Name: Les cloches de Corneville
Start: 2021-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Baron Fon Derviz Mansion (St Petersburg Chamber Opera)

Organization

Musical Preparation

Nina Zhukovskaya

Singer

Soprano

Alexandra Lyapich

Serpolette

Sofia Nekrasova

Germaine

Tenor

Ivan Sapunov

Henri de Corneville

Vladislav Mazankin

Jean Grenicheux

Baritone

Efim Rastorguyev

Gaspard

Izabella Bazina

Gertrude

Svetlana Arzumanova

Manette

Viktor Aleshkov

Notary

Anton Morozov

Magistrate

Stage director

Yuri Alexandrov

Natalya Chernikova

Darya Modzalevskaya

Conductor

Alexander Goikhman

Lighting designer

Irina Vtornikova

Set designer

Vyacheslav Okunev

Choreographer

Nadezhda Kalinina

Chorus master

Igor Pototskiy

Costume designer

Evgenij Bayev

Evgenya Kravchenko

Alina Nikolayeva

Vladimir Kazakov

Leonty Salienski

St Petersburg Chamber Opera

Russian

Les cloches de Corneville -  (The Bells of Corneville)

Saint Petersburg

Russia

Baron Fon Derviz Mansion (St Petersburg Chamber Opera)

Main stage

Les cloches de Corneville Planquette

Public

The Bells of Corneville

Approved

The premiere of “The Bells of Corneville” in 1877 was a sensational success, the operetta withstood more than four hundred performances in Paris, after which it began its triumphal march around the world, the audience enthusiastically received it in London and even in New York City.
The popularity of “The Bells of Corneville” was ensured by the romantic plot and, of course, the music. The multicolored palette of the score contained dance rhythms, spectacular ensemble numbers, sparkling couplets and extended arias. Catchy melodies instantly scattered, they were played everywhere: from aristocratic salons to organ grinders on the streets... However, today Planquette’s operetta has become an undeservedly forgotten rarity, which inspired the theatre's artistic director Yuri Alexandrov to bring it back from oblivion.
 “Honestly, it's a mystery to me why Planquette's work is now so rarely performed on stage, because the melodic material is divine, each number is unique... And the plot! An infinitely beautiful story about an eighteenth-century girl and a prince who turned her life upside down ... There is everything: noble heroes, ancient haunted castles and even the dramatic line of a father who looks like the main character of Pushkin's “The Covetous Knight”... Our performance is a luxurious fairy tale for adults, for everyone who wants to escape from everyday life, plunge into beauty and dream... ”, Yuri Alexandrov says.

English

The Bells of Corneville by Planquette, Sat 28 May 2022, From (2021/2022), Directed by Yuri Alexandrov, Natalya Chernikova, Darya Modzalevskaya,, Conductor Alexander Goikhman, Baron Fon Derviz Mansion (St Petersburg Chamber Opera), Saint Petersburg, Russia

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