Organization

Festival d'Aix en Provence

Cantante

Basso

Dmitry Ulyanov

Le Roi Dodon

Contralto

Margarita Nekrasova

Amelfa

Tenore

Vasily Efimov

Le Prince Guidon

Baritono

Andrey Zhilikhovsky

Le Prince Afron

Mischa Schelomianski

Le Général Polkan

Andrei Popov

l'Astrologue

Soprano

Nina Minasyan

La Reine de Chemakha

Luci

Franck Evin

Costumi

Victoria Behr

Scenografia

Rufus Didwiszus

Coreografia

Otto Pichler

Drammaturgia

Olaf A Schmitt

Maria Nazarova

Le Coq d'Or

Regia

Barrie Kosky

Direzione d'orchestra

Daniele Rustioni

Recitazione

Wilfried Gonon

Komische Oper Berlin

Opéra de Lyon

Others

Lyon Opera Choirs

Orchestra

Lyon Opera Orchestra

russo

Le Coq d'or -  (Il gallo d'oro)

Aix-en-Provence

Francia

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.

Libretto di produzione

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