Stanislavsky Theatre
Performed in Russian The performance has 1 intermission Running time: 3 hours 15 minutes Just 750 metres from the Bolshoi Theatre, the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre invites audiences to discover Alexander Dargomyzhsky’s Rusalka — a landmark of Russian opera brought to life in a psychologically charged production by Alexander Titel. This production is performed by artists of international calibre — singers who have appeared on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre and were trained at the same leading academies that shaped Bolshoi soloists. Their shared school and experience ensure a rare unity of vocal mastery, dramatic truth and stylistic precision. Based on Alexander Pushkin’s unfinished drama, Rusalka is often called the first Russian lyric-dramatic opera of everyday life. Here there are no mythical heroes in the traditional sense, but recognisable human characters, fragile emotions and moral choices that feel startlingly modern. Titel reads the fantastical world of water spirits as a projection of the human psyche: guilt, regret and unspoken pain turn inner fears into living phantoms. Dargomyzhsky’s music, combining lyric tenderness, dramatic intensity and subtle folk intonations, unfolds as a continuous psychological narrative, drawing the listener ever deeper into the tragedy of abandoned love and impossible revenge. Rusalka at the Stanislavsky Theatre is not a museum classic, but a living, emotionally gripping opera — an intimate and powerful alternative to grand spectacle, offered in one of Moscow’s most distinguished opera houses, just steps away from the Bolshoi. SynopsisACT I Prologue Scene One. The Mill. Twelve Years Earlier Scene Two. The Prince’s Wedding ACT II Scene Three. The Ruined Mill Scene Four. The Princess’s Chamber Scene Five. The Ruined Mill | |||||||||||
