The Snow Maiden: Paris Opera
About the Event
Rimski‐Korsakov's fairy‐tale opera comes to the Paris Opera in a new production by critically acclaimed Russian director Dmitri Tcherniakov. Mikhail Tatarnikov conducts, with the young soprano sensation Aida Garifullina in the title role.
Snegurochka, the Snow Maiden, is the daughter of Spring Beauty and Grandfather Frost, but her safety is threatened by the God of the Sun and the temptations of love. Rimsky‑Korsakov himself felt that this interpretation of a popular Slavic folk legend was among his greatest compositions.
Sung in Russian, with French and English surtitles.
Cast / Production
Conductor Mikhail Tatarnikov
Director Dmitri Tcherniakov
Set design Dmitri Tcherniakov
Costume design Dmitri Tcherniakov
Lighting design Gleb Filshtinsky
Chorus master José Luis Basso
Snegourotchka Aida Garifullina
Lel Yuriy Mynenko
Kupava Oksana Dyka
Spring Beauty Marie‐Nicole Lemieux
Bobylicka Carole Wilson
Wood Sprite Vasily Efimov
Page Yasuko Arita
Tsar Berendey René Barbera
Mizgir Vladislav Sulimsky
Grandfather Frost Stanislav Trofimov
Bermiata Andrii Goniukov
Bobyl Bakula Vasily Gorshkov
First Herald John Bernard
Second Herald Laurent Laberdesque
