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
Photo by Vladimir Mayorov.
Photo by Vladimir Mayorov.
Photo by Vladimir Mayorov.
Photo by Vladimir Mayorov.
Photo by Vladimir Mayorov.
Photo by Vladimir Mayorov.
Photo by Vladimir Mayorov.
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...