Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Georges Bizet
Modest Mussorgsky
Giacomo Puccini
César Cui. Igor Stravinsky
Gioachino Rossini
Francesco Cilea
Richard Wagner
Richard Strauss
Gaetano Donizetti
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Gioacchino Rossini
Alexander Ostrovsky, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Umberto Giordano
Richard Strauss
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Andrei Rubtsov
Dimitry Rostovsky
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Alexei Verstovsky
Giuseppe Verdi
Anton Rubinstein
Benjamin Britten. Camille Saint-Saëns
Mieczysław Weinberg
Sergei Banevich
Modest Mussorgsky
Grigory Frid. Udo Zimmermann
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Georg Philipp Telemann
Sergei Prokofiev
Giuseppe Verdi
Sergei Prokofiev. Maurice Ravel
Dmitry Shostakovich
Tatiana Kamysheva
Georges Bizet
Giacomo Puccini
Jacques Offenbach
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Dmitry Shostakovich
Hector Berlioz
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
G.F Handels’ opera Ariodante premiered on stage at the newly opened at the time Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on the 8th of January 1735. Italian stars participated in its opening, which was led by the composer himself. Main role was performed by castrato (alt) Giovanni Carestini (nicknamed Cusanio), Ginevra – by primadonna of Hadel enterprize Anna Maria Strada, Polinesso – contralto Maria Caterina Negri and others. Equally great interest was caused by the name of a famous French dancer Marie Sallé on the billboards. Ballet divertissements, counting on her participation, were staged herself and she was a leading soloist there, were introduced in each of the three opera acts.
Premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre on July 22, 2021.
English National Opera production.
Premiere of the production took place at the English National Opera in 1993.
The staging is a co-production with Welsh National Opera.
Presented with two intervals.
Libretto by unknown author after Antonio Salvi’s libretto Ginevra, principessa di Scozia
Original Lighting Design by Wolfgang Göbbel
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Wednesday, 19:00
Act One
Princess Ginevra is in love with Ariodante, a knight. Her father, the King of Scotland, approves of her choice and accepts Ariodante as his son-in-law and heir; Polinesso, the Duke of Albany, would also like to marry Ginevra and succeed to the throne, but Ginevra spurns his suit.
Dalinda, a lady of the court who attends on Ginevra, is infatuated with Polinesso and rejects Ariodante's brother, Lurcanio, who loves her dearly. Polinesso decides to use Dalinda in his plot to get rid of Ariodante, his rival for the throne. He promises to court Dalinda if she will help him by dressing in Ginevra's clothes and letting him into the princess's chambers one night.