Organization

Stage director

Vasily Barkhatov

Costume designer

Kirsten Dephoff

Lighting designer

Olaf Winter

Chorus master

Tilman Michael

Dramaturge

Zsolt Horpácsy

Singer

Soprano

Asmik Grigorian

Nastasya

Iain MacNeil

Fürst

Claudia Mahnke

Die Fürstin

Baritone

Frederic Jost

Kudma

Bass

Mamirov

Mezzo-soprano

Zanda Švēde

Nenila

Bass-baritone

Božidar Smiljanić

Ivan Zhuran

Dietrich Volle

Foka

Nombulelo Yende

Polya

Tenor

Jonathan Abernethy

Balakin

Pilgoo Kang

Potap

Kudaibergen Abildin

Lukash

Conductor

Valentin Uryupin

Set designer

Christian Schmidt

Video designer

Christian Borchers

Choreographer

Gal Feffermann

Prince Nikita

Princess Yevpraxia

Alexander Mikhailov

Prince Yuri

Magnús Baldvinsson

Kichiga

Michael McCown

Payísy

Serhii Moskalchuk

Elena Manistina

Oper Frankfurt

Orchestra

Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester

Others

Choir of the Frankfurt Opera

Russian

Die Zauberin

Frankfurt am Main

Germany

Opernhaus

Public

The Enchantress

German

English

Approved

Die Zauberin: Charodeyka Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Im Trailer zu dieser neuen Inszenierung erzählt Regisseur Vasily Barkathov, wann er das erste Mal mit dieser sehr selten gespielte Tschaikowski-Oper konfront...

The power of love triumphs over the love of power: a utopia that fails.

Tchaikovsky's seventh opera develops like a thriller in four parts. It combines a drama of love and jealousy with political intrigues and religious entanglements, showing the powerlessness of the powerful as well as the opportunism of the people. The plot revolves around an outsider. The widow Nastasia, called Kuma, runs an inn outside the city of Nizhny Novgorod, where all social classes meet. She fascinates the guests with her openness and her desire for freedom. Mamyrov, a scheming cleric and adviser to the prince, accuses Kuma of sorcery and charges her with immorality. He gets the lord to inspect Kuma's guests, but she manages to win the lord over and ridicule his advisor. While Mamyrov stirs up the princess's jealousy, the prince tries to force Kuma to love. But she has fallen in love with Juri, the son of the royal couple. So Kuma becomes the plaything of a dysfunctional ruling family. In the end she is poisoned by the hysterical princess. The jealous prince in turn kills his son and goes insane.

Charodeyka - literally translated "The Enchanting One" - was written between Eugene Onegin and the Queen of Spades and is rarely performed to this day, although Tchaikovsky himself considered it his best work. The score shines and shows a progressive music dramatist with different faces: according to the dramatic action, he chooses different musical means act for act. Passionate characters, sensitive melodies, brilliant orchestration and dramatic ensemble scenes confirm his unconditional love for "his" sorceress.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble