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Betrothal in a Monastery

0.0 169 mins Music   2019
Staatsoper Unter den Linden   BelAir Media   Mezzo   Unitel  
Director(s): Andy Sommer Dmitri Tcherniakov

The support group for opera addicts is in session, and its participants perform Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery. Rarely performed outside Russia, and consigned to oblivion by Andrei Zhdanov's anti-formalist policies after the Second World War, the work is transformed by Dmitri Tcherniakov's extravagant staging. Under the baton of Daniel Barenboim, an all-star cast featuring Aida Garifullina and Violeta Urmana bring the characters to life on stage at Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden.

Casts of Betrothal in a Monastery

Stephan RĂ¼gamer

as Don Jerome

Andrey Zhilikhovsky

as Don Ferdinand

Aida Garifullina

as Luisa

Violeta Urmana

as Duenya

Bogdan Volkov

as Don Antonio

Anna Goryachova

as Clara d'Almanza

Goran Juric

as Mendoza

Lauri Vasar

as Don Carlos

Maxim Paster

as The Moderator

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