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All that glitters: Barrie Kosky's Coq d'or opens at Opéra de Lyon

By Mark Pullinger, 21 May 2021
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“a chorus line of dancing horse heads in stockings and suspenders, anyone?”
Reviewed at Opéra Nouvel, Lyon on 20 May 2021
Programme
Rimsky-Korsakov, Le Coq d'or (The Golden Cockerel)
Performers
Opéra de Lyon
Daniele Rustioni, Conductor
Barrie Kosky, Director
Rufus Didwiszus, Set Designer
Victoria Behr, Costume Designer
Franck Evin, Lighting Designer
Dmitry Ulyanov, Tsar Dodon
Nina Minasyan, Queen of Shemakha
Andrei Popov, Astrologer
Maria Nazarova, Golden Cockerel
Margarita Nekrasova, Amelfa
Vasily Efimov, Prince Guidon
Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Prince Afron
Mischa Schelomianski, General Polkan
Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
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Andrei PopovAndrey ZhilikhovskyBarrie KoskyChœurs de l'Opéra de LyonDaniele RustioniDmitry UlyanovFranck EvinLe Coq d'or (The Golden Cockerel)Margarita NekrasovaMaria NazarovaMischa SchelomianskiNikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-KorsakovNina MinasyanOpéra de LyonOrchestre de l'Opéra de LyonRufus DidwiszusVasily EfimovVictoria Behr
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.