Name: The Maid of Orleans
Start: 2022-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Mariinsky-2

Organization

Dirigent

Valery Gergiev

Regisseur

Alexei Stepanuyk

Set designer

Vyacheslav Okunev

Kostuum ontwerper

Licht ontwerper

Irina Vtornikova

Video ontwerper

Victoria Zlotnikova

Répétiteur

Irina Soboleva

Koor meester

Konstantin Rylov

Zanger

Tenor

Alexander Mikhalev

King Charles VII

Bass

Mikhail Petrenko

The Archbishop

Baritone

Kirill Zharovin

Dunois

Pavel Yankovsky

Lionel

Yevgeny Nikitin

Thibaut d'Arc

Soprano

Ekaterina Semenchuk

Joan of Arc

Maria Baiankina

Agnes Sorel

Mariinsky Theatre

Russisch

The Maid of Orleans

Sint-Petersburg

Rusland

Mariinsky-2

The Maid of Orleans: Orleanskaya Deva Tchaikovsky,P

Public

Orleanskaya Deva

Engels

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 Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Acteur

Broadcasting

Choreograaf

Chorus Director

Componist

Danser

Dramaturg

Extra

Geluidsontwerper

Haar stylist

Illustrator

Koor

Librettist

Orchestra Operations

Orkest

Other

Photographer

Poet

Stage Manager

Teacher

Uitvoerend producent

Vertaler

Visagist

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

The Maid of Orleans: Orleanskaya Deva

The Maid of Orleans has always stood in the shadow of Tchaikovsky's other operas, and being presented with it has resulted in confusion, even among the composer's most ardent admirers. The authoritative Soviet music historian Boris Asafiev, for example, considered the work "masterful, though uneven", reprimanding its "false style" and "peculiar, pompous élan". The low evaluation of The Maid of Orleans can, to a great extent, be explained by its chronological proximity to (and inevitable comparison with) Tchaikovsky's most popular opera, Eugene Onegin. Following the lyrical "chamber scenes", here the composer unexpectedly turned to the genre of grand opéra with all its inherent attributes: a plot from an age of knights, a massive four-act structure, a ballet divertissement, the thunder of victory and fiery whirlwinds. Tchaikovsky was convinced of public acclamation, box-office success and of his "grand opéra" finding a stable place in the repertoire, though this was never fully achieved, either during the composer's lifetime or in the 20th century. One exception came with the Kirov Theatre's production in 1945 – its success to a large degree was down to Sofia Preobrazhenskaya, who appeared in the title role.

Succeeding a lengthy interval, last summer the Mariinsky Theatre staged a performance of The Maid of Orleans in concert and took the decision to bring it back to the stage, as the few generalised parts of the score are not a flaw but rather a nod of respect to the conditions of the genre of "grand opéra". Once one understands this, the merits of The Maid of Orleans become clear: the first-class music, the strong dramaturgy and the pathétique energy, rare in terms of its power. It towers above classical Russian operas, like the bulk of some Gothic cathedral – like that in Reims, here depicted in the final scene.

The opera is being restored to the repertoire of the theatre where it was staged for the first time one hundred and forty years ago. Back then, in 1881, Tchaikovsky was furious that no new designs had been produced for the premiere, instead borrowing the sets from other productions, and the new opus did not create the effect it ought to have done. Today the composer would be satisfied: in tandem with the designer Vyacheslav Okunev, director Alexei Stepanyuk has produced a true "grand spectacle". Moreover, the director was not content to be satisfied with a merely theatrical Gothic style: "We are not staging an historic opera 'about knights', but rather a romantic opera – a metaphysical one, even. Fire is the entire production's leitmotif, a symbol of all-consuming flame in which our whole world perishes with its madness of wars and hatred. And, with her saintly smile, the Maid of Orleans towers above these flames."

English

The Maid of Orleans by Tchaikovsky, P. I., vr. 09 sep 2022, Van (2022/2022), Geregisseerd door Alexei Stepanuyk,, Dirigent Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky-2, Sint-Petersburg, Rusland

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