Mariinsky Theatre presents
Mariinsky Theatre presents
Mariinsky Theatre presents
Mariinsky Theatre presents
Mariinsky Theatre presents
Samara Opera and Ballet Theatre presents
Samara Opera and Ballet Theatre presents
Astana Opera presents
Days of Culture of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
Mariinsky Theatre (Branch in the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania) presents
Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre presents
Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre presents
Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre presents
Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre presents
Sverdlovsk State Academic Theatre of The Musical Comedy production
Sverdlovsk State Academic Musical Comedy Theatre presents
Sverdlovsk State Academic Theatre of The Musical Comedy production
Two interwoven love triangles, jealousy, betrayal, revenge, flight, a sorcerer, poison, two murders, sheer craziness and ominous thunder as the curtain falls: The Enchantress has the full range of tried and tested tricks of 19th century Romantic opera. The Enchantress was written by a great composer then at the peak of his creative genius and by a popular playwright trying his hand at a libretto for the first time. This circumstance was to define the opera's outer appearance, its music brilliant from the overture to the very finale, though in terms of its own qualities the dramaturgy does not always match the music.
Premiere of this production: 29 June 2003.
Co-production of the Mariinsky Theatre and the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Lisbon).
The performance has one interval.
Libretto by Ippolit Shpazhinsky
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Stage Director: David Pountney
Set Designer: Robert Innes Hopkins
Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
Lighting Designer: Mimi Jordan Sherin
Choreographer: Renato Zanella
Chorus Master: Pavel Teplov
Wednesday, 19:00
Tuesday, 19:00
This is a story of two households – the seemingly respectable aristocratic household of the Prince, and the household run by Kuma, devoted to pleasure and freedom. The first household is highly emotionally dysfunctional, but the second is a serene environment controlled with grace and charm by its proprietress, Kuma.
Act I
The men are gathered at Kuma’s house where she bewitches them with a serene song about the wide flowing Volga. They are interrupted by the sudden announcement that the Prince is mounting a raid on the house, under the leadership of Mamyrov, his puritanical and straight-laced Minister. But the Prince is surprised to find that proprietress of this seemingly dissolute establishment is in fact a beautiful, dignified woman. The Prince is charmed, and Mamyrov’s puritanical admonitions are ignored, to the extent that the Prince humiliates him by ordering him to dance before the entire company.