Organization

Singer

Bass

Stanislav Shvets

Rene

Baritone

Konstantin Brzhinsky

Robert

Tenor

Igor Morozov

Count Vaudemont

Dmitry Yankovsky

Ibn-Hakia

Jonas Degerfeldt

Almeric

Lennart Forsén

Bertrand

Soprano

Olga Scheglova

Iolanta

Contralto

Klementina Savnik

Marta

Vivianne Holmberg

Brigitta

Mezzo-soprano

Olga Deputatova

Laura

Stage director

Sergey Novikov

Conductor

John Fiore

Lighting designer

Denis Yeniukov

Costume designer

Maria Vysotskaya

Set designer

Aleksan Kupalyan

Video designer

Dmitrij Ivanchenko

Helikon Opera

Kungliga Operan

Orchestra

Kungliga Hovkapellet

Others

Kungliga Operans Kör

Russian

Iolanta, op. 69 -  (Iolanta)

Stockholm

Sweden

Princess Iolanta’s blindness is a well-guarded state secret that risks sparking another war. When Count Vaudémont falls in love with her and offers to cure her blindness, Iolanta is faced with a choice: to continue as before or live her life in a way she has never experienced.

Director Sergey Novikov moves the story of the king’s blind daughter to our own time when an overpowering wealth of information prevents us from seeing the true beauty of the world. Tchaikovsky’s last opera – at the peak of his career – was much acclaimed at the premiere in St. Petersburg in 1892. A year later, it premiered at Royal Swedish Opera, but the one-act opera has not been performed in Stockholm since then.

Iolanta Tchaikovsky,P

Public

Swedish

Approved

Videos