Organization

Edinburgh International Festival

Singer

Sergei Alexashkin

Ivan Severyanovich Flyagin

Mezzo-soprano

Kristina Kapustinskaya

Grusha the Gypsy

Conductor

Valery Gergiev

Yevgeny Akimov

Flogged Monk

Prince

Tenor

Magnetiser

Bass

Old Man in the Woods

Stage director

Alexei Stepanuyk

Set designer

Alexander Orlov

Costume designer

Irina Cherednikova

Lighting designer

Evgeny Ganzburg

Choreographer

Dmitry Korneyev

Chorus master

Konstantin Rylov

Mariinsky Theatre

Russian

The Enchanted Wanderer

Saint Petersburg

Russia

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The Enchanted Wanderer Shchedrin

Public

English

Approved

The stage premiere of Rodion Shchedrin's opera The Enchanted Wanderer after the novel by Nikolai Leskov proved to be a high note of the Mariinsky Theatre#180;s 225th anniversary season and the XVI Stars of the White Nights festival. Alexei Stepanyuk's production of The Enchanted Wanderer is notable for the innovative nature of the mise-en-scènes and the restrained but musically expressive set design where even the crushing of the reeds under the singer#180;s feet forms an integral part of the aural atmosphere of the performance. The sumptuous and exuberant performances by the protagonists and the brilliant Mariinsky Theatre Chorus and Orchestra under Valery Gergiev ensured the success of the premiere, which received a thunderous and unanimous ovation from the audience.
A performance of the opera at the 2008 Edinburgh International Festival proved no less of a success. The British press commented on Valery Gergiev´s magnificent conducting and the stunning talent of Kristina Kapustinskaya as Grushenka: "Gergiev conducted The Enchanted Wanderer as if he believed in every note – and those notes carry undeniable authenticity in the hands of a top-flight Russian ensemble, which has so much of Shchedrin´s idioms in its genes. In the mezzo role of Grusha the gypsy, Kristina Kapustinskaya oozed technical virtuosity and vocal charm. (The Financial Times)

The Enchanted Wanderer by Shchedrin, From (2008/2008), Directed by Alexei Stepanuyk,, Conductor Valery Gergiev

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