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19:00 | Cephalus and Procris |
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Opera in three acts to the music by Francesco Araja. Libretto by Alexander Sumarokov after the Metamorphoses of Ovid.. Soloists of Catherine the Great Ensemble, Saint Petersburg presented. In cooperation with the “Baroque Ballet Angiolini” (Saint Petersburg). Artistic Director: Andrey Reshetin. Director: Danila Vedernikov. Choreographer: Klaus Abromeit. Costume Designer: Larissa Pogoretskaya. The story of Cephalus and Prokris, who were ready to destroy their matrimonial vows and later happily forgive each other, thus far random tragic finale does not separate them (hunting Cephalus mistakenly pierces his wife with the spear) was transformed by Sumarokov into something quite different. His libretto is the story of devoted love and the tragic fate of two heroes. Being separated, they severely suffer and do not search for compromises. Cephalus, stolen directly from the wedding ceremony in the temple, rejects the love of the powerful goddess Aurora. But meanwhile Prokris, suffering from jealousy, is moving towards her inevitably death: Cephalus, aimed supposedly at the beast, mortally wounds his own wife.
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