"Prince Igor" returns to New York

On Thursday, February 6, for the first time since 1917, the opera Alexander Borodin “Prince Igor” will be represented on the stage of the Metro-Oper in New York. Director-Dmitry Chernyakov.

The performance is the co-product of the metro-opera and the Dutch opera (Amsterdam). According to ITAR-TASS , the opera Dmitry Chernyakov transferred to the present, the feeling of which is created primarily by the costumes created by Elena Zaitseva.

The squad of Prince Igor received the overcoats of the Patriotic War of 1812, the caps of the Imperial Army of the First World War and the three-line rifles. Khan Konchak performs Aria in a bright yellow uniform in the style of the Japanese military leaders of the Second World War.

Chernyakov changed the first and second actions. “This is quite logical, since the American listener better understands the Russian epic and he does not have to get bored. Events on the stage are developing very dynamically. The production, undoubtedly, will enjoy great success in the United States, ”says the New York Theater critic Maya Offer.

The main parties in the new production are performed by the stars of the Mariinsky Theater: Bariton Ildar Abdrazakov (Igor Svyatoslavich), Soprano Oksana Dyka (Yaroslavna), tenor Sergey Semishkur (Vladimir Igorevich), Bas Mikhail Petrenko (Vladimir Yaroslavich). The batch of Khan Konchak will be performed by the young bass Stefan Kochan (Slovakia), and his daughter Konchakovna-Mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvvvvilvili (Georgia).

Until March 8, nine performances of “Prince Igor” will take place in the Metro-Opera.