Mariinsky Theatre Tickets - 2023-2024 Season | Sergei Prokofiev "Betrothal in a Monastery" (lyrical comic opera in four acts, nine scenes)

Performed in Russian

World premiere: Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Premiere of this production: 14 Sep 1996

The performance has 2 intermissions
Running time: 3 hours 35 minutes
"Betrothal in a Monastery is not just a magnificent production, it is a brilliant operatic work as well… It is a unique blend of Il barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola, and in terms of energy and glitter Prokofiev’s music is close to the operas of Rossini. It is clear that both the company and maestro Gergiev love this work… The opera “looks a million dollars”, which, indeed, is not so very far from the truth. If that is true, then the Mariinsky Theatre has spent its money wisely!"
Dallas Morning News

Artists

Cast

Composer

Sergei Prokofiev

Lighting Designer

Anatoliy Kuznetsov

Musical Director

Maestro Valery Gergiev

Musical Preparation

Marina Mishuk

Principal Chorus Master

Andrei Petrenko

Stage Director

Vladislav Pazi

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

•First performance in Russia (USSR): 3 November 1946, Kirov Opera, Leningrad (St Petersburg);