For the first time the Sevastopol State Opera and Ballet Theatre will perform in St Petersburg, presenting two major premieres at the Mariinsky Theatre. The tour programme includes the ballet Polikushka to the music of Rachmaninoff, choreographed by Jonah Paul Cook, and Rachmaninoff’s opera Aleko staged by Ildar Abdrazakov. International stars Ildar Abdrazakov, Dinara Alieva and Maria Alexandrova will take part in the performances. Aleko will be conducted by Valery Gergiev.
On 11 and 12 November the Historic Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will host the poignant dramatic ballet Polikushka, based on Leo Tolstoy’s novella. Leading roles will be danced by Maria Alexandrova, Dmitry Sobolevsky, Jonah Paul Cook and Ksenia Ryzhkova.
The story of the tragic fate of a “little man” has been brought to the stage by the British choreographer Jonah Paul Cook. The production team includes: musical director Artyom Abashev, set and costume designer Olga Skurikhina, lighting designer Andrey Kostyuchenkov and video artist Stanislava Aitova.
The musical score combines chamber works by Rachmaninoff with Russian folk, Cossack and patriotic songs performed by the Choir of Moscow’s Sretensky Monastery, one of the most celebrated symbols of Russian spiritual culture. Chamber works are performed by Artyom Abashev (piano), Maria Skorobogatova (piano) and soloists of the Moscow Youth Chamber Orchestra.
On 3 December at 18:00 and 21:00 the New Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will present Rachmaninoff’s Aleko – the Sevastopol company’s first opera production. The production is directed by the world-renowned bass and Artistic Director of the Sevastopol State Opera and Ballet Theatre, Honoured Artist of Russia Ildar Abdrazakov. He relocates the action to the confined yet vibrant world of a Soviet apartment block of the late 1980s and early 1990s, where privacy is absent, life unfolds in public view, and boundaries between households are blurred. His assistant director is Laysan Safargulova. The production team also features set designer Ekaterina Malinina, lighting designer Konstantin Udovichenko and choreographers Anastasia Cherednikova and Bryan Opoku.
The title role will be sung twice by Ildar Abdrazakov. His partners will be: at 18:00 – Valeria Lebedeva, Kirill Belov, Alexey Tikhomirov and Yulia Shavarina; at 21:00 – Dinara Alieva, Iosif Nikitenko, Alexey Tikhomirov and Yulia Shavarina. The production also features the Yurlov Russian State Academic Choir. The Mariinsky Orchestra will perform under the baton of Valery Gergiev.
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