Betrothal in a Monastery

Sergei Prokofiev

 

Libretto: The composer and Mira Mendelson after the play The Duenna by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

First Performance: November 3, 1946, Kirov Theatre, Russia

First Peformance at the Israeli Opera: May 7, 2010

Conductor		Wolf Gorelik
Directors		Alexander Titel
		Ludmila Naletova
Set Designer		Vladimir Arefiev
Lighting Designer		Ildar Bederdinov

 

Soloists
Don Jerome		Vyacheslav Voynarovskiy
		Valery Mikitskiy
Don Ferdinand		Ilya Pavlov
		Dmitry Zuev
Luisa		Evgenia Afanasieva
		Mariya Pakhar
The Duenna		Elena Manistina
		Irina Chistyakova
Don Antonio		Aleksey Dolgov
		Sergey Balashov
		Chingis Ayusheev
Clara d’Almanza		Irina Vashchenko
		Natalia Vladimirskaya
Mendoza		Dimitri Stepanovich
		Roman Ulybin
Don Carlos		Evgeny Polikanin
Padre Augustin		Denis Makarov
		Dimitri Stepanovich
Father Elustaf		Oganes Georgiyan
Father Charteuse		Dmitry Zuev
		Ilya Pavlov
		Vyacheslav Kirilyuk
Father Benedictine		Dmitry Stephanovich
		Denis Makarov
		Felix Kudryavtsev
Lauretta		Olga Lutsiv-Ternovskaya
		Evgenia Afansieva
Lopez		Victor Moiseykin
First Masker		Chingis Ayusheev
		Grigory Somov
Second Masker		Ilya Pavlov
		Dmitry Zuev
		Vyacheslav Kirilyuk
		Konstantin Simonov
Third Masker		Denis Makarov
		Felix Kudryavtsev
		Maxim Osokin
Two Lay Brothers		Chingis Ayusheev
		Maxim Osokin
		Grigory Somov
		Denis Makarov
		Felix Kudryavtsev

 

The Opera Orchestra - The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion

Chorus of the Stanislavski Opera from Moscow

Chorus Master: Lykov Stanislav

Sung in Russian

Surtitles in English and Hebrew

Surtitles: Israel Ouval

Length of performance: approx. two hours and 40 minutes

Mistaken identities in an opera about young lovers who eventually succeed in celebrating true love. The debut performances in Israel of the Stanislavski Opera from Moscow. 

Synopsis

Further reading:

The Composer on his Work

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Dates

Fri 7.5.10 (13:00), Sat 8.5.10 (20:30), Mon 10.5.10 (20:00), Tues 11.5.10 (20:00)

Wed 12.5.10 (20:00), Thurs 13.5.10 (20:00), Fri 14.5.10 (13:00)

Ticket Prices: 175/237/304/378/428 Nis
*15 Nis more for Saturday night performances

Towards Opening: Sat 8.5.10 (11:00)

Ticket Price: 70 Nis

Before the show back stage tours: Sat 8.5 (19:00), Tues 11.5 (19:00), Wed 12.5 (19:00)

Ticket Price: 25 Nis

Opera Talkback: Fri 7.5, Tues 11.5, Wed 12.5

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Review

"The singing is superb throughout, vocally ravishing, and full of variety, character, and expression. The orchestra and chorus are first rate." (The Russian Journal)