Of the three sisters aspiring to marry Tsar Saltan, it is the youngest, Militrissa, that wins him over with her modesty and beauty. She is soon pregnant with their first child. Green with jealousy, her two sisters devise a plot with the old Babarikha to take their revenge on her. They make Saltan, who has gone to war, believe that Militrissa has given birth to a monster. Furious, the tsar orders his wife and son to be shut up in a barrel and thrown into the sea …
Inspired by this tale, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov wrote one of the most dazzling scores in the repertoire. His music abounds in colourful melodies, including the inimitable ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’, and his mastery of orchestration highlights each instrument. In 2019 La Monnaie presented a deeply moving production of this opera, directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov. Beautifully animated sequences showed the imaginary world of a young boy trying to cope with his parents’ divorce. An unforgettable show that will return in December under the baton of Timur Zangiev.
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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