“Vampuka’ in “Helikon-opera”

10.02.2014

“Vampuka’ in “Helikon-opera”

On February 7 and 9, “Vampuka, the African Bride” performance was held in “Helikon-opera”.

Inna Zvenyatskaya, Maya Barkovskaya, Dmitry Ponomarev, Andrey Palamarchuk, Peter Morozov, the Honoured Artist of Russia Andrey Vylegzhanin, Mikhail Guzhov, Mikhail Nikanorov, the Honoured Artist of Russia Ekaterina Oblezova, Dmitry Korotkov, the Honoured Artist of Russia Marina Andreyeva, Alexey Elizarov, Mikhail Laverov, Andrey Orekhov, artists of the choir and orchestra took part in the performance. Conductor Valery Kiryanov.

Dmitry Bertman's "Vampuka" is the illustrated ABC of an opera staging. The composer's aim was to make fun of all the cliches. This "opera, perfect in all aspects", was written in 1909 by Vladimir Erenberg, one of the founders of "Distorting Mirror" theatre, at his own libretto. The parody, which laughs at the opera routine, had a great success. "Vampuka" word became a common noun, meaning all stencilled and ridiculous in opera.