Name: Betrothal in a Monastery
Start: 2021-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Baron Fon Derviz Mansion (St Petersburg Chamber Opera)

Organization

Stage director

Tatyana Karpacheva

Natalya Chernikova

Darya Modzalevskaya

Conductor

Alexander Goikhman

Maxim Valkov

Costume designer

Vyacheslav Okunev

Set designer

Choreographer

Nadezhda Kalinina

Chorus master

Igor Pototskiy

Sound designer

Nina Zhukovskaya

Yuri Alexandrov

St Petersburg Chamber Opera

Russian

Betrothal in a Monastery

Saint Petersburg

Russia

Baron Fon Derviz Mansion (St Petersburg Chamber Opera)

Betrothal in a Monastery Prokofiev,S

Public

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

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

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Poet

Repetiteur

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

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Vocal coach

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Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Singer

Bass

Mezzo-soprano

Baritone

Soprano

Countertenor

Contralto

Tenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Betrothal in a Monastery is a lyric-comic opera written by Prokofiev on the eve of World War II, in 1940, based on the plot of Richard Sheridan's English Beaumarchais. The composer wrote the libretto himself, strengthening the lyrical component of the play and emphasizing the strength of the feelings of young lovers, who will certainly triumph over any plans of the practical and serious older generation. 
Like many of Prokofiev's works, Betrothal in a Monastery is included in the golden musical fund of the 20th century. In the opera, the lyrical and comic principles coexist on an equal footing. Sparkling humor, which inevitably makes you think of Rossini (especially since the action of The Duenna takes place in Seville), is adjacent here to gentle melody, arias are interspersed with songs. 
It is interesting to note that the Stanislavsky Theater was going to stage the opera immediately after it was written, but the war mixed up all creative plans. As a result, the primacy of the production went to the Mariinsky Theater in 1946 - the then Theater. Kirov.
As always, director Yuri Alexandrov is looking for answers to the artistic and moral questions of modern life in the opera score. And this time, the plot of Sheridan's play is interpreted as a cheerful story about the eternal conflict of generations of fathers and children, academicism and innovation. 
“We will transfer the opera action to the walls of an educational institution - maybe my favorite Theater Academy on Mokhovaya. There, theatricality and real life interact especially organically. First - a kind of actor's studies as a form of existence. And then - a feast of theatricality, which gradually draws into itself the whole reality. This performance will require from the actors-singers of virtuoso plasticity, the ability to dance, fencing - as close as possible to the skill of actors in a drama theater ... ”, says Yuri Alexandrov.

English

Betrothal in a Monastery by Prokofiev, Wed 06 Oct 2021, From (2021/2022), Directed by Tatyana Karpacheva, Natalya Chernikova, Darya Modzalevskaya, Yuri Alexandrov,, Conductor Alexander Goikhman, Maxim Valkov, Baron Fon Derviz Mansion (St Petersburg Chamber Opera), Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Programme, About & Synopsis

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