Name: Francesca da Rimini
Start: 2018-04-10
End: 2018-04-10
Location: NOVAT

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Organization

Singer

Soprano

Sofia Bachaeva

Francesca

Anna Dattay

Nadezhda Nesterova

Irina Novikova

Daria Shuvalova

Tenor

Sergey Kuzmin

Paolo Malatesta

Vladimir Kuchin

Bass

Maksim Aniskin

Lanceotto Malatesta

Alexey Zelenkov

Valery Gordeev

Baritone

Maxim Golovachev

The shadow of Virgil

Guriy Guryev

Jury Komov

Dante

Kirill Nifontov

Stage director

Vyacheslav Starodubtsev

Set designer

Zhanna Usacheva

Lighting designer

Sergei Skornetsky

Choreographer

Sergey Zaharin

Chorus master

Vyacheslav Podelsky

Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (NOVAT)

Francesca da Rimini

Novosibirsk

Russia

NOVAT

Francesca da Rimini Rakhmaninov

Approved

Sergei Rachmaninov's opera "Francesca da Rimini" was inspired by the plot from the fifth song of "Hell" - the first part of Dante's "Divine Comedy". The plot of the opera is based on true historical events of the 13th century. Francesca da Polenta of Ravenna was given in marriage to the ruler of Rimini, Lanciotto Malatesta, to end the long-standing feud between the two families. According to the custom of that time, instead of the groom, his younger brother Paolo came to Ravenna to woo, and Francesca, confident that he was her groom, fell in love with him and swore before God to be his faithful wife. Paolo could not resist the beauty of Francesca. The desire to love is stronger than the fear of all the circles of hell. The eternal story about the beautiful Francesca and the handsome Paolo, told by Dante Alighieri many centuries ago, inspired dozens of poets, artists, musicians,

Francesca da Rimini by Rachmaninoff, Tue 10 Apr 2018, From (2018/2018), Directed by Vyacheslav Starodubtsev,, NOVAT, Novosibirsk, Russia

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