The Tsar's Bride

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Royal Opera House, Covent GardenBow Street, Covent Garden, London, Greater London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844-1908)

Performers

The Royal Opera
Sir Mark Elder	Conductor
Paul Curran	Director
Kevin Knight	Set Designer
Marina Poplavskaya	Soprano	Marfa
Ekaterina Gubanova	Mezzo-soprano	Lyubasha
Dmytro Popov	Tenor	Ivan Sergeyevich Lïkov
Paata Burchuladze	Bass	Vasily Stepanovich Sobakin
Johan Reuter	Baritone	Grigory Gryaznoy
Alexander Vinogradov	Bass	Malyuta-Skuratov
Anne-Marie Owens	Mezzo-soprano	Petrovna
Jurgita Adamonytė	Mezzo-soprano	Dunyasha Saburova
Vasily Gorshkov	Tenor	Yelisey Bomelius

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Not that sort of Royal Wedding

David Karlin, 14th April

The message in Paul Curran's new production of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar's Bride is a simple one: violent and powerful men are the same in every era. And, of course, no good can result from the violence. If the opera's title made you expect a happy and light-hearted occasion, think again: it's definitely not that sort of Royal Wedding.

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