
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 opera Pimpinone or the Unequal Marriage by Georg Philipp Telemann, which was created as a “comic intermezzo”, was first performed on the 27th of September 1725 in Hamburg between the acts of the opera Tamerlano by George Frideric Handel. The libretto by Pietro Pariati was originally intended for an Italian composer Tomaso Albinoni. Librettist Johann Philipp Praetorius created its German edition. The premiere was so successful that Praetorius and Telemann wrote a new opera Die amours der Vespetta to continue the story. The plot of Pimpinone anticipated La serva padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, created several years later: an attractive housemaid Vespetta (“little wasp” in Italian) seduces her master Pimpinone and marries him. After that the old man, who is in love but unhappy in marriage, has to bear his wife’s caprices. Having got a firm hold of his house and wallet, Vespetta subordinates her husband.
Premiered at the Boris Pokrovsky Musical Theatre on March, 25. 1983.
Revival of the first production — 22 May, 2009.
Run with one-act opera Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes.
Wednesday, 19:00
Tuesday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Wednesday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Wednesday, 19:00
Wednesday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Tuesday, 19:00
Vespetta, a chambermaid, is looking for a rich husband. She meets Pimpinone, a wealthy merchant who is looking for a servant. Won over by her good looks and her flattery, he falls for her and marries her. Once married Vespetta shows her waspish nature (the name Vespetta means «little wasp») and completely dominates her husband. Vespetta systematically does likewise to the keys to the larder, the wine-cellar and the money-chest.
Pimpinone is displeased at her behavior but she is unafraid and points out the terms of the marriage stipulate that she gets the dowry if they divorce. Pimpinone is forced to capitulate to her every whim.