Орлеанская дева
Description
Age category: 12+
Duration: 2 hours 45 minutes
Number of intermissions: 2
Heroic opera in three acts
Libretto by Tchaikovsky, based on the works of Friedrich Schiller and Vasily Zhukovsky
Production by Iosif Keller, set design by Vladimir Lyudmilin
The opera was written in 1879. This version was first performed in Perm in 1969. It was revived in 2003. Running time: 2 hours 45 minutes including 2 intervals
Schiller’s famous tragedy, which was a great success in Europe in the nineteenth century, was censored for a long time in Imperial Russia, despite Zhukovsky’s fine translation. This did not deter Tchaikovsky: he dreamed of writing a ‘grand opera’, and saw excellent material in Schiller’s text. The Maid of Orleans overcame all the censors’ obstacles and was staged at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1881, the same year as Eugene Onegin.
The plot is based on the historical chronicles of the Hundred Years’ War. The young peasant girl Joan of Arc, inspired by the voices of angels, dresses as a warrior and leads the French troops into battle. After the coronation of the weak-willed King Charles VII, Joan is captured by the English. Under pressure from the English authorities, the French inquisitors declare her to be a witch, and send her to be burned at the stake.
directors
Chorus Master:
Dmitry Batin
Set Designer:
Elena Solovyova
Director of the Revival: Georgy Isaakyan
roles
Лионель:
Alexey Gerasimov
Агнесса Сорель:
Natalia Knyazeva
Иоанна Д’Арк:
Nadezhda Babintseva
Менестрель:
Sergey Vlasov
Карл VII:
Alexey Zadorozhny
Раймонд:
Evgeny Elpashev
Карл VII:
Pavel Reiman
Тибо Д’Арк:
Alexander Agapov
Дюнуа, Воин:
Eduard Morozov
Кардинал:
Oleg Ivanov
Бертран:
Vladimir Taisaev
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