
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Alexander Tchaikovsky

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Georges Bizet

Giacomo Puccini

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Mieczysław Weinberg

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Giacomo Puccini

Giuseppe Verdi

Giacomo Puccini

Sergei Banevich

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Francesco Cilea

Sergei Prokofiev

Modest Mussorgsky

Dmitry Shostakovich

Richard Wagner
Camille Saint-Saëns

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Gaetano Donizetti

Benjamin Britten. Camille Saint-Saëns

Georg Philipp Telemann

Hector Berlioz

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Jacques Offenbach

Sergei Prokofiev. Maurice Ravel

Tatiana Kamysheva

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
César Cui. Igor Stravinsky

Richard Strauss

Gioachino Rossini

Dmitri Shostakovich

Gioacchino Rossini
Alexander Ostrovsky, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Giuseppe Verdi

Anton Rubinstein

Richard Strauss

Grigory Frid. Udo Zimmermann

Benjamin Britten

Georges Bizet

Dimitry Rostovsky

Modest Mussorgsky

Umberto Giordano

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Andrei Rubtsov

Giuseppe Verdi

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Alexei Verstovsky

Dmitry Shostakovich

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Story of Kai and Gerda is one of the most famous operas by Sergei Banevich. The world premiere of the opera (under the name The Story of Gerda and Kai) was held on the 24th of December 1980 at the Kirov Theatre in Leningrad (now the Mariinsky Theatre). The opera was destined to have a happy stage fortune. It was shown in Chelyabinsk, Ekaterinburg, Perm, Minsk, Kiev, Vladikavkaz, Pskov, and Novosibirsk. At the Bolshoi Theatre, it was shown for the first time on the 28th of November 2014.
Premiered on 28 November 2014.
Presented with one interval.
Sunday, 18:00
Sunday, 12:00
Saturday, 19:00
Saturday, 12:00
Friday, 19:00
Friday, 12:00
Thursday, 19:00
Saturday, 18:00
Saturday, 12:00
Friday, 19:00
Friday, 12:00
Thursday, 19:00
Thursday, 12:00
Wednesday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 12:00
Sunday, 19:00
Friday, 18:00
Friday, 12:00
Thursday, 19:00
Thursday, 12:00
Wednesday, 19:00
Wednesday, 12:00
Prologue
A rocky landscape.
The trolls are piecing together the shards of what they call the Mirror of Evil.
Act I
Introduction
The Lamplighter, our guide through this story, tells us that once upon a time an orphaned boy named Kai found a loving home in the good old town of Odense, where the Grandmother took care about him and little Gerda became his friend.
Scene 1.
Odense.
The townsfolk of Odense are looking forward for Spring to drive away winter’s chill and snow.
Kai and Gerda are carried away with their exciting game. The Grandmother is calling them home, but they don’t hear.
The trolls arrive. They can’t bear the merry mood of the townsfolk, and above all they hate Kai’s cheerful laughter. The trolls want to spoil the festivity, but the townsfolk drive them away. The trolls plot to revenge.