Большой театр Беларуси

 

4 April 19:00

Gioachino Rossini

IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA

comic opera in two acts

Большой театр Беларуси

 

6 April 11:00

Gloria Bruni

PINOCCHIO

opera in two acts

Большой театр Беларуси

 

17 April 19:00

Ludwig Minkus

DON QUIXOTE

ballet in three acts

Большой театр Беларуси

 

13 April 18:00, 14 April 11:00

Sergei Banevich

THE STORY OF KAI AND GERDA (THE SNOW QUEEN)

оpera in two acts

Большой театр Беларуси

 

16 April 19:00

Camille Saint-Saëns

SAMSON ET DALILA

opera in three acts

REAL MASTERPIECE

On 30 April 2017 the stage of the Bolshoi theatre of Belarus has turned into a square of the Sicilian town of the 1920s, where people obeyed the violent laws of the Cosa Nostra. The real Pietro Mascagni’s masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana directed by Mikhail Pandzhavidze will be performed on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus. It will be the fourth production of this drama at the Belarusian Bolshoi. But, it should be noted, that the opera became popular within Minsk citizens long ago. Even when the majestic building of the Belarusian Bolshoi wasn’t planned.

One day in 1890 Pietro Mascagni woke up famous. It was immediately after the announcement of the results of one-act operas’ competition, which was held by the music publisher Edoardo Sonzogno. The Italian composer was only 27. In the future, none of his operas (and he wrote 14 works) could not repeat the phenomenal success of Cavalleria rusticana, which he created in just two months. Thanks to his masterpiece, he lived a sheltered life until the day of his death. Few people know that in 1903 the author of the opera conducted the premiere in the Janka Kupała National Theatre. Yes! Mascagni was not just a great composer but also a good conductor.

In 1797 Elena Obraztsova perfectly performed the role of Santuzza at the Bolshoi Theatre. In the vastness of the Soviet Union Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana directed by Semyon Shtein took place only in Minsk in that time. That is why the opera diva came here to prepare the role for performance at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. People remember that Elena had to rehearse on the Minsk stage even at night. And finally the performance featuring the People's Artist of the USSR took place.

On 1 February in Cavalleria rusticana you can see a brilliant cast of soloists! Oksana Volkova will appear in the role of Santuzza. (The Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus will sing such complicated role for the first time.) The performance also featuring the Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Gromov as Alfio, Vasily Mingalev as Turiddu, Tatyana Silchukova as Lola, Marina Aksentsova as Lucia. Viktor Ploskina will conduct.

 

 

 

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