Snegurochka (Snowmaiden), the daughter of Spring and Winter, dreams of a life amongst the humans; but the bitter Sun, looking for revenge, plans to use the fire of love to make her melt away…
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The Snow Maiden, Rimsky-Korsakov’s third opera, draws its focus from playwright Alexander Ostrovsky’s eponymous play, itself inspired from National folk tales. This literary work was quite unexpected, given that Ostrovsky was better known for his political satires rather than his interest in fairy tales. But the composer found a clever way to spin this paradox, and applied himself in turn to reconcile traditional singing with a creative orchestration, bringing together heritage and modernity.
Stage director Dmitri Tcherniakov, a highly regarded specialist in Russian opera, humanizes this marvellous and cruel coming-of-age tale, under the surface of which innocent eroticism and bitter jealousy boil furiously. He also uses this production to draw a parallel between this paradoxical work and the contradictions of modern-time Russia, by transposing the action into an intriguing backward-looking community which, and quite unlike Snowmaiden, does not seem to be quite ready to face the unknown yet…
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Opera in a prologue and four acts by NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908)
after ALEXANDER OSTROVSKY’s eponymous play
Snowmaiden (Fleur de Neige) AIDA GARIFULLINA
Lel YURIY MYNENKO
Kupava (Koupava) MARTINA SERAFIN
Tsar Berendey (Le Tzar Berendeï) MAXIM PASTER
Mizguir THOMAS JOHANNES MAYER
Spring Beauty (Dame Printemps) ELENA MANISTINA
Father Frost (Le Père Gel) VLADIMIR OGNOVENKO
Bermyata (Bermiata) FRANZ HAWLATA
Bobyl Bakula (Le bonhomme Bakoula) VASILY GORSHKOV
Bobylikha (La bonne femme) CAROLE WILSON
Wood Goblin (L’Esprit des bois) VASILY EFIMOV
Maslenitsa JULIEN JOGUET
First Herald (Premier Héraut) VINCENT MORELL
Second Herald (Second Héraut) PIERPAOLO PALLONI
Tsar’s Boy (Page du Tsar) OLGA OUSSOVA
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
Musical Director PHILIPPE JORDAN
Conductor MIKHAIL TATARNIKOV
Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine
Chœur d’enfants de l’Opéra national de Paris
Chorus Master JOSÉ LUIS BASSO
Stage Direction and Set Design DMITRI TCHERNIAKOV
Costume Design ELENA ZAYTSEVA
Lighting Design GLEB FILSHTINSKY
Video TIENI BURKHALTER
Conductor’s Assistant IGOR TOMASHEVSKII
Stage Director’s Assistants JOËL LAUWERS, MICHEL JANKELIOWITCH
Stage Movements and Stunts Assistant RAN ARTHUR BRAUN
Set Designer’s Assistant KATIA MOCHENOVA
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