Bolshoi Theatre Opera soloists, Choir and Orchestra tour in Istra (New Jerusalem Museum)

Bolshoi Opera will perform Aleko (opera in concert performance) and The Bells by Sergei Rachmaninov on 8 & 9 July as part of the 6^th Musical open-air festival "Summer. Music. Museum".

The festival is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninov.

PROGRAM

8 July 2023, 18:00

Part I

Sergei Rachmaninov
Aleko
Opera in concert performance
Libretto by V. Nemirovich-Danchenko

Cast:

Aleko: Gevorg Hakobyan
Zemfira: Dinara Alieva
Young gypsy: Aleksei Tatarintsev
An old man, Zemfira’s father: Andrei Valenty
Gypsy woman: Irina Dolzhenko

Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra
Chief Chorus Master: Valery Borisov
Conductor: Alexei Vereshchagin

Part II

Sergei Rachmaninov
The Bells, op. 35
to poem by Edgar Allan Poe in translation by K. Balmont

Svetlana Lachina (soprano)
Oleg Dolgov (tenor)
Andrei Potaturin (baritone)

Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra
Chief Chorus Master: Valery Borisov
Conductor: Filipp Selivanov


9 July 2023, 18:00

Part I

Sergei Rachmaninov
Aleko
Opera in concert performance
Libretto by V. Nemirovich-Danchenko

Cast:

Aleko: Gevorg Hakobyan
Zemfira: Anna Shapovalova
Young gypsy: Aleksei Tatarintsev
An old man, Zemfira’s father: Andrei Valenty
Gypsy woman: Irina Dolzhenko

Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra
Chief Chorus Master: Valery Borisov
Conductor: Alexei Vereshchagin

Part II

Sergei Rachmaninov
The Bells, op. 35
to poem by Edgar Allan Poe in translation by K. Balmont

Anastasia Shchegoleva (soprano)
Oleg Dolgov (tenor)
Andrei Potaturin (baritone)

Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra
Chief Chorus Master: Valery Borisov
Conductor: Filipp Selivanov