The support group for opera addicts is in session, and its participants perform Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery. Rarely performed outside Russia, and consigned to oblivion by Andrei Zhdanov's anti-formalist policies after the Second World War, the work is transformed by Dmitri Tcherniakov's extravagant staging. Under the baton of Daniel Barenboim, an all-star cast featuring Aida Garifullina and Violeta Urmana bring the characters to life on stage at Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
Cast
Crew
Jana Beckmann
Dramaturgy
Detlef Giese
Dramaturgy
Andy Sommer
Director
Dmitri Tcherniakov
Director, Set Designer, Stage Director
Sergei Prokofiev
Writer, Original Music Composer
Mira Mendelson-Prokofieva
Writer
Elena Zaytseva
Costume Designer
Gleb Filshtinsky
Lighting Design
Alexey Poluboyarinov
Effects Supervisor
Daniel Barenboim
Conductor