Russian Opera and Ballet, Tampere Cathedral, Saturday 11

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The Russian State Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Komi Republic represents the opera
REPENTANCE - DESTINY OF BORIS GODUNOV

Tampere Cathedral, Saturday 11 November 2006 at 6 pm


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The Finland-Russia Society has invited the Russian State Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Komi Republic to Finland in November 2006. They will present a historical story about the life of Tsar Boris Godunov and Crown Prince Dmitry. The latter was murdered by Godunov, then assistant of Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible. Altogether 33 artists, including five soloists and male and female choirs, perform in this impressive opera. The opera Repentance will be seen in 11 cities in Finland.


Prices:
Adults 25 €
Association members/ pensionists 20 €
S-etukortti 22,50 €
Students 15 €
children under 15 y. o. 10 €
Nordean Meidän Kerho – card 20 €

Prices per group:
10 or more people -10 %
20 or more people -15 %
50 or more people -20 %

Ticket sales point:
Finland-Russia Society (Suomi-Venäjä-Seura)
Pinninkatu 53 B (2nd floor)
Telf: tai lansisuomi@venajaseura.com

Tickets by phone
Lippupiste (1,25 €/min + pvm) or http://www.lippu.fi





More information about:

REPENTANCE

The story of the opera Repentance is based on historical events of the last years of the 16th century and the early years of the 17th century, when boyar Boris Godunov became a Tsar of Russia. His amazing destiny from the assistant of Tsar Ivan the Terrible to Emperor of the whole Russia is peerless. It is closely linked with the strange death of Crown Prince Dmitry, who died in the city of Uglich on 15th May 1591. The people of Russia accused Godunov about conspiracy against Dmitry and never forgave him - although suicide was noted as the official cause of death.

All these things might have been forgotten, if strange things a few years afterwards had not happened: Crown Prince Dmitry re-appeared in Moscow and reigned Russia in after the death of Boris Godunov. Conscience never left Godunov alone and he suffered all his life about this tragedy. He started to avoid people and in the end he lived as a hermit. Godunov died suddenly in 1605, which was caused by the information about reappearance.

Godunov´s tragedy was fictionalized by famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Russian composer Modest Musorgski based his great opera Boris Godunov upon Pushkin´s play. In the opera Repentance we will hear music of other Russian composers, too (see below).


OPERA REPENTANCE

The Russian State Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Komi Republic

Composers: Alexander Arkhangelsky, Maksim Berezovsky, Pavel Chesnokov, Valeri Gavrilin, Sergei Rakhmaninov, Dmitri Shostakovich and Georgi Sviridov.

Soloists:
Boris Godunov – S. Baikov (Moscow)
Madonna - O. Sosnovskaya
God´s fool – V. Yurkovsky
Prince Dmitri – A. Yurkovsky

Female choir 12 singers - Male choir 11 singers

THE RUSSIAN STATE OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE OF THE KOMI REPUBLIC
The Russian State Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Komi Republic is one of the leading provincial theatres in Russia. It was founded in 1958 in the capital of the Komi Republic Syktyvkar. The premiere was the opera Eugene Onegin by Petr Tchaikovsky. All the famous operas and operettas, such as Queen of Spades, Iolanta, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Othello, Don Quixote, the Merry Widow have been seen on the scene of the State Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Komi Republic. Every year children can enjoy of two new premieres in Syktyvkar.

The director of the State Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Komi Republic is Honoured Worker of Culture, Mrs. Valentina Sudakova.


The Finland-Russia Society Cathedral congregation of Tampere