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The Snow Maiden

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Hackney Empire291 Mare Street, Hackney, London, Greater London, E8 1EJ, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Performers
English Touring Opera
Hannah QuinnConductor
Olivia FuchsDirector
Eleanor BullSet Designer, Costume Designer
James PlattLighting Designer
English Touring Opera Orchestra
English Touring Opera Chorus
Neil BalfourBassMaslenitsa
Alexandra MeierMezzo-sopranoTsar's page
Phoebe SmithSoprano
Natasha AgarwalSoprano
Judy Louie BrownMezzo-soprano
Harry GriggTenor
Philip WilcoxBass
Ffion EdwardsSopranoSnegurochka
Hannah SandisonSopranoSpring Beauty
Edmund DanonBaritoneMizgir
Joseph DoodyTenorTsar Berendey
Kitty WhatelyMezzo-sopranoLel
Edward HawkinsBassBermyata, Frost
Katherine McIndoeVocalsKupava
Amy J PayneMezzo-sopranoBobylikha
Jack DolanTenorBobyl Bakula
David HortonTenorWood-Sprite

The Snowmaiden has lived her whole life under the watchful eye of her parents, Grandfather Frost and Spring Beauty, hidden from the heat of the sun. Jealous of the passionate lives of the mortal villagers living nearby, she begs her parents to let her join them – but discovers her heart of ice means she cannot fall in love. As the Snowmaiden becomes fascinated by a boy in the village, her wish to find true happiness comes with dire consequences.

Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snowmaiden is a classic coming of age tale packed with colour and folk melodies, vividly conjuring up the conflict between real and mythical worlds. English Touring Opera’s new production is helmed by the award-winning director Olivia Fuchs and conducted by Hannah Quinn, with designs by the Linbury Prize-winning Eleanor Bull.

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