Über allem schweben die Walzer: Krieg und Frieden in München

Olga Kulchynska (Natasha) und Alexandra Yangel (Sonya)

Olga Kulchynska (Natasha) und Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Andrej)

Krieg und Frieden

Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Andrej) und Arsen Soghomonyan (Graf Pierre Besuchow)

By Michael Vieth, 10 March 2023

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“betörende Musik als Hoffnung spendende Rettung”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 9 March 2023

Prokofiev, War and Peace

Bavarian State Opera

Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor

Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director, Set Designer

Elena Zaytseva, Costume Designer

Gleb Filshtinsky, Lighting Designer

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

Malte Krasting, Dramaturgy

Olga Kulchynska, Natasha Rostova

Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky

Arsen Soghomonyan, Count Pierre Bezukhov

Dmitry Ulyanov, Field-Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov

Victoria Karkacheva, Hélène Bezukhova

Alexandra Yangel, Sonya

Alexei Botnarciuc, Dolokhov

Violeta Urmana, Maria Dmitrievna Akhrosimova

Dmitry Cheblykov, Colonel Vasska Denisov

Mikhail Gubsky, Platon Karataev

Sergei Leiferkus, Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky, Matveyev

Olga Guryakova, Madame Peronskaya

Christina Bock, Princess Marya Bolkonskaya

Oksana Volkova, Matriosha

Stanislaw Kuflyuk, Metivier, Marshal Berthier

Xenia Vyaznikova, Vasilisa, Mavra Kusminitchna

Bálint Szabó, General Belliard, Marshal Davout

Kevin Conners, Monsieur de Beausset

Maxim Paster, Prince Mikhail Barclay de Tolly , French Abbé

Aleksey Kursanov, Lieutenant Bonnet

Theodore Platt, Jacquot

Elmira Karakhanova, Dunyasha

Bekhzod Davronov, Anatole Kuragin

Alexander Fedorov, Fyodor, Ivanov

Granit Musliu, Gérard

Tómas Tómasson, Napoleon Bonaparte

Nikita Volkov, Tikhon Scherbatsky

Alexander Roslavets, Balaga

Alexander Vassiliev, Captain Ramballe

Mischa Schelomianski, Count Ilya Rostov

Roman Chabaranok, Gavrila

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Michael Vieth

Michael Vieth ist Physiker und hat viele Jahre in der Zentralen Forschung der Siemens AG in Erlangen und München an magnetischen Speichern und Sensoren gearbeitet. Auch von klassischer Musik magnetisiert, singt er seit seinem Studium in Göttingen in großen Kantoreien und Chorprojekten; eine besondere Vorliebe hat sich zu Motetten der Renaissance und der Moderne entwickelt. Daneben faszinieren ihn Auftritte und Programme kleiner Vokal-Ensembles.

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