The Golden Cockerel

Synopsis

‘A beautiful song – a shame that it shows such disrespect to the Mayor!’ This remark from the score of The Golden Cockerel highlights the delicious ambiguity of this work. Principally inspired by Washington Irving and Pushkin, Rimsky-Korsakov called on the talents of Vladimir Belsky, an author of other libretti of a fairy-tale, legendary nature and an expert on Russian folk literature. The composer, a genius at orchestration, has given us sparkling music, with oriental touches, that creates fully rounded characters. This is the perfect occasion for Alain Altinoglu to direct his first opera in his new role as Music Director of La Monnaie. After the success of his Don Quichotte and Cendrillon, Laurent Pelly returns to La Monnaie to stage this exuberant political satire, an adventure in unrestrained rhythm. More than a century has passed since its first performance, yet the opera has lost none of its boisterous sarcasm.

Main Cast

Pavlo Hunka

Tzar Dodon

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Alexey Dolgov

Tzarevich Guidon

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Konstantin Shushakov

Tzarevich Afron

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Alexander Vassiliev

General Polkan

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Agnes Zwierko

Amelfa

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Alexander Kravets

Astrologer

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Venera Gimadieva

Tzaritza of Shemakha

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Sheva Tehoval

Little Golden Cockerel

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Laurent Pelly
Directing	Director	Laurent Pelly
Crew	Choreographer	Lionel Hoche
Lighting	Lighting Design	Joël Adam
Art	Set Designer	Barbara de Limburg
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