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Arts Calendar / March 29 / Opera
19:00 Die tote Stadt
Opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Music Director: Valentin Uryupin. Conductor: Dmitry Matvienko. Stage Director: Vasily Barkhatov. 195 min (with two intermissions). This story is about Paul, a widower who mourns his dead wife, Marie, and turns the house into a "temple" dedicated to her. He meets a dancer, Marietta, who bears a striking resemblance to his wife. A new feeling grips him, but he is afraid of betraying Marie's memory, of betraying his fidelity, and yet he succumbs to his passion. Marietta wants to be the main woman for him, even allowing himself to touch a relic of Marie's golden hair, moreover, dancing with it. Paul, in a frenzy, smothers her with that hair. But it all turns out to be just a dream: at the end of the opera, Marietta comes to Paul's house again.
Novaya Opera Theatre 
19:00 Les pecheurs de perles
Opera in three acts by Georges Bizet. Conductor: Alexey Vereshchagin. Director and Set Designer: Vladislavs Nastavevs. Costume Designer: Elissey Kostsov. Sung in French. Pearl fishermen are getting ready for the new fishing season. They meet in the place which is the most important in the life of their community. They have to choose the leader from their midst, and Zurga becomes the head fisherman. Nadir appears, and Zurga recognizes him as his old friend. Some time ago they fell in love with the same girl, called Le?la, and parted their ways not to become enemies. Nadir agrees to stay with the fishermen. He assures Zurga that he has overcome his feelings and nothing can stand in the way of their friendship now. A boat approaches the shore. There is a priestess in it: her prayers and songs are meant to protect the pearl fishermen at their dangerous tasks and pacify evil spirits. Nobody suspects that the priestess is Le?la. Zurga makes her swear on pain of death to keep her face covered and to stay true to her vow of chastity. As she swears that, she sees Nadir, who is as shocked by their unexpected encounter as she is. Le?la climbs to the top of a high cliff, where she gives her prayers. Nadir follows her to the bottom of the cliff to make sure it is really her.
Boris Pokrovsky Chamber Stage 
19:00 The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Opera in four acts with a prologue by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Presented with two intervals. Libretto by Vladimir Belsky after Alexander Pushkin’s tale of the same name. Sung in Russian with English surtitles. Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev. Director: Alexei Frandetti. The Tale of Tsar Saltan is the fairest fairy tale among the others by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Situations happening to its heroes are resolved with happy end for everyone; even villains receive forgiveness; the most important thing, though, nobody dies (which is so rare in romantic operas!). The only exception is ‘wizard’- kite: he appears for a minute in the second act and immediately perishes by ‘tsarevich’ (prince in English) Guidon’s arrow – following the plot of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. Wonderfully written libretto full of musical ‘wonders’ by Vladimir Belsky and score by Rimsky-Korsakov were already highly appraised during premiere. First production belonged to Private Opera Society (1900). Opera performance became legendary due to scenic design by Mikhail Vrubel and ‘mysterious look of unforgettable Tsarevna’ (in English, princess; referred to Tsarevna Swan-Bird) that created artist’s wife Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel. Success went further on leading to performance on imperial stage; however, it took quite some time: opera was included in the Bolshoi’s repertoire only in 1913. Symphonic compositions were well matched with scenic design by Konstantin Korovin. After the Bolshoi, this opera survived two more revivals – in 1959 and 1986. The latter was there until 1989. It is completely evident, now is the right time for the fourth one.
Bolshoi Theater New Stage 
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