Organization

Festival d'Aix en Provence

Chanteur

Basse

Dmitry Ulyanov

Dodon

Contralto

Margarita Nekrasova

Amelpha

Ténor

Vasily Efimov

Le Prince Guidone

Baryton

Andrey Zhilikhovsky

Aphron

Mischa Schelomianski

Polkan

Andrey Popov

Astrologe

Soprano

Nina Minasyan

La Reine de Chemakha

Lumières

Franck Evin

Costumes

Victoria Behr

Décors

Rufus Didwiszus

Chorégraphie

Pichler Otto

Dramaturgie

Olaf A Schmitt

Maria Nazarova

Le Coq d'Or

Mise en scène

Barrie Kosky

Direction d'orchestre

Daniele Rustioni

Acteur

Wilfried Gonon

Komische Oper Berlin

Opéra de Lyon

Others

Lyon Opera Choirs

Orchestra

Lyon Opera Orchestra

russe

Le Coq d'or

Aix-en-Provence

France

Théâtre de l'Archevêché

The Golden Cockerel is a satirical blend of Rimsky-Korsakov’s work and a century of Russian opera. The composer uses more outlandish elements of Pushkin’s story to create multiple comic situations, with nods and winks to Russian culture. By showing Dodon as a Don Quixote-like figure, suffering from oblomovism, Rimsky-Korsakov is mocking the Tsars. And by developing the Oriental theme – much more than Pushkin does – he is not just using the music to enhance the mysterious oriental princess’s powers of seduction: he is also introducing some echoes of the Russo-Japanese war and the beginnings of the Revolution. Unsurprisingly the Tsar of the time, Nicholas II, largely censored the work and Rimsky-Korsakov therefore never saw his final masterpiece performed. Australian director Barrie Kosky, who is both a Russian opera aficionado and a highly skilled stage director, can be trusted to bring all its symbolism and comic energy to the fore.

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