TheatreHD Opera Club in GUM Cinema. Turandot. Special screening with Evgeniya Krivitskaya
Оперный клуб TheatreHD в Кинозале ГУМ. Турандот. Спецпоказ с Евгенией Кривицкой
On April 21st at 7:00 PM, the TheatreHD Opera Club at the GUM Cinema Hall invites viewers to watch Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot" in a modern, unconventional production by the German director Claus Guth at the Vienna State Opera, starring Asmik Grigorian, Jonas Kaufmann, and Christina Mkhitaryan.
Before the screening, we will discuss Puccini's final opera, which in Claus Guth's hands becomes a chamber drama on timeless themes, with Evgenia Krivitskaya, Editor-in-Chief of the magazine "Musical Life," Professor at the Moscow Conservatory, Doctor of Arts, and General Director of the Association of Music Journalists, Critics, and Musicologists.
- 18:45 – guests arrive, a complimentary offerinfg from Simple
In Claus Guth's production, the ice princess from the Chinese legend does not wear traditional costumes. There are no lanterns or other stylizations of oriental exoticism, no fairy tale at all, but there is drama, the roots of which extend far beyond the boundaries of stage history; there are fears and complexes, hatred, despair – and love, so diverse in its manifestations: sacrificial, selfish, all-forgiving.
And, of course, the undeniable merit of this performance lies in its magnificent cast: Asmik Grigorian, trying on the role of the cruel princess for the first time; Jonas Kaufmann, for whom Calaf was also practically a new experience; and Christina Mkhitaryan in the role of Liù, a slave whose love saved Calaf and gave him a chance at happiness. On the conductor's podium is Maestro Marco Armiliato.
TheatreHD Opera Club at the GUM cinema hall
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