Congratulations on the premiere of the performance for children Shostakovich’s Fairy Tales!

Congratulations on the premiere of the performance for children Shostakovich’s Fairy Tales!

The performance united two works by Dmitry Shostakovich for the youngest audience — The Story of a Silly Baby Mouse and The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda. A joint team from two theatres - the Helikon‑opera and the Moscow Puppet Theater - worked on the creation of the performance.

The production brought together two works by D. D. Shostakovich for the youngest audience — “The Tale of the Silly Little Mouse” and “The Tale of the Priest and His Worker Balda”. A joint team from two theaters — the Helikon‑Opera and the Moscow Puppet Theatre — worked on the creation of the premiere performance.

The audience admired the artists of Helikon: Natalia Chernova and Cristina Muntianu (Mrs.Mouse, Priest's Daughter), Ekaterina Oblezova and Olga Davydova (Mrs. Cat, Priest's Wife), Daria Guseinova and Olga Spitsyna (Auntie Duck, She-devil), Mikhail Seryshev and Kirill Popov (Horse, Bell Ringer), Mikhail Nikanorov and Sergei Toptygin (Mrs. Pig, Old Devil), Aleksandr Kiselev and Grigorii Solovev (Toad, Priest), Elisey Laptev and Aleksei Egorov (Polkan the dog, Balda) and Daniil Garkunov (Little Devil) together with artists of the Moscow Puppet Theater: Natalia Tretyak (Mrs. Mouse, Mrs. Cat, Priest’s Wife), Evgeny Ilyin (Toad, Balda, Old Devil), Alexey Timoshin (The Bed, Balda), Alexander Turenko (Polkan the dog, Pike, Priest’s Son, Little Devil), Marina Mukhayeva (Auntie Duck, Horse, Priest’s Son, She-devil), Evgenia Bushueva (Baby Mouse, Priest’s Daughter) and Vladimir Vedensky (Mrs. Pig, Priest).

We thank the directors Olga Meklumova and Natalia Pakhomova, the conductor Artem Davydov, the designer Svetlana Gromova, the curator Rostislav Protasov, the lighting designer Vladislav Alexandrov, the movement director Maxim Pakhomov, the choreographer Ksenia Lisanskaya and the sound designer Yuliy Khudyakov. We also thank our wonderful choir and orchestra of the Helikon‑opera theatre!

We wish the new production a long and happy life on the stage of the White‑Columned Hall of Princess Shakhovskaya!