Opera Alexander Dargomyzhsky "Stone Guest" an opera in three acts World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
Schedule for Alexander Dargomyzhsky "Stone Guest" an opera in three acts 2022
Composer: Alexander Dargomyzhsky Musical Preparation: Larisa Gergieva Choir: The Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Opera in 3 acts
Performed in Russian, with synchronised English supertitles
Premiere of this production: 16 February 1872, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia
Music by Alexander Dargomyzhsky
Text: Alexander Pushkin
Performed by Soloists of The Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers
Academy art director - Larisa Gergieva
Age group 6+
The Stone Guest is an opera in three acts by Alexander Dargomyzhsky from a libretto taken almost verbatim from Alexander Pushkin's play of the same name which had been written in blank verse and which forms part of his collection Little Tragedies.
It was first performed at the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, 16 February 1872.
According to the composer's wishes, the last few lines of tableau 1 were composed by César Cui, and the whole was orchestrated by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Many years later, Rimsky-Korsakov revised his own orchestration of the opera, rewrote a few of Dargomyzhsky's own original passages, and added an orchestral prelude. This version, completed in 1903 and first performed in 1907 at the Bolshoi Theatre, is now considered the standard version.
Schedule for Alexander Dargomyzhsky "Stone Guest" an opera in three acts 2022
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