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12+

Il Re

About the performance

Premiered on July 6, 2023.

Presented without interval.

Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano

Music Director

Anton Grishanin

Stage Director

Yury Muravitsky

Set Designer

Pyotr Okunev

Lighting Designer

Evgeny Podezdnikov

Conductor

Philipp Petrov

Chorus Masters

Alexander Kritsky

Pavel Suchkov

Alexander Markeev as Miller, Viktoria Preobrazhenskaya as Miller’s wife, Kirill Filin as Lawyer, Alexei Sulimov as Priest, Zlata Rubinova as Astrologer, Artyom Popov as Colombello.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Alexei Prokopyev as Miller, Irina Berezina as Miller’s wife, Alexandеr Kolesnikov as Lawyer, Pyotr Melentyev as Priest, Maria Patrusheva as Astrologer, Zakhar Kovalyov as Colombello.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Ekaterina Ferzba as Rosalina, Artyom Popov as Colombello, Alexander Markeev as Miller, Viktoria Preobrazhenskaya as Miller’s wife.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Tamara Kasumova as Rosalina, Irina Berezina as Miller’s wife, Alexei Prokopyev as Miller, Zakhar Kovalyov as Colombello.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Natalia Ritter as Rosalina, Alexei Smirnov as Miller, Viktoria Preobrazhenskaya as Miller’s wife, Artyom Popov as Colombello.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Zakhar Kovalyov as Colombello, Alexei Prokopyev as Miller, Irina Berezina as Miller’s wife.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Dzambolat Dulaev as King, Vasily Gafner as Second Cerimoniere (on the left), Dmitry Chernov as First Cerimoniere.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Alexander Polkovnikov as King.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Alexander Polkovnikov as King, Tamara Kasumova as Rosalina.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Dzambolat Dulaev as King, Natalia Ritter as Rosalina.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Dzambolat Dulaev as King, Ekaterina Ferzba as Rosalina.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Alexander Polkovnikov as King, Tamara Kasumova as Rosalina.

Photo by Pavel Rychkov.

Cast

05 November

2023

Sunday, 14:00

04 November

2023

Saturday, 19:00

04 November

2023

Saturday, 14:00

03 November

2023

Friday, 19:00

02 November

2023

Thursday, 19:00

09 July

2023

Sunday, 14:00

08 July

2023

Saturday, 19:00

07 July

2023

Friday, 19:00

06 July

2023

Thursday, 19:00

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Synopsis

Tableau One

Rosalina, a young and beautiful miller’s daughter, has suddenly changed her mind about marrying her sweetheart Colombello. The young man is in despair, the Miller and his wife are both anxious. They seek help from the Astrologer, the Priest and the Lawyer. The Astrologer proposes to cast a secret spell to get rid of the evil eye. The Priest suggests praying more and donating more to the church. The Lawyer insists on taking Rosalina to court...

Schedule and tickets

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2 November

Thursday