Father Frost by Krasev, la 24 joulu 2022, Alkaen (2022/2023), Ohjannut Vyacheslav Starodubtsev,, Musiikinjohto Eldar Nagiev, Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk, Russia

NOVAT presents Morozko – Mikhail Krasev’s magical operatic fairy tale. As winter comes covering everything in white snow, the frost rages outside and the animals go into hibernation. This is the right time for the miracles to happen! You can end up in an enchanted forest, meet its inhabitants and find untold wealth. One just have to be kind, hard-working and ready to help others, like Dunya the protagonist. However, if you greedy and lazy like her step sister, the miracle won’t happen to you. Dunya lives in an old hut with her father. The family also includes a malicious old lady and her daughter. One of those days the old lady decided to get rid of her stepdaughter and send her to the woods to get brushwood. It’s freezing outside, but the girl cannot disobey her stepmother, so she sets off. Dunya finds herself in a magic forest, where she meets various inhabitants – enchanted blizzards, squirrels, bunnies, bullfinches. Soon the girl realizes she is lost in the thicket – there is no brushwood, no way home. Out of thin air appears Morozko. He promises to help Dunya, but in return the girl must pass all the tests of the forest wizard. The first time this opera was staged in 1950. The younger audience immediately loved the musical fairy tale created by a soviet composer Mikhail Krasev, who had created it in accordance with all operatic canons. After its success at the Bolshoi Theatre, Morozko followed on to the Maly Opera Theatre in Leningrad, the Krasnoyarsk opera and ballet theatre, premiered at the inauguration of the Children’s Music Theatre named after Natalya Sats. Morozko will premiere at the Novosibirsk opera and ballet theatre as staged by the Chief Stage Director Vyacheslav Starodubtsev. The opera will take you on a journey to a real winter fairy tale with the music score composed to enhance the magical experience.