
Giacomo Puccini

Mieczysław Weinberg

Giuseppe Verdi

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Giuseppe Verdi

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Benjamin Britten

Grigory Frid. Udo Zimmermann

Carl Maria von Weber — Gustav Mahler

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Alexander Tchaikovsky

Giacomo Puccini

Alexander Dargomyzhsky

Richard Strauss

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Giuseppe Verdi

Antonín Dvořák

Dmitri Shostakovich

Gaetano Donizetti

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Sergei Banevich

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

George Frideric Handel

Georges Bizet

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Gioachino Rossini

Dimitry Rostovsky

Giacomo Puccini

Richard Wagner

Richard Strauss

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Georges Bizet

Dmitri Shostakovich
Alexei Verstovsky

Anton Rubinstein
Guiseppe Verdi

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Georg Philipp Telemann

Sergei Prokofiev

Modest Mussorgsky

Antonio Salieri

Gaetano Donizetti

Benjamin Britten. Camille Saint-Saëns

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Gioacchino Rossini

Dmitri Shostakovich
Umberto Giordano

Modest Mussorgsky
Hector Berlioz

Giacomo Puccini

Jacques Offenbach

Sergei Prokofiev. Maurice Ravel

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Tatiana Kamysheva

The premiere of the production took place at the Moscow Chamber Musical Theatre, named after B. A. Pokrovsky, on the 14th of June 2000. Boris Aleksandrovich was very fond of Gogol and admired Mussorgsky. The Fair at Sorochyntsi belongs amongst the best directorial works of the master in his latest creative period. The Chamber Musical Theatre received the State Prize of the Russian Federation for this production and retained it in the 2018/19 season.
Night on Bold mountain, Red Jacket and other devilry, that is pierced with unique “Little Russian” (Ukrainian) atmosphere and Gogol’s distinct sense of humour. This is the backdrop to the flourishing of the love between Gritsko and Parasya. The Fair at Sorochyntsi is a short story from the cycle Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka that was arranged to the music by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky.
Premiered at the Chamber Music Theater on 14 June, 2000. Revival — 2017/18 season. The first performance was held on September 22, 2018.
Presented with one interval.
Libretto by composer after the novel of the same name by Nikolay Gogol Completed version by Vissarion Shebalin
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Thursday, 19:00
Tuesday, 19:00
Sunday, 14:00
Saturday, 19:00
Friday, 19:00
Act I
Life at the village fair in Sorochintsy turns like a motley wheel. Cherevik has arrived with his wife Khivrya and daughter Parasya. While Cherevik is trying to sell the mare and wheat, Parasia meets a young man, Grytsko.
Suddenly Cherevik appears. At first, he is about to rebuff the young man, whereupon he finds out that the fellow is the son of his old friend Ochrim Golopupenko, and welcomes him. In the meantime rumours are circulating at the fair about some «Red Jacket»*, supposedly being pursued by the Devil himself.
In the evening, Cherevik and his friend come from the tavern and strike up a song. Suddenly Khivrya appears; she objects to Parasia’s marrying «some ragamuffin». It is useless to argue with Khivrya.
Cherevik grieves. Gritsko is very sorrowful. The Gypsy is willing to settle the affair, if the young man will sell him his bullocks for a low price...