Name: Levsha
Start: 2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Mariinsky-2

Organization

Conductor

Valery Gergiev

Stage director

Alexei Stepanuyk

Set designer

Alexander Orlov

Costume designer

Irina Cherednikova

Choreographer

Ilya Ustiantsev

Lighting designer

Alexander Sivaev

Repetiteur

Irina Soboleva

Mariinsky Theatre

Russian

Levsha -  (The Lefthander)

Saint Petersburg

Russia

Mariinsky-2

Levsha

Public

The Lefthander

English

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Mezzo-soprano

Singer

Bass

Soprano

Countertenor

Tenor

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

"Lefty" is the most famous novel by Nikolai Leskov. Everyone in Russia knows her. Leskov's story provides the richest material for an opera plot. The very plot of the story is a grotesque exaggeration. What's this? A biblical parable, a farce fair myth, an epic tale?.. Bright, juicy, contrasting characters. Russian tsars Alexander I, Nicholas I, Winter Palace, English royal court. Buffoonery and tragedy. Laughter through tears ...
And if you look a little deeper, then there is an obvious artistic opposition of two forms of being - rational British and irrational Russian.
And finally, the main character. An oblique, illiterate craftsman from Tula "with golden hands." It focuses, I think, the most important and most typical features of the Russian national character: original talent, ingenuity, self-irony, indifference to human life, a destructive passion for alcohol. And the eternal Russian theme: power and common people. The lack of demand for a genius in his homeland ...
A voluminous two-act opera was written for the opening of the new stage of the Mariinsky Theater (Mariinsky-2). The musical director and conductor of the performance is Valery Gergiev, who turned sixty this year. My score is dedicated to him.
Rodion Shchedrin

«Левша» – самая известная повесть Николая Лескова. В России ее знают все. Повесть Лескова предоставляет богатейший материал для оперного сюжета. Уже сама фабула повествования – гротесковое преувеличение. Что это? Библейская притча, ярмарочный балаганный миф, эпическое сказание?.. Яркие, сочные, контрастирующие характеры. Русские цари Александр I, Николай I, Зимний дворец, английский королевский двор. Буффонада и трагедия. Смех сквозь слезы…
А если заглянуть чуть вглубь, то и очевидное художественное противопоставление двух форм бытия – рациональной британской и иррациональной русской.
И наконец, главный герой. Косой неграмотный мастеровой из Тулы «с золотыми руками». В нем сфокусированы, думаю, важнейшие и типичнейшие черты русского национального характера: самобытная одаренность, смекалка, самоирония, безразличие к человеческой жизни, пагубная страсть к алкоголю. И вечная русская тема: власть и простой люд. Невостребованность гения на своей родине…
Объемная двухактная опера написана к открытию новой сцены Мариинского театра (Мариинский-2). Музыкальный руководитель и дирижер спектакля – Валерий Гергиев, которому в этом году исполнилось шестьдесят лет. Моя партитура посвящена ему.
Родион Щедрин

русский

The Lefthander by Shchedrin, From (2022/2022), Directed by Alexei Stepanuyk,, Conductor Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky-2, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Crew

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues