12 March 2019 (Tue), 19:30 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall - Opera Pyotr Tchaikovsky "The Oprichnik" (The Guardsman) opera in four acts
Schedule for Pyotr Tchaikovsky "The Oprichnik" (The Guardsman) opera in four acts 2022
Conductor: Pavel Smelkov Bass: Mikhail Kit Choir: The Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers
Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky Musical Director: Maestro Valery Gergiev Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva Principal Chorus Master: Pavel Teplov
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra Opera company: Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera
Opera in 4 acts
Premiere of this production: 12 April 1874
The Oprichnik or The Guardsman is an opera in 4 acts, 5 scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) to his own libretto after the tragedy The Oprichniks by Ivan Lazhechnikov (1792–1869). The subject of the opera is the oprichniks. It is set in Ivan the Terrible's court during the oprichnina times (1565–1573).
Tchaikovsky worked on the opera from February 1870 - March 1872. It includes music from his early opera The Voyevoda (1869). The work is dedicated to the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich Romanov. It was given its premiere performance at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg in April 1874, followed by the Moscow premiere in May 1874 at the Bolshoi Theatre.
Schedule for Pyotr Tchaikovsky "The Oprichnik" (The Guardsman) opera in four acts 2022
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