Name: Iolanta
Start: 2024-01-05
End: 2024-01-05
Location: Mikhailovsky Theater

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Mikhailovsky Theatre

Conductor

Alexander Soloviev

Stage director

Sergey Shepelyov

Set designer

Vyacheslav Okunev

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Mikhail Mekler

Chorus master

Vladimir Stolpovskikh

Pianist

Maria Kopyseva

Alexey Dmitriev

Sergey Tsyplenkov

Singer

Soprano

Alexandra Sennikova

Iolanta

Tenor

Fyodor Ataskevich

Count Vaudemont

Bass

Andrey Zemskov

Rene

Baritone

Alexander Shakhov

Robert

Dmitry Darov

Ibn-Hakia

Orchestra

Mikhailovsky Theatre Orchestra

Russian

Saint Petersburg

Russia

Mikhailovsky Theater

Public

Private

Paul Koneri

Approved

Iolanta: Iolanta, op. 69 Tchaikovsky, P. I.

Premiere of the production: 14 July 2005

Pyotr Tchaikovsky found the inspiration for his last opera in a tale of medieval France. Iolanta, the daughter of King René, has been blind since birth, but is unaware of her misfortune. Cradled in loving care, she lives a quiet, happy life, in ignorance of her blindness, until a young knight happens to enter her home.

In a very literal sense, the opera celebrates love and its curative powers. Indeed, it is only after she falls in love, experiences spiritual pain, and overcomes her fear, that Iolanta is able to see. In the finale, the choir extols the universe, the light of reason, morality, and purity. The production is bathed in light, which heightens its delicate musical lyricism and reinforces the story’s main theme of the victory of light over darkness.

English

Премьера постановки в Михайловском театре: 14 июля 2005 года

Свою последнюю оперу Петр Ильич Чайковский создал, вдохновившись средневековой французской легендой. Иоланта, дочь короля Рене, слепа от рождения, но не знает о своем недуге. Окруженная заботой, она живет спокойно и счастливо в своём неведении, пока в замок случайно не попадает молодой рыцарь.

Опера в буквальном смысле воспевает любовь и ее целительную силу. Ведь только полюбив, испытав душевную боль и преодолев страх, Иоланта прозревает. Финальный хор прославляет мироздание, свет разума, нравственность и чистоту. Постановка насыщена цветом, который оттеняет тонкую лирику музыки и поддерживает главную идею победы света над тьмой.

русский

Iolanta by Tchaikovsky, P. I., Fri 05 Jan 2024, From (2024/2024), Directed by Sergey Shepelyov,, Conductor Alexander Soloviev, Mikhailovsky Theater, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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