The legend of the invisible city of Kitezh: Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona
About the Event
The legend of the invisible city of Kitezh by Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, a veritable musical monument to the Slavic soul dreamed of by Tolstoy, will be performed this season at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona's famous Opera House.
An innocent country girl named Fevroniya saves her town from a Tartar attack: she makes a wish, the wish comes true, and Kitezh becomes invisible. But there is a secret gate into the city… Rimsky‐Korsakov composed a veritable musical monument to the Slavic soul dreamed of by Tolstoy. In the eternal debate between West and East, he opted clearly for the latter, complete with its mysteries and its ancestral legends. The score, which has Wagnerian ambitions, draws on the heritage of the Russian musical tradition, both popular and religious, and the true leading role belongs to the people (the chorus). Somewhat surprisingly, the opera has close links with the Liceu: the first production outside Russia was staged here and for a whole decade (1926‐36) it was by far the Barcelona audience's favorite work.
Conductor:
Josep Pons
Stage director and scenography:
Dmitri Tcherniakov
Costume:
Elena Zaitseva and Dmitri Tcherniakov
Lighting:
Gleb Filshtinsky
New co‐production:
Gran Teatre del Liceu / De Nederlandse Opera (Amsterdam) / Teatro alla Scala (Milan)
Cast:
Svetlana Ignatovitx, Maksim Aksenov, Eric Halfvarson, Dimitris Tiliakos, Vladimir Ognovenko, Margarita Nekrasova, Jennifer Check, Mayram Sokolova, Guennadi Bezubenkov, Josep Fadó, Albert Casals and others.
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu.
In some areas of the Gran Teatre del Liceu it is possible to be seated with a partially obstructed view of the stage. The Gran Teatre del Liceu recommends Zone 2 for the finest and completely unobstructed view of the performance. The stage is not visable from seats starting in row 2 of Zone 8. A monitor is provided for following the performance in this section. Only available for operas.
