SERGEI PROKOFIEV BETROTHAL IN A MONASTERY Stephan Rügamer . Andrei Zhilikhovsky . Aida Garifullina Violeta Urmana . Bogdan Volkov Conducted by Daniel Barenboim . Staged by Dmitri Tcherniakov SERGEI PROKOFIEV BETROTHAL IN A MONASTERY At the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Dmitri Tcherniakov stages Prokofiev’s lyrical comic opera Betrothal in a Monastery under Orchestra Staatskapelle Berlin Daniel Barenboim’s baton. Though composed in wartime Soviet Conductor Daniel Barenboim Russia, the plot is a non political classic comedy of errors based Choir Staatsopernchor Berlin Chorus Master Martin Wright on Richard Sheridan’s 18th-century play The Duenna about two Stage Director Dmitri Tcherniakov young couples who want to come together and an old man who wants to prevent this – and all kinds of confusion and misunder- Don Jerome Stephan Rügamer standings. Russian director Tcherniakov recasts the complete Don Ferdinand Andrei Zhilikhovsky Luisa Aida Garifullina opera as therapeutic role play for “Opera-Addict Anonymus”. The Duenna Violeta Urmana Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin and “the Don Antonio Bogdan Volkov uniformly excellent cast” (Financial Times). Aida Garifullina “who Clara d‘Almanza Anna Goryachova Mendoza Goran Jurić did not have to shy away from the musical comparison with the Don Carlos Lauri Vasar young Anna Netrebko” impresses with her “highly attractive, Host Maxim Paster slightly darkened timbre”, Bogdan Volkov is “an ideal Don Antonio, Video Director Andy Summer an elegantly phrasing Iyric tenor” and Stephan Rügamer shines with his “characteristic tenor voice” (Opernglas). “Musically this Length: 168' performance is a celebration in every sense” applauds BR Klassik. Shot in HDTV 1080/50i Cat. no. A 050 50684 A co-production of Bel Air Media, Mezzo, Staatsoper unter den Linden and UNITEL World Sales: All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories · Photos: © MartinWalz · Flyer: mmessner.de Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Germany · Tel. +49.89.673469-630 · [email protected] www.unitel.de.