When Tsarevich Gvidon sees a swan in the sky trying to escape from a vulture, he kills the raptor with one single arrow. His reward follows swiftly, as the surviving bird sings: "You didn't save a swan, you saved the life of a young girl. You didn’t kill a vulture, but a sinister sorcerer". This aria of the princess Swan, sung here by soprano Olga Kulchynska, is one of the most exquisite highlights of Rimsky-Korsakov's ‘Tale of Tsar Saltan’. Enjoy its spellbinding melody, virtuoso vocal line and enchanting orchestration live from December 3, when the opera returns to La Monnaie in the unforgettable staging by Dmitri Tcherniakov.
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THE TALE OF TSAR SALTAN
CAST
Conductor TIMUR ZANGIEV
Director & Set Designer DMITRI TCHERNIAKOV
Costume Designer ELENA ZAYTSEVA
Art Director Video & Lighting GLEB FILSHTINSKY
Chorus Master EMMANUEL TRENQUE
Tsar Saltan ANTE JERKUNICA
Tsaritsa Militrisa SVETLANA AKSENOVA
Tkatchikha STINE MARIE FISCHER
Povarikha BERNARDA BOBRO
Babarikha CAROLE WILSON
Tsarevitch Gvidon BOGDAN VOLKOV
Tsarevna Swan-Bird / Lyebyed OLGA KULCHYNSKA
Skomorokh / Shipman ALEXANDER VASSILIEV
Messenger / Shipman NICKY SPENCE
Old man / Shipman ALEXANDER KRAVETS
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Choirs
La Monnaie Choral Academy, led by Benoît Giaux
Production LA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
Coproduction TEATRO REAL (Madrid)
With support from LOTERIE NATIONALE
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