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NOVAT presents
NOVAT presents
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Rostov State Opera and Ballet presents
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The Kasatkina and Vasilyov State Academic Classical Ballet Theatre presents
Rostov State Opera and Ballet production
The Kasatkina and Vasilyov State Academic Classical Ballet Theatre presents
The Kasatkina and Vasilyov State Academic Classical Ballet Theatre presents
Mariinsky Theatre production with participation of the Bolshoi Theatre Chorus & Orchestra
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Mariinsky Theatre presents
Mariinsky Theatre presents
Mariinsky Theatre presents
Mariinsky Theatre presents
Mariinsky Theatre production with participation of the Bolshoi Theatre Chorus & Orchestra and Bolshoi Opera Company Soloists on some days
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Mariinsky Theatre presents
Mariinsky Theatre presents
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Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. Solovyanenko presents
Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. Solovyanenko presents
THE NOBLEWOMAN VERA SHELOGA
Premiere of this production: 18 March 2019
THE MAID OF PSKOV
Premiere of this production: 29 December 1951.
Revival: 25 April 2008.
The performance has two intervals.
Libretto by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov after the drama by Lev Mey
THE NOBLEWOMAN VERA SHELOGA
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Stage Director: Yuri Laptev
Sets and costumes: Pyotr Okunev
Video Designer: Vadim Dulenko
Lighting Designer: Yegor Kartashov
Sets and costumes by Fyodor Fyodorovsky from opera The Maid of Pskov (production by Yuri Laptev)
THE MAID OF PSKOV
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Revival Stage Director: Yuri Laptev
Revival Set Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
Revival Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
Principal Chorus Master: Konstantin Rylov
Friday, 19:00
Prologue The Noblewoman Vera Sheloga
Nobleman Ivan Sheloga of Pskov has gone to war. His wife, Vera, gave birth to daughter Olga in his absence. Vera’s sister, Nadezhda, discusses with her nanny Vlasevna why her beautiful sister is so gloomy and sad. They talk of Nadezhda’s fiancé, Prince Yuri Tokmakov, returning home soon. They hear Vera singing a lullaby to her daughter. While the baby is asleep, the woman reveals a terrible secret to her sister – her baby is not her husband’s daughter. She is ready to hand him an axe to atone for her sin. Vera tells the story of how she went to pray to the Pechersky Monastery and got lost, how she could not refuse the advances of her saviour, “one of the boyars,” whom she fell in love with, how he left her and married Nastasya Romanova. They hear horn calls. Ivan Sheloga enters with Prince Tokmakov. Vera is confused and asks him not to hurt her child. Her bewildered husband asks whose baby is that. Nadezhda falls to her knees and screams: “Mine!”