Music Director Felix Korobov Conductors Valery Kritskov,Felix Korobov Director Yuri Grymov Set Designer Vladimir Maksimov Costume Designer Maria Danilova Choirmaster Andrey Lazarev Lighting Designer Sergey Martynov
Running time: 2 hours 10 minuteswith one intermission
Premiered on 23 January 2005
Recommended for 16+
Libretto by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and Ilya Tyumenev based on the drama by Lev Mey
This is a story of love – passionate, ardent, scorching and, at times, burning out everything around. This is a story about the Russian soul that has always had room for purity, poetry, self-denial and mercy.
At the same time, this is a story about the atrocious time of total lawlessness in Russia, when the authorities treated an individual as a plaything for their own ends. This is a story about our Motherland, where “high above spreads the sky like a spacious marquee”. “Is the sky in foreign lands the same as here?” sings “the Tsar’s bride”, Marfa Sobakina, and Evgeny Kolobov regarded these words as the leitmotif of the opera.
"Life after death does exist, and ample proof that is provided by The Tsar’s Bride directed by Yuri Grymov for the Novaya Opera. This is a thoroughly Kolobovian production, which carries on the Maestro’s traditions of radical transformation of classical operas. <…> Short and dynamic, the production meets the requirements of the modern audience".
Nezavisimaya Gazeta, January 27, 2005
Synopsis
Celebrates the Christmas Evening at the house of Hans Stahlbaum, the governor of the city. His family welcomes the festivities. Guests start arriving while final preparations. Clara, daughter of Hans, dazzles in own charm his young age. At the back of the hall stands, resplendent with lights and gifts, the Christmas tree...
Based on the story "The Nutcracker and the King of Mouse's" by E. T. A. Hoffmann, the ballet tells the story of a girl who dreams of a Prince - The Nutcracker. In the fierce battle against the King of Mouse's, the Nutcracker is in grave danger. Clear, overcoming their own fears, enter this battle and throws his shoes annihilating the terrible creature and breaking the spell; the Nutcracker becomes a stunning Prince.
The cold night involves freeing the city Snowflakes. The Nutcracker Prince leads Clara to his kingdom - the Kingdom of Sweets - where the Sugar Plum Fairy sharing joy and goodies for the childrens as Clara, whoes still have the ability to dream.
A story that stimulates the imagination of each one of us, sending us into the realm of fantasy. The composition of The Nutcracker perpetuated the genius of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, visible in the score of tunes like "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" and "Waltz of the Flowers".