Iolanta
opera in one act
music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Duration
3 hours
18+
for viewers above the age of 18
performed in Russian
In this original production director Andriy Zholdak places the opera’s characters on the cusp of two worlds. They experience changes in their lives, torn between reality, which attracts them with its vital power, and the spiritual world woven from faith and sacral knowledge. Tchaikovsky himself is one of the characters. The composer empathizes with his heroine and for some reason is convinced that Iolanta will prefer the hidden life of the soul to the temptations of earthly life.
Première of the production: 13 November 2018
Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky after the play King Renè’s Daughter by Henrik HertzMusical Director of the production: Peter Feranec
Stage Director: Andriy Zholdak
Multimedia Director, Creator of lighting design: Gleb Filshtinsky
Set Designers: Andriy Zholdak, Daniel Zholdak
Costume Designer: Simon Machabeli
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Chorus: Vladimir Stolpovkikh
Chorus Masters: Alexey Dmitriev, Sergey Tsyplenkov
Principal Pianist: Maria Kopyseva
Pianists: Irina Daineko, Marc Vayner, Alexander Pakuev
Conductor’s Assistant: Philipp Selivanov
Stage Director’s Assistant: Yulia Prokhorova
Director’s Assistant: Maria Rubina
Assistant to Director responsible for music: Sergey Patramansky
Stage Managers: Olga Kokh, Elena Piskunova
Production of the video content: Show Consulting studio, St Petersburg
Iolanta
