Organization

Stage director

Dmitry Bertman

Conductor

Valery Kiryanov

Lighting designer

Denis Yeniukov

Costume designer

Sophia Tasmagambetova

Set designer

Pavel Dragunov

Video designer

Alexander Andronov

Choreographer

Edvald Smirnov

Chorus master

Evgeny Ilyin

Helikon Opera

Alpha and Omega

Moscow

Russia

Boris Pokrovsky Chamber Stage of the Bolshoi Theater

Boris Pokrovsky Chamber Stage

Public

Approved

Alpha and Omega Shohat

Opera in three acts without intermission The authors of the libretto are Dori Manor and Anna Hermann Based on the lithographic story of Edvard Munch Director of the production - Dmitry Bertman Choreographer - Edvald Smirnov Conductor - Valery Kiryanov Set designer - Pavel Dragunov (Kazakhstan) Costume designer - Sofya Tasmagagov (Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan) Lighting Designer - Denis Enyukov Video Design Designer - Alexander Andronov Choirmaster - Evgeniy Ilyin A tragic opera in three acts without intermission Libretto by Dori Manor and Anna Hermann Based on Edvard Munch's lithographic tale Stage-director - Dmitry Bertman Conductor - Valery Kiryanov Set Designer - Pavel Dragunov Costume designer - Sofia Tasmagambetova Lighting Designer - Denis Enyukov Choreographer - Edvald Smirnov Video Designer - Alexander Andronov Choirmaster - Evgeny Ilyin

The world sensation: for the first time in Russia the opera of Israeli composer Gil Shohat “Alpha & Omega” will be presented on the Helikon-opera stage. And for the first time in Moscow will be performed in Hebrew.

The world premiere of the “Alpha & Omega” by G. Shohat took place in 2001 on the stage of The Israeli Opera.  

G. Shohat has composed the opera in the age of 27, but the conception has appeared long before. When he was graduating from the school, at the exhibition of Edward Munch, he saw the series of drawings "Alpha & Omega" to the artist's poem. The poem has inspired the young composer to create the opera. The work with the musical material has longed for 10 years. The author himself thinks, that this is the most important creation in his life and calls "Alpha & Omega" the apocalyptic opera.

The staging of this opera in Israel has broken the stereotypes of the opera art in the country.  

Alpha and Omega is the combination of the first and last letters of the classical alphabet. These are the God symbols as the beginning and the end of all things. Alpha and Omega – are the main characters of the G. Shohat’s opera. The plot is very difficult to explain in words – it’s a warning message, opera- paroemia, which invokes us, who live in the rapid, turbulent and cruel time for a person, to stop for a moment and to take a thought about the meaning of life.

English

Alpha and Omega by Shohat, From (2022/2022), Directed by Dmitry Bertman,, Conductor Valery Kiryanov, Boris Pokrovsky Chamber Stage of the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow, Russia

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