Opera
F. X. Šalda Theatre

Francesca da Rimini, The Miserly Knight

Sergei Rachmaninoff

There is no greater misfortune than to remember happy times in suffering. [Sergei Rachmaninov]

The National Theatre

Festival of Music Theatre 2020

Basic information

Venue

The National Theatre

Ensemble

F. X. Šalda Theatre (Liberec)

Language

In Russian, surtitles in Czech, German

Premiere

December 14, 2018

Opera Festival 2020

Performance of the F. X. Šalda Theatre Liberec as part of the 14th Festival of Music Theater Opera 2020 (www.festival-opera.cz).

On January 24, 1906, there takes place a festive premiere of two one-act operas by the Russian composer and piano virtuoso Sergei Rachmaninoff - Francesca da Rimini and The Miserly Knight - in The Bolšoj Teatr in Moscow.

Cast

2024-2025

Creatives

Musical preparation

Martin Doubravský

Stage director

Linda Keprtová

Sets

Michal Syrový

Costumes

Tomáš Kypta

Chorus master

Anna Novotná PeškováMiriam Němcová

Dramaturgy

Vojtěch Babka

About

The F. X. Šalda Theatre Orchestra and Chorus

The first of the operas was composed on the base of the story from Dante's Divine Comedy, the second one comes from the Alexandr Sergeyevich Pushkin's drama of the same name. Even when each "one-act opera" has a completely different librettist, the basic motif of the tales collides in the tireless fighting of characters, in a conflict with the moral values of European civilization. The score of the operas then mirrors an unceasing composer's quest, relentless painful will.

Approximate running time, including intermission: 2 hours, 30 minutes

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