Organization

Zanger

Bass

Stanislav Shvets

René

Baritone

Konstantin Brzhinsky

Robert

Tenor

Igor Morozov

Vaudémont

Dmitry Yankovsky

Ibn-Hakia

Jonas Degerfeldt

Alméric

Lennart Forsén

Bertrand

Soprano

Olga Scheglova

Iolanta

Contralto

Klementina Savnik

Marta

Vivianne Holmberg

Brigitta

Mezzo-soprano

Olga Deputatova

Laura

Regisseur

Sergey Novikov

Dirigent

John Fiore

Licht ontwerper

Denis Yeniukov

Kostuum ontwerper

Maria Vysotskaya

Set designer

Aleksan Kupalyan

Video ontwerper

Dmitrij Ivanchenko

Helikon Opera

Kungliga Operan

Orchestra

Kungliga Hovkapellet

Others

Kungliga Operans Kör

Russisch

Iolanta, op. 69 -  (Yolanta)

Stockholm

Zweden

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.

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