11.01.2023

The All-Russian Opera Festival titled "Slovtsov. Postscript" will be taking place from January 21 to April 16 on the stage of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre n.a. Dmitri Hvorostovsky.

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The large-scale music forum is dedicated to two occasions at once:

  • Firstly, this is the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Krasnoyarsk opera troupe. In 1923, the outstanding tenor from Krasnoyarsk, the "Siberian nightingale" Pyotr Slovtsov, and his wife Margarita Rioli-Slovtsova created a team of local artists, which gave more than ten performances during the year.
  • Secondly, the 150th anniversary of Feodor Chaliapin, an amazing Russian master of not only vocal, but also acting art. The events of the Festival will demonstrate the coincidences and connections of the creative life of two great singers and their intersection with the repertoire of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre.

The Festival will open on January 21 with a big premiere – Pyotr Tchaikovsky's The Oprichnik opera. Feodor Chaliapin was considered one of the brightest performers of Prince Vyazminsky in this opera. The Festival's programme includes performances from the repertoire of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre: Aida by Giuseppe Verdi (February 4), Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (February 22), Lakme by Leo Delibes (March 26), The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (April 12, 13). The main heroes of the Festival once shone on the stages in these operas: Slovtsov as Gerald (Lakme) and Lensky (Eugene Onegin), Chaliapin as Ramfis (Aida).

One of the brightest events of the Festival will be the concert "Chaliapin-gala" (February 15). Pieces not only included in the singer's repertoire, but also his favorite musical miniatures, such as famous bass arias from operas, Russian romantic and folk songs are going to be performed on the Festival. Soloists of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre Sergey Telenkov, Alexander Mikhalev, Vladimir Alexandrovich, Valentin Kolesnikov, Denis Grechishkin, Sevastyan Martynyuk, Sergey Samusev, Evgeny Sevastyanov, Pavel Antsiferov will take part in the concert; guest artists - basses Garry Agadzhanyan and Sergey Sevastyanov.

The Festival will end with the Slovtsov Gala concert on April 16, in which the artistic director and conductor of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre Dmitri Yurovsky and guest vocalists – soloists from Moscow, Perm and St. Petersburg – are expected to participate.