The Night before Christmas
Year: 2023
Country: Russia
Musical director and conductor: Evgeniy Brazhnik
Director: Georgiy Isaakyan
Production designer: Stanislav Fesko
Costume designer: Maria Krivtsova
Lighting designer: Sergey Martynov
Conductor: Sergey Mikheev
Cast: Pyotr Sizov, Albina Fayruzova, Lyudmila Bodrova, Maksim Usachyov, Aleksandr Khananin
Genre: opera
Runtime: 80 min.
Age: 6+
Country: Russia
Musical director and conductor: Evgeniy Brazhnik
Director: Georgiy Isaakyan
Production designer: Stanislav Fesko
Costume designer: Maria Krivtsova
Lighting designer: Sergey Martynov
Conductor: Sergey Mikheev
Cast: Pyotr Sizov, Albina Fayruzova, Lyudmila Bodrova, Maksim Usachyov, Aleksandr Khananin
Genre: opera
Runtime: 80 min.
Age: 6+
The fifth of Rimsky-Korsakov’s 15 operas, based on Nikolai Gogol’s story from the cycle “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka”
“The Night Before Christmas” is the fifth from the 15 operas by Rimsky-Korsakov. Based on Gogol's narrative the 1890s, it bears all the features of the “grand imperial opera” with extensive folklore scenes, ensembles, and ballet divertissements. The amazing world of Gogol, where fantasy is intertwined with everyday life, and humor coexists with a bright outlook on life, is captivating. National folklore flavor reigns here, funny and mystical events happening on the Christmas Eve. And although among the characters in the opera there is a witch, a sorcerer, and a devil, they are all just heroes of a fairy tale and cause not fear, but a smile.
