Name: The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Start: 2023-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Mariinsky Theatre

Organization

Conductor

Pavel Smelkov

Singer

Bass

Andrey Serov

Tsar Saltan

Soprano

Anna Barkhatova

Militrisa

Tenor

Sergei Semishkur

Prince Gvidon

Olga Pudova

Swan-Princess

Mezzo-soprano

Elena Gorlo

The weaver

Tatyana Kravtsova

Cook

Contralto

Nadezhda Vasilyeva

Matchmaker-Crone

Stage director

Alexander Petrov

Lighting designer

Vladimir Lukasevich

Costume designer

Vladimir Firer

Set designer

Ivan Bilibin

Choreographer

Irina Novik

Repetiteur

Larisa Gergieva

Valery Gergiev

Chorus master

Konstantin Rylov

Mariinsky Theatre

Others

The Mariinsky Chorus

Orchestra

Orchester des Mariinski-Theaters

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The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Saint Petersburg

Russia

The Tale of Tsar Saltan Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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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

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

In all probability, everyone knows the virtuoso piece Flight of the Bumblebee, a dazzling example of musical perpetuum mobile. And yet this is but one highlight from the brilliant opera by Rimsky-Korsakov – a maestro and poet of the orchestra. In The Tale of Tsar Saltan there are also scenes of the sea, a forest at night, of dawn, affixed by the composer to each act. Audiences will remember the captivating melodies of the Swan-Princess in the orchestra and the ominous march of the noisy knights of the sea. The composer himself, not without pride, called the score “a guide to magic tricks”.

In as much as Russian audiences know the plot inside-out, the librettist Vladimir Belsky and the composer, once again narrating a fairy tale, complicate the intrigue with new characters and situations and they provide an abundance of detail: Saltan’s nameless wife is called Militrisa, Saltan’s kingdom is known as Tmutarakan, and Tsarevich Guidon rules on the island of Ledenets. Whereas, however, Pushkin notes that the fairy-tale squirrel, gnawing nuts, “sings in front of all the honest people ‘Whether in the garden or in the kitchen garden’”, Rimsky-Korsakov does not deny himself the pleasure of quoting this song. And Guidon’s meeting with the inhabitants of the island of Buyan is illustrated by the chorus to a motif of the famous refrain, because the poet states that at that moment “the church chorus praises God”. Recognising this reveals much of the pleasure to be gained from the opera: for young audiences it is a magical fairy-tale-come-to-life on the stage, for more sophisticated audiences it is an example of conditional theatre, an artistic commentary by one artist, a “magician”-composer, on the text of another – a “fairy-tale-narrator” poet.

This production is one of the most colourful at the Mariinsky Theatre. The St Petersburg State Musical Theatre for Children Zazerkalye stage director Alexander Petrov typically strives to occupy his audience’s attention with vivid scenes. Here he is assisted by set designer Vladimir Firer. It is not by chance that in the sets and costumes one may see the famous book illustrations of Ivan Bilibin: the production was conceived as a recognition of the fairy tale by Pushkin, well-loved from childhood. Anna Petrova

English

Все наверняка знают виртуозную пьесу «Полет шмеля», жужжащий образец музыкального perpetuum mobile. Но это лишь один фрагмент из красочной оперы Римского-Корсакова – мастера и поэта оркестра. Есть в «Сказке о царе Салтане» и картины моря, ночного леса, рассвета, предпосланные композитором каждому действию. Запомнятся слушателям расцветающие в оркестре пленительные мелодии Царевны Лебеди и грозный марш шумных морских витязей. Сам автор не без гордости называл эту партитуру «руководством к фокусам».

Поскольку русский слушатель прекрасно знает сюжет, то либреттист Владимир Бельский и композитор, сказывая сказку в очередной раз, усложняют ее интригу новыми героями и ситуациями, украшают подробностями: безымянную жену Салтана у них зовут Милитриса, царство Салтана – это Тьмутаракань, а царевич Гвидон правит на острове Леденце. Но если Пушкин замечает, что сказочная белка, грызя орешки, «поет при честнóм при всем народе “Во саду ли, в огороде”», то Римский-Корсаков не отказывает себе в удовольствии эту песню процитировать. А встречу Гвидона жителями острова Буяна иллюстрирует хором на мотив знаменного распева, ведь поэт упомянул, что в тот момент «хор церковный Бога славит». В подобном узнавании и кроется во многом удовольствие от оперы: для юных зрителей это ожившая на сцене волшебная сказка, для более искушенных – образец условного театра, творческий комментарий одного художника, композитора-«фокусника», к тексту другого – поэта-«сказочника».

Этот спектакль – один из самых красочных на мариинской сцене. Режиссер детского музыкального театра «Зазеркалье» Александр Петров привычно стремится занимать внимание зрителей живыми картинами. В этом ему помогает сценография Владимира Фирера. В декорациях и костюмах не случайно угадываются знаменитые книжные иллюстрации Ивана Билибина: постановка и была задумана как узнавание сказки Пушкина, любимой с детства. Анна Петрова

русский

The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Rimsky-Korsakov, Sâm 15 Iul. 2023, De la (2023/2023), Regizat de către Alexander Petrov,, Dirijor Pavel Smelkov, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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