Prokofiev: The Gambler
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2020-02-12
A general and his stepdaughter are both heavily in debt. When the family's tutor, in love with the girl, gets lucky at the gambling table, he tries to rescue her from her desperate situation, but she outright rejects him. Prokofiev's first full-length opera The Gambler, based on Dostoyevsky's partly autobiographical novella ironically written to settle gambling debts, is rarely performed today. This 2020 production brings together director Vasily Barkhatov and conductor Modestas Pitrenas and stars the winner of the 2019 International Opera Award, Asmik Grigorian, in the role of Polina.
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A general and his stepdaughter are both heavily in debt. When the family's tutor, in love with the girl, gets lucky at the gambling table, he tries to rescue her from her desperate situation, but she outright rejects him. Prokofiev's first full-length opera The Gambler, based on Dostoyevsky's partly autobiographical novella ironically written to settle gambling debts, is rarely performed today. This 2020 production brings together director Vasily Barkhatov and conductor Modestas Pitrenas and stars the winner of the 2019 International Opera Award, Asmik Grigorian, in the role of Polina.
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2020-02-12
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Director
Vasily Barkhatov
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Pусский
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Dmitrij Golovnin
Dmitrij Golovnin
Asmik Grigorian
Asmik GrigorianVladimiras Prudnikovas
Vladimiras PrudnikovasIeva Prudnikovaitė
Ieva PrudnikovaitėTomas Pavilionis
Tomas PavilionisSteponas Zonys
Steponas ZonysArunas Malikenas
Arunas MalikenasRafailas Karpis
Rafailas KarpisInesa Linaburgytė
Inesa LinaburgytėArminas Skirvainis
Arminas SkirvainisEdmundas Seilius
Edmundas SeiliusJuozas Janužas
Juozas Janužas