Name: The Story of Kai and Gerda
Start: 2022-12-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Mariinsky Theatre

Organization

Stage director

Alexei Stepanuyk

Set designer

Elena Orlova

Lighting designer

Evgeny Ganzburg

Video designer

Victoria Zlotnikova

Choreographer

Ilya Ustiantsev

Repetiteur

Larisa Gergieva

Assistant Stage Directors

Anna Shishkina

Sergei Bogoslavskiy

Costume designer

Conductor

Zaurbek Gugkaev

Singer

Tenor

Savva Khastaev

Soprano

Anastasia Donets

Gerda

Mezzo-soprano

Anna Matis

The Snow Queen

Baritone

Gregory Chernetsov

The Lamplighter

Dmitry Garbovsky

Reindeer

Elena Vitman

The Grandmother

Bass

Ivan Novosyolov

The Old Robber Woman

Regina Rustamova

The Little Robber Girl

Mariinsky Theatre

Russian

The Story of Kai and Gerda -  (Kai and Gerda)

Saint Petersburg

Russia

The Story of Kai and Gerda

Public

Kai and Gerda

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

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

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

AUTHOR AND PRODUCER Music by Sergei Banevich Libretto by Tatyana Kalinina Stage director – Alexei Stepanyuk Stage designer, costume designer – Elena Orlova Lighting designer – Evgeniy Ganzburg Video designer – Victoria Zlotnikova Choreographer – Ilya Ustyantsev Assistant directors: Ilya Ustyantsev, Anna Shishkina , Sergei Bogoslavsky Responsible accompanist - Larisa Gergieva

Написанных для детей опер не так много – сам жанр со всеми условностями и традициями, кажется, не предполагает аудитории, состоящей из непосед. Петербургский композитор Сергей Баневич, выбравший своей стезей детскую музыку, попытался преодолеть эту несправедливость. «История Кая и Герды», самое известное его сочинение, представляет собой оперу для детей, написанную по всем правилам взрослой музыкальной драмы.
Фабула заимствована у Андерсена – его «Снежную королеву» перевела на язык оперного либретто поэт Татьяна Калинина. Действие требовалось сделать лапидарным, эпизоды зрелищными, а идею внятной публике 6+. События «Истории» перемежаются проповедью мудрого Фонарщика, в партитуру удачно вписаны танцевальные интермедии и симфоническая картина «Полет на северном олене». Вокальные линии персонажей рассчитаны на взрослых исполнителей, а язык оперы с опорой на ариозное высказывание, доступен детскому восприятию. В финале авторы сталкивают лицом к лицу два женских образа: в схватке за сердце человека борются любовь и смерть, Герда и Снежная королева – парадоксальным образом музыкальная притча, написанная в конце 1970-х, апеллирует к христианским мотивам сказки Андерсена, в изданиях тех лет не воспроизводившимся (в сказке за душу Кая сражаются Бог и дьявол).
«Эта опера равно адресована и детям, и взрослым, она о потере и нахождении себя, как в воспитательных романах. Размышляя о Кае, я думаю и о тех сегодняшних подростках с осколками “зеркала зла” в сердцах, которые не знают, что такое любовь, не знают цену жизни, которые безжалостны и беспощадны», – размышляет композитор.
Название «История Кая и Герды» впервые появилось в афише Кировского театра в 1980-м, оно продержалось в репертуаре десятилетие, выдержав более сотни представлений. Позже постановку Юрия Александрова возобновили, и в спектакле пели юные Анна Нетребко, Леонид Захожаев, Евгений Никитин. По инициативе Нетребко венская редакция оперы с немецким либретто (Die Schneekönigin) в течение двух летних сезонов исполнялась на сцене Гайдн-зала в замке князей Эстергази близ Вены. Счастливая сценическая судьба у оперы в России: ее ставили в Челябинске, Екатеринбурге, Перми, Минске, Киеве, Владикавказе, Пскове. Сейчас «История» идет в Большом и Новосибирском театрах. Нынешнюю мариинскую постановку доверили опытным мастерам сказок – режиссеру Алексею Степанюку и художнику Елене Орловой.

русский

There are not so many operas written for children - the genre itself, with all the conventions and traditions, does not seem to imply an audience consisting of fidgets. Petersburg composer Sergei Banevich, who chose children's music as his path, tried to overcome this injustice. "The Story of Kai and Gerda", his most famous work, is an opera for children, written according to all the rules of an adult musical drama.
The plot was borrowed from Andersen - his "Snow Queen" was translated into the language of opera libretto by the poet Tatyana Kalinina. The action needed to be made lapidary, the episodes were spectacular, and the idea was comprehensible to the public 6+. The events of the "History" are interspersed with the sermon of the wise Lamplighter, dance interludes and the symphonic picture "Flight on the Reindeer" are successfully inscribed in the score. The vocal lines of the characters are designed for adult performers, and the language of the opera, based on ariose utterance, is accessible to children's perception. In the finale, the authors bring two female images face to face: love and death are fighting in the fight for a person’s heart, Gerda and the Snow Queen – paradoxically, a musical parable written in the late 1970s appeals to the Christian motifs of Andersen’s fairy tale, which was not published in those years. reproduced (in a fairy tale, God and the devil fight for Kai's soul).
“This opera is equally addressed to both children and adults, it is about losing and finding oneself, as in educational novels. Thinking about Kai, I also think about those today's teenagers with fragments of the “mirror of evil” in their hearts, who do not know what love is, do not know the price of life, who are ruthless and merciless,” the composer reflects.
The name "The Story of Kai and Gerda" first appeared on the playbill of the Kirov Theater in 1980; it lasted a decade in the repertoire, withstanding more than a hundred performances. Later, the production of Yuri Alexandrov was resumed, and young Anna Netrebko, Leonid Zakhozhaev, Evgeny Nikitin sang in the performance. On Netrebko's initiative, the Viennese version of the opera with a German libretto (Die Schneekönigin) was performed for two summer seasons on the stage of the Haydn Hall in the castle of the Esterhazy princes near Vienna. The opera has a happy stage fate in Russia: it was staged in Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg, Perm, Minsk, Kyiv, Vladikavkaz, Pskov. Now "History" is in the Bolshoi and Novosibirsk theaters. The current Mariinsky production was entrusted to experienced masters of fairy tales - director Alexei Stepanyuk and artist Elena Orlova.

Kai and Gerda by Banevich, Sat 21 Jan 2023, From (2022/2023), Directed by Alexei Stepanuyk,, Conductor Zaurbek Gugkaev, Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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