
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 Tale of Tsar Saltan is the fairest fairy tale among all others by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1900). Turmoils experienced by its heroes are resolved happily for everyone; even villains receive forgiveness; the most important thing, though, nobody dies. The only exception is a ‘wizard’- kite: he appears for a minute in the second act and immediately perishes from ‘Tsarevich’ (prince in English) Guidon’s arrow – following the plot of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin.
Wonderfully written libretto full of musical ‘wonders’ by Vladimir Belsky and the score by Rimsky-Korsakov were already highly appraised during premiere. It was first performed by Private Opera Society (1900). Performance became legendary due to scenic design by Mikhail Vrubel and ‘mysterious look of unforgettable Tsarevna’ (The Swan-Princess). The role was created by artist’s wife Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (quoted in the review by famous critic and musicologist Evgeny Braudo).
Premiered on September 26, 2019.
Presented with two intervals.
Libretto by Vladimir Belsky after Alexander Pushkin’s tale of the same name

With participation of circus artists.
Saturday, 12:00
Friday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Wednesday, 19:00
Sunday, 19:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Friday, 12:00
Thursday, 19:00
Thursday, 12:00
Wednesday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Wednesday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Sunday, 19:00
Saturday, 19:00
Saturday, 12:00
Friday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Wednesday, 19:00
Wednesday, 12:00
Prologue
On a winter evening, two girls are dreaming of meeting a rich groom. While they are making plans, the care for their beauty lies on the shoulders of their younger sister, Militrisa. She is not treated well in the family: ‘Why shouldn’t we order that silly girl around?’ The witch Old mother Babarikha is watching the scene.
The elder sisters, encouraged by Old mother Babarikha, praise themselves and dream about what each of them would do if she suddenly became a Tsar's wife.