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Premiere
Askold’s Grave
About the performance

Рremiered on March 2, 2023.

Presented with two intervals.

Libretto by Mikhail Zagoskin in Maria Fomicheva’s version

Musical version by Ivan Velikanov

Chorus Masters
Alexander Kritsky
Movement Director
Robert Elkibaev
Scene:
Chamber Stage
Run time:
3 hours 15 minutes
Language:
Russian
The score has been made available by the Russian State TV and Radio Music Centre Orpheus
Bolshoi opera official sponsor is Payment System Mir
Azamat Tsaliti as Vseslav. Ekaterina Semenova as Nadezhda.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Alexandra Nanoshkina as Nadezhda. Alexander Chernov as Vseslav.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Alexander Chernov as Vseslav. Alexander Polkovnikov as The Stranger.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

German Yukavsky as Alexei. Alexander Polkovnikov as The Stranger.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Viktor Borovkov as Alexei. Dzambolat Dulaev as The Stranger.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Natalia Ritter as Lyubasha. Pyotr Melentyev as Frelaf. Alexei Prokopyev as Stemid.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Mikhail Yanenko as Torop. Alexei Smirnov as Vyshata. Kirill Filin as Stemid. Alexei Sulimov as Fenkal.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Zakhar Kovalyov as Torop. Irina Berezina as Buslaevna.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Irina Berezina as Buslaevna. Alexander Markeev as Vyshata.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Mikhail Yanenko as Torop. Zlata Rubinova as Buslaevna. Alexandra Nanoshkina as Nadezhda. Alexander Chernov as Vseslav.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Alexandra Nanoshkina as Nadezhda. Zlata Rubinova as Buslaevna.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Ekaterina Bolshakova as Vakhrameevna.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Cast
16 July
2023

Sunday, 14:00

15 July
2023

Saturday, 19:00

14 July
2023

Friday, 19:00

13 July
2023

Thursday, 19:00

09 April
2023

Sunday, 14:00

08 April
2023

Saturday, 19:00

07 April
2023

Friday, 19:00

06 April
2023

Thursday, 19:00

05 March
2023

Sunday, 14:00

04 March
2023

Saturday, 19:00

03 March
2023

Friday, 19:00

02 March
2023

Thursday, 19:00

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Synopsis

The action takes place during the reign of the Kyiv prince Svyatoslav, before the Christianization of Russia

Act I

The bank of the Dnieper near Kyiv.

A Christian girl Nadezhda, the daughter of the fisherman Alexei, lives in one the huts. She is waiting to meet her lover, the princely youth Vseslav.

The Stranger comes to the fishermen. He conceived a conspiracy against Svyatoslav in hope of getting closer to power and now wants to use Vseslav as his tool. The Stranger and Vseslav agreed to meet at midnight at the grave of the ancient Prince Askold...

Schedule and tickets
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Time
13 July
Thursday
0
0
19:00
14 July
Friday
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0
19:00
15 July
Saturday
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0
19:00
16 July
Sunday
0
0
14:00
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