| Select 'The Tsar`s Bride' date:
|
Royal Opera House
Bow Street London, Latecomers will not be admitted
London
WC2E 9DD
Directions:
Take the Piccadilly Line to Covent Garden Station, the Opera House is a 5 minute walk.
| |
| |
The Tsar`s Bride
Royal Opera House
Bow Street London, Latecomers will not be admitted
London
WC2E 9DD
Evenings: Various dates and times
|
This new production by Paul Curran is not to be missed: a star cast and conductor for Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian masterpiece in its first ever performances by The Royal Opera.
The opera may be based on historical figures, but they act out a fictional story of intrigue, betrayal and corruption.
Drawing on the director's specialist knowledge of Russia and the Russian opera repertory, this new production evokes a dark and threatening world with hardhitting contemporary resonance.
Marina Poplavskya, Johan Reuter and Ekaterina Gubanova lead a cast under the baton of the much-loved and respected Mark Elder.
When Tsar Ivan the Terrible selects Marfa as his new bride, a web of romantic and political jealousy and intrigue brings about death and disaster for her and everyone around.
The power of the few and privileged can still control - and ruin - the lives of anyone they choose.
Historical fiction and today's fact intertwine in this new production to startling effect.
A highlight of the Season, it is a rare opportunity to see an operatic gemSung in Russian with English subtitles
|
|
