Betrothal in a Monastery
Обручение в монастыре
At the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Dmitri Tcherniakov stages Prokofiev’s lyrical comic opera "Betrothal in a Monastery" under Daniel Barenboim’s baton. The Russian director recasts the complete opera as therapeutic role play for “Opera-Addict Anonymus”. Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin and “the uniformly excellent cast” (Financial Times), led by Aida Garifullina, Bogdan Volkov and Stephan Rügamer among others.
"Musically, this performance is a celebration in every respect", praises BR Klassik.
Actors
Mendoza
Goran Jurić
Don Jerome
Stephan Rügamer
Luisa
La Duenna
Violeta Urmana
Antonio
Bogdan Volkov
Ferdinand
Crew
Composer
Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor
Daniel Barenboim
Costume designer
Elena Zaiceva
Lighting designer
Gleb Filshtinsky
His concise, witty and charming music testifies to the inspiration he received from this material. Several couples who, after many confusions and entanglements, finally find each other, and deceptive manipulators, who get caught in their own nooses, offer much comedic potential which Prokofiev fully exploits – in the form of an opera full of lyricism and theatricality.
Dmitri Tcherniakov: The Russian Opera
Language
Russian
Runtime
2 hours 59 minutes with one intermission
Act 1
89 min
Intermission
10 min
Act 2
80 min
2019
16+
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