Organization

Singer

Bass

Mika Kares

Rene

Baritone

Igor Golovatenko

Robert

Tenor

Liparit Avetisyan

Count Vaudemont

Michael Kraus

Ibn-Hakia

Dmitry Ivanchey

Almeric

Nikolay Didenko

Bertrand

Contralto

Margarita Nekrasova

Marta

Mezzo-soprano

Victoria Karkacheva

Laura

Conductor

Kirill Petrenko

Soprano

Asmik Grigorian

Iolanta

Anna Denisova

Brigitta

Orchestra

Berliner Philharmoniker

Others

Rundfunkchor Berlin

Kirill Petrenko conducts Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta”

Baden-Baden

Germany

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Berlin

Berliner Philharmonie

Großer Saal

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Iolanta, lyric opera in one act, op. 69 (concert performance)
Asmik Grigoriansoprano (Iolanta)
Liparit Avetisyantenor (Vaudémont)
Mika Karesbass (King René)
Igor Golovatenkobaritone (Robert)
Michael Krausbaritone (Ibn-Hakia)
Anna Denisovasoprano (Brigitta)
Victoria Karkachevamezzo-soprano (Laura)
Margarita Nekrasovacontralto (Martha)
Dmitry Ivancheytenor (Alméric)
Nikolay Didenkobaritone (Bertrand)

Peter Tchaikovsky’s last opera, Iolanta, is tender, magical and ambiguous. The focus of the story is a blind princess, who regains her sight through love – a rare happy ending in 19th-century opera. Tchaikovsky composed poetic music for the work, in which we also hear his love for French opera. You can enjoy this unjustly forgotten gem in a performance conducted by Kirill Petrenko with Asmik Grigorian in the title role.

Kirill Petrenko conducts Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta”: Iolanta Tchaikovsky,P

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