Organization

Conductor

Alexander Matushkin

Singer

Marina Novokreschenova

Militsa

Natalia Goncharova

Elga

Soprano

Natalia Darenskikh

Hannah Glawari

Baritone

Dmitry Nikitin

Count Danilo Danilowitsch

Nikolai Glazkov

Baron Mirko Zeta

Ekaterina Chebykina

Valencienne

Tenor

Alexey Pyankov

Camille of Rosillon

Ivan Morozov

Bogdanovitch

Andrey Sartakov

Viscount Cascada

Pavel Kalachev

Kromow

Ekaterina Batuyeva (Bychkova

Victoria Karabasova

Margot

Denis Prokopiev

Ralph of Saint-Brioche

Evgeny Volynsky

Stage director

Alexander Lebedev

Set designer

Sergei Spevyakin

Choreographer

Lyudmila Tsvetkova

Costume designer

Natalia Syzdykova

Lighting designer

Boris Mikhailov

Spoken

Boris Onoshko

Njegus

Chelyabinsk State Opera

Die lustige Witwe -  (The Merry Widow)

Chelyabinsk

Russia

Die lustige Witwe

Public

The Merry Widow

Approved

Die lustige Witwe Lehár

A witty libretto and heartfelt music - a work that is deservedly called "the queen of operettas" is now in the repertoire of the Glinka Theate

A witty libretto and heartfelt music - a work that is deservedly called "the queen of operettas" is now in the repertoire of the Glinka Theater.

The Merry Widow is considered the finest creation by Franz Lehár. “Although it has been written now, it is also brilliant ... A splendid thing,” - this is how Sergei Rachmaninov once estimated this work. Bringing world fame to the Austro-Hungarian composer, the operetta was translated into ten languages ​​and repeatedly filmed.

At the Chelyabinsk Opera and Ballet Theater, "The Merry Widow" is staged by Alexander Lebedev, diploma winner of the Golden Mask National Theater Festival (St. Petersburg).

“The world of our performance is modern in spirit, but at the same time it resonates with the aesthetic realities in which this story could well develop. A cheerful, cheerful, recognizable and in some places naive fairy tale for adults awaits the audience, ”said the stage director.

The original scenery was created by the Honored Artist of Ukraine Sergey Spevyakin (Donetsk).

The bright and memorable costumes were developed by the Honored Artist of the Khabarovsk Territory, a member of the Union of Artists of Russia Natalya Syzdykova (Khabarovsk).

The dance numbers were staged by Lyudmila Tsvetkova (Irkutsk), laureate of all-Russian and international competitions of choreographers.

The lighting solution was proposed by Boris Mikhailov, a laureate of the Rostov branch of the Melpomene STD (Rostov-on-Don).

English

The Merry Widow by Lehár, From (2022/2022), Directed by Alexander Lebedev,, Conductor Alexander Matushkin, Evgeny Volynsky, Chelyabinsk State Opera, Chelyabinsk, Russia

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