"Tsarina" was performed in Gostiny dvor

25.01.2012

"Tsarina" was performed in Gostiny dvor

On the 23rd of January Gostiny dvor (Moscow) turned into opera theatre - a stage and 5000 seats were constructed in the context of the opening of XX International Christmas Readings, which were blessed by Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. "Tsarina" opera by D. Tukhmanov was shown.

The topic of Readings - "Education and Morality: a concern of Church, Society and State". Almost 10 000 people from all over Russia are taking part in the conferences, seminars, round tables, devoted to interaction of Church, Society and State in the field of morality and education. Among the honour guests of the forum are the Blissful Metropolitan of Czech Land and Slovakia Christophor and metropolitan of Tamassos and Oriniya Isaya (Cyprus Orthodox Church). One of the direction of the Christmas Readings is "Church and Culture".

XXth Readings are jubilee, opera performance included in their program for the first time. "Tsarina" was staged by "Helikon-opera" together with META Enlightment Fund under support of Uralsib Financial company. For the very short period "Tsarina" have been on tour in different Russian cities from Krasnodar to Vladivostok, including those who haven't opera theatres. "Tsarina" sequentally join new territories to the Opera land.

Now Moscow's Gostiny Dvor in in its company. It turned out that it is possible to show a big and complex performance on its temporary stage. Even the most scale effect, an appearance of the monument of Catherine II, a copy of the very same monument that is standing in the square before the Alexandrinsky theatre in Saint-Petersburg turned to be successful. The spectators could see the details of actor's play on the two big screens.

The many-sided image of Tsarina was embodied by soloists of "Helikon-opera" Maya Barkovskaya, Elena Mikhailenko and Larisa Kostiuk. Their partners were Dmitry Ponomarev (Grigory Orlov), Peter Morozov (Prince Potemkin) and Dmitry Khromov (Platon Zubov). Irina Samoilova performed a part of Alexandrina, Elena Guschina performed as Countess Brius, Mikhail Guzhov as Nikita Panin. Gustav IV, the Swedish King was as always performed by Oleg Ryabets. A couple of important roles was played by Andrey Palamarchuk and Alexander Miminoshwili. The chorus of the theatre many times turned from the court ladies and gentlemen into to the common people and back. The artists of the orchestra felt themselves comfortable in the improvised orchestra pit. As it is known, there is no real orchestra pit in the hall of New Arbat. The conductor of the performance was Konstantin Chudovsky.

Before the beginning of the show in Gostiny dvor

General director of ANO "Opera" Nadezhda Grishakova, principal set and costume designers of "Helikon-opera" Tataiana Tulubieva and Igor Nezhny, stage director of "Helikon-opera" Natalia Dychenko