Running time: 3 hours 30 minutes

The performance has 2 intermissions

Schedule for Sergey Prokofiev "Semyon Kotko" (opera in five acts, seven scenes) 2022

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev
Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
Stage Director: Yuri Alexandrov
Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh

Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra

Opera in 5 acts

Performed in Russian the performance will have synchronised English supertitles

World premiere: 23 June 1940, Stanislavsky Theatre, Moscow, Russia
Premiere of this production: 8 June 1999, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Semyon Kotko by Prokofiev is one of those rare productions, that keeps the public in a strong emotional thrill and takes their complete attention, as it was written by Prokofiev with the ideal understanding of senses of his audience.
An atmosphere of a Ukrainian village during the civil war is depicted in this opera in a distinctive way. This production puts a focus on lyrical scenes of main characters’ romantic relations, which in a very natural way complement the deepest opera ideas.

opera in five acts, seven scenes
Music: Sergey Prokofiev
Production by Yuri Alexandrov (1999)

Libretto by the composer and Valentin Kataev,
after the novell I, Son of the Working People by Valentin Kataev

Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Stage Director: Yuri Alexandrov
Set Designer: Semyon Pastukh
Costume Designer: Galina Solovyova
Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
Choreographer: Gali Abaidulov
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva

•World premiere: 23 June 1940, Stanislavsky Theatre, Moscow;
•Premiere of this production: 8 June 1999, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

The production was awarded Russiaґs CASTA DIVA opera prize for "Best production of the year" and Russiaґs "Golden Mask" theatre prize as "Best opera production".

Running time: 3 hours 30 minutes
The Performance has two intermissions