Organization

Festival d'Aix en Provence

Singer

Bass

Dmitry Ulyanov

King Dodon

Contralto

Margarita Nekrasova

Amelfa the Housekeeper

Tenor

Vasily Efimov

Prince Gwidon

Baritone

Andrey Zhilikhovsky

Tsarevich Afron

Mischa Schelomianski

The Voivode Polkan

Andrei Popov

The Astrologer

Soprano

Nina Minasyan

The Queen of Shemakha

Lighting designer

Franck Evin

Costume designer

Victoria Behr

Set designer

Rufus Didwiszus

Choreographer

Otto Pichler

Dramaturge

Olaf A Schmitt

Maria Nazarova

The Golden Cockerel

Stage director

Barrie Kosky

Conductor

Daniele Rustioni

Actor

Wilfried Gonon

Komische Oper Berlin

Opéra de Lyon

Others

Lyon Opera Choirs

Orchestra

Lyon Opera Orchestra

Rúisis

Le Coq d'or -  (The Golden Cockerel)

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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