“Opera to all” is an international opera festival, which takes place on the open areas of St. Petersburg : the Peter and Paul Fortress , Elagin Island , Alexander Park and the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo.
| International Festival “Opera to all” | |
|---|---|
| Date (s) | annually from July 12 to the end of the month |
| Venue (s) | St. Petersburg , Russia |
| Of the year | 2012 - present |
| Genre (s) | opera |
The artistic director of the festival is Fabio Mastrangelo , the art director is Viktor Vysotsky.
The first festival took place in July 2012 and is held annually with the support of the Committee on Culture of St. Petersburg.
Entrance to all performances is free. TV channel "St. Petersburg" organizes a live television broadcast of all the events of the festival.
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I St. Petersburg International Festival 2012
The festival was held from 12 to 23 July. The festival included 4 operas by Russian composers. The festival ended with a gala concert at the Mikhailovsky Theater [1] . In 2012, the festival performances were visited by about 15 thousand people. [2]
| July 12, 2012 Cathedral Square Peter and Paul Fortress Mikhail Glinka " Life for the Tsar " Director - Giuliano Di Capua | Orchestra of the Hermitage Theater Chamber Choir of the Smolny Cathedral conducted by Vladimir Begletsov Alexander Matveyev (Susanin), Svetlana Moskalenko (Antonida), Elena Knapp (Vanya), Sergey Aleschenko (Sobinin) Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo [3] |
| July 15, 2012 Elagin island Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov " Snow Maiden " Director - Irkin Gabitov | Orchestra and choir Petersburg concert Evgeny Akimov (Berendey), Anna Alkhimova (Snow Maiden), Anna Nechaeva (Kupava), Olesya Petrova (Lel) Conductor - Sergey Stadler |
| July 17, 2012 Courtyard of the Academic Capella Anton Rubinstein "The Demon " Directed by - Victor Vysotsky. | Orchestra of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory Youth Chamber Choir of the Philharmonic Society of St. Petersburg conducted by Yulia Khutoretskaya Vadim Cheldiev (Demon), Olga Georgieva (Tamara), Nikolay Shamov (Prince Sinodal). Conductor - Oliver Weder [4] |
| July 19, 2012 The main palace of the Mikhailovsky Castle Peter Tchaikovsky " Iolanta " Directed by - Julia Prokhorova. | Orchestra and Choir of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory Anna Nechaeva (Iolanta), Mikhail Gubsky (Vaudemont), Mikhail Chernetsov (Robert), Sergey Aleksashkin (King Rene). Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo . |
II St. Petersburg International Festival 2013
The festival opened with Glinka's opera “Life for the Tsar”, which was timed to the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov. It is symbolic that a performance took place in the very heart of St. Petersburg on the Cathedral Square of the Peter and Paul Fortress near the burial of the Romanov emperors.
In 2013, the 200-year-old jubilee for the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi was celebrated, the opera “Troubadour” was dedicated to this date. [2]
| July 12, 2013 Cathedral Square Peter and Paul Fortress Mikhail Glinka " Life for the Tsar " Director - Julia Prokhorova | The orchestra of the State Hermitage Chamber Choir of the Smolny Cathedral under the direction of Honored Artist of Russia Vladimir Begletsov Alexander Matveyev (Susanin), Svetlana Yurchenko (Antonida), Elena Knapp (Vanya), Sergey Aleschenko (Sobinin). Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo [5] |
| July 14, 2013 St. Isaac's Square Charles Gounod " Faust " Director Viktor Vysotsky | The orchestra of the State Hermitage Youth Chamber Choir of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Society (headed by Yulia Khutoretskaya) Artem Korotkov, Natalya Evstafieva, Mikhail Nikanorov, Sophia Nekrasova, Alexander Roslovets, Ivan Sapunov. Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo |
| July 17, 2013 Cathedral Square of the Peter and Paul Fortress Giuseppe Verdi "The Troubadour " Director - Vasily Zarzhetsky | State Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg Petersburg Chamber Choir, artistic director honored artist of Russia Nikolai Kornev Victor Korotich, Vyacheslav Lukhanin, Vladislav Lesik, Elena Knapp, Oksana Zubko, Alexandra Popandopulo. Conductor - Sergey Stadler |
| July 20, 2013 Elagin Island (in front of the Elaginoostrovsky Palace) Peter Tchaikovsky " Eugene Onegin " Director Elina Amromina | Orchestra and Choir of the Opera and Ballet Theater of the St. Petersburg Conservatory Artistic director of the choir Julia Hutoretskaya |
III St. Petersburg International Festival of 2014
The festival was held from July 12 to July 20 and was visited by 27 thousand people [6] . The festival’s special guest is the Music Hall Theater [7] .
| July 12, 2014 Cathedral Square of the Peter and Paul Fortress Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Golden Cockerel Director - Victor Vysotsky Production Designer - Yulia Goltsova Ballet Master - Konstantin Chuvashev | The orchestra of the State Hermitage Joint choir artistic director of the choir Julia Hutoretskaya Alexander Roslovets, Zhanna Dombrovskaya, Sergey Aleschenko, Elena Knapp, Roman Arndt, Evgeny Chernyad'ev, Ivan Sapunov, Tatyana Zakirova. Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo . |
| July 20, 2014 Elagin Island Peter Tchaikovsky " The Queen of Spades " Director Elina Amromina Production Designer - Yulia Goltsova Ballet Master - Konstantin Chuvashev | Joint orchestra, consolidated choir (leader - Julia Hutoretskaya) Alexandra Popandopulo, Vladislav Lesik; Elena Knapp, Vladimir Celebrovsky, Yadgar Yuldashev, Roman Arndt, Damir Zakirov, Anastasia Meshchanova, Lyudmila Shkirtil, Evgeny Chernyad'ev, Artem Kamalitdinov. Conductor - Oliver Weder |
| July 19, 2014 Alexandrovsky Park Ludwig van Beethoven " Fidelio " Director Irina Fokina Production Designer - Yulia Goltsova Ballet Master - Konstantin Chuvashev | Joint orchestra, mixed choir (director - Valentina Kopylova-Panchenko) Sofya Zabrovskaya, Mikhail Nikanorov, Artem Melikhov, Egor Prokopiev, Victoria Rebenko, Stanislav Sergeev Conductor - Sergey Stadler |
IV St. Petersburg International Festival 2015
It runs from July 12 to July 22. The festival opened with the opera “I. Mazepa” by P. I. Tchaikovsky, which was dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the composer’s birth [8] .
| July 12, 2015 Cathedral Square of the Peter and Paul Fortress Peter Tchaikovsky " Mazepa " | Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Theater "Music Hall" "Northern Symphonietta" Chamber Choir of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Society, Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo . |
| July 15, 2015 Alexandrovsky Park Giacomo Puccini " Turandot " | St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Choir of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Society Conductor - Sergey Stadler |
| July 18, 2015 Tsarskoye Selo. Parade ground of the Catherine Palace Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart " Don Juan " | Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Theater “Music Hall” “Northern Symphonietta”, Choir of the Smolny Cathedral Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo . |
| July 22, 2015 CPKiO them. CM. Kirov (Elagin Island) Gaetano Donizetti " Love drink " | Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Theater "Music Hall" "Northern Symphonietta" Choir of the Mikhailovsky Theater Conductor - Marco Pace |
V St. Petersburg International Festival 2016
Opera Wagner "Tannhäuser" festival will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Gatchina Palace. To the 125th anniversary of S.S. Prokofieva timed the opera "Engagement in the monastery."
| July 12, 2016 Cathedral Square of the Peter and Paul Fortress Alexander Borodin " Prince Igor " Director Vadim Milkov-Tovstonogov | Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Theater "Music Hall" "Northern Symphonietta" Choir of the festival “Opera All”, director Yulia Khutoretskaya Igor Svyatoslavich: P. Migunov, Yaroslavna: A. Popandopulo, Vladimir Igorevich: A. Mikhailov Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo . |
| July 16, 2016 Square in front of the Gatchina Palace Richard Wagner " Tannhäuser " Director Viktor Vysotsky. | St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra Choir Tannhäuser: A. Amonov, Elizabeth: E. Shimanovich, Herman: G. Peryazev. Conductor - Sergey Stadler. |
| July 19, 2016 CPKiO them. CM. Kirov (Elagin Island) Sergei Prokofiev "The betrothal in the monastery " Director Irina Fokina | Tauride Symphony Orchestra Choir of St. Petersburg University (led by E. Krotman) Duenna - E. Sommer, Don Jerome: Sun. Kalmykov, Ferdinand: M. Nikanorov, Louise: A. Denisova, Mendoza: A. Podmeshalsky Conductor - Mikhail Golikov . |
| July 23, 2016 Parade ground of the Catherine Palace Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart " The Marriage of Figaro " Director Vasily Zarzhetsky | Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Theater "Music Hall" "Northern Symphonietta" Choir of the festival “Opera for All”, director Yulia Khutoretskaya Count: V. Celebrovsky, Countess: S. Rossini, Figaro: J. Piali, Suzanne: E. Ushakova Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo |
- ↑ TV channel St. Petersburg: Festival "Opera-all" ended in Mikhailovsky (July 24, 2012)
- ↑ 1 2 Opening of the II St. Petersburg International Festival “Opera for All”
- ↑ Russian newspaper: Enough for everyone. The first open-air opera festival opened in St. Petersburg Text: Elena Lyashenko (St. Petersburg) 12.07.2012
- ↑ BaltInfo: As part of the Opera for All festival, Petersburg will hear Rubenstein's Demon (July 17, 2012)
- ↑ Secular Petersburg: Second St. Petersburg International Festival “Opera for All”
- ↑ Information Agency "Nevskie Novosti" The festival "Opera to all" will be held from July 12 to July 22 and will use the architectural masterpieces of St. Petersburg as refined scenery
- ↑ III International St. Petersburg Festival "OPERA - ALL" (Inaccessible link) . The appeal date is July 15, 2015. Archived July 16, 2015.
- ↑ IV St. Petersburg International Festival "Opera to all"
Notes
12. Opera for all in Munich (Oper für alle, since 1997): https://www.staatsoper.de/opernfestspiele/operfueralle/operfueralle.html