Organization

Festival d'Aix en Provence

Sänger

Bass

Dmitry Ulyanov

König Dodon

Margarita Nekrasova

Amelfa

Tenor

Vasily Efimov

Prinz Gwidon

Bariton

Andrey Zhilikhovsky

Prinz Afron

Mischa Schelomianski

General Polkan

Andrei Popov

Der Astrologe

Sopran

Nina Minasyan

Die Königin von Schemacha

Lichtgestaltung

Franck Evin

Kostümbild

Victoria Behr

Bühnenbild

Rufus Didwiszus

Choreographie

Otto Pichler

Dramaturgie

Olaf A Schmitt

Maria Nazarova

Der goldene Hahn

Regie

Barrie Kosky

Dirigat

Daniele Rustioni

Schauspiel

Wilfried Gonon

Komische Oper Berlin

Opéra de Lyon

Others

Lyon Opera Choirs

Orchestra

Lyon Opera Orchestra

Russisch

Le Coq d'or -  (Der goldene Hahn)

Aix-en-Provence

Frankreich

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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