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12+

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

Music Director

Ivan Velikanov

Stage Director

Maria Fomicheva

Set Designer

Alyona Glinskaya

Lighting Designer

Evgeny Podezdnikov

Video Designer

Dmitry Sobolev

Chorus Masters

Alexander Kritsky

Pavel Suchkov

Movement Director

Robert Elkibaev

Alexandra Nanoshkina as Nadezhda, Alexander Chernov as Vseslav.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Azamat Tsaliti as Vseslav, Ekaterina Semenova as Nadezhda.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Viktor Borovkov as Alexei, Dzambolat Dulaev as The Stranger.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

A scene from the performance. German Yukavsky as Alexei, Alexander Polkovnikov as The Stranger.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Natalia Ritter as Lyubasha.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

A scene from the performance. Anna Bauman as Lyubasha, Pyotr Melentyev as Frelaf.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

A scene from the performance. Igor Yanulaitis (Vyalykh) as Frelaf.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

A scene from the performance. Zakhar Kovalyov as Torop Golovan.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

A scene from the performance. Mikhail Yanenko as Torop Golovan.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

A scene from the performance.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Dzambolat Dulaev as The Stranger.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

A scene from the performance. Zakhar Kovalyov as Torop Golovan, Irina Berezina as Buslaevna.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

A scene from the performance. Mikhail Yanenko as Torop Golovan, Zlata Rubinova as Buslaevna, Alexei Smirnov as Vyshata.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

A scene from the performance. Alexander Markeev as Vyshata.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Ekaterina Bolshakova as Vakhrameevna.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Olga Deineka-Boston as Vakhrameevna.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Ekaterina Semenova as Nadezhda, Azamat Tsaliti as Vseslav, Zakhar Kovalyov as Torop Golovan.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Mikhail Yanenko as Torop Golovan, Alexandra Nanoshkina as Nadezhda, Alexander Chernov as Vseslav, Alexander Polkovnikov as The Stranger.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Cast

22 October

2023

Sunday, 14:00

21 October

2023

Saturday, 19:00

20 October

2023

Friday, 19:00

19 October

2023

Thursday, 19:00

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

Date

Tickets

Price

Time

19 October

Thursday

19:00

20 October

Friday

19:00

21 October

Saturday

19:00

22 October

Sunday

14:00

General partner of the Bolshoi Theatre — insurance company «Ingosstrakh»

Privileged sponsor of the Bolshoi Theatre — Tinkoff Bank

Privileged partner of the Bolshoi Theatre — GUM