Pushkin
Konstantin Boyarsky & Marita Phillips
Pushkin
Composer: Konstantin Boyarsky
Librettist: Marita Phillips
Stage première: 11 July 2018, Grange Park Opera, Surrey
PUSHKIN tells the story of two giants in Russia’s tumultuous history: the nation’s Poet, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin and the nation’s Tsar, Nicholas I. Their relationship begins with mutual need and mutual admiration and ends in the tragic death of Pushkin.
Cast
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin: Peter Auty
Tsar Nicholas I: Artyom Garnov
Natalya Goncharova, Pushkin’s wife: Julietta Avanesyan
Catherine, Natalya’s elder sister: Irina Romishevskaya
Alexandrine, Natalya’s elder sister: Anna Sinitsyna
Baron Heckeren, Dutch ambassador: Yaroslav Abaimov
Georges D’Anthès, Heckeren’s adopted son: Anton Bochkaryov
Gypsy: Gayane Babadzhanyan
With the chorus of Novaya Opera
Creatives
Conductor: Jan Latham-Koenig
Director: Igor Ushakov
Costume Designer: Irene Belousova
Lighting Design; Timofey Ermolin
Choreography: Sergey Satarov
Choirmaster: Julia Senyukova