Chamber Stage of the Bolshoi Theater

L'Heure espagnole;Maddalena: L'Heure espagnole Ravel (+1 More)

Public

Private

The Spanish Hour

Approved

Sergei Prokofiev's "Maddalena" and Maurice Ravel's "Spanish Hour" have never before been performed on stage in the same evening. However, these two one-act operas have a lot in common: both of them were born at the beginning of the 20th century, the driving force of the plot in both is the love passion of several men for one woman. At the same time, operas of the same age are in many respects contrasting with each other. "Maddalena" is a gloomy, almost expressionistic tragedy in which all the action is directed to a bloody denouement - a duel. The Spanish Hour is a light sitcom. According to the director of the production, Vladislavs Nastavshes, this contrast is a reflection of the difference between two cultures - Russian and French: "Where Russians see deadly passions, the French - a reason to smile and joke." Conductor - Alexei Vereshchagin.

Maddalena. Spanish hour - premiere / Maddalena. L'heure espagnole - premiere

Sergei Prokofiev's Maddalena and Maurice Ravel's The Spanish Hour have never been performed on stage in the same evening. However, these two one-act operas have a lot in common. Both of them were born in the early twentieth century. The driving force of the plot in both is the love passion of several men for one woman, fueled by southern blood (the scene of the first is Venice, the second is Toledo). The rapidity of the passage of time in both operas is similar: his rapid pulse, like a barometer, fixes the alarming atmosphere of the approaching world cataclysms of the early twentieth century.

At the same time, operas of the same age in many respects contrast to each other. "Maddalena" is a dark, almost expressionistic tragedy, in which all the action is directed to a bloody denouement - a duel. The Spanish Hour is a light situation comedy. According to the director of the production Vladislavs Nastavshevs, this contrast is a reflection of the difference between the two cultures, Russian and French: "Where Russians see deadly passions, the French are an excuse to smile and joke."

English

The Spanish Hour by Ravel, Maddalena by Prokofiev, From (2021/2022), Directed by Vladislavs Nastavševs,, Conductor Alexey Vereshchagin, Boris Pokrovsky Chamber Stage of the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow, Russia

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