Organization

Conductor

Kirill Petrenko

Singer

Soprano

Sonya Yoncheva

Iolanta

Bass

Mika Kares

Rene

Tenor

Dmytro Popov

Count Vaudemont

Baritone

Andrey Zhilikhovsky

Robert

Michael Kraus

Ibn-Hakia

Contralto

Margarita Nekrasova

Marta

Anna Denisova

Brigitta

Mezzo-soprano

Victoria Karkacheva

Laura

Dmitry Ivanchey

Almeric

Nikolay Didenko

Bertrand

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Orchestra

Berliner Philharmoniker

Others

Slovak Philharmonic Choir

Russian

Iolanta, op. 69 -  (Iolanta)

Baden-Baden

Germany

Theater Baden-Baden

Public

German

English

Approved

Iolanta Tchaikovsky,P

Iolanta in Baden-Baden is truly a must-see. It is an opera that resembles a Fabergé egg: an enchanting, priceless, conservative antipole to the economy of the practical. Tchaikovsky's fairy tale anticipates Symbolism and Art Nouveau. The composer's Russia also left traces in Baden-Baden, for example the city’s Orthodox Church. The muted gold of its onion-domed tower finds its musical counterpart in the master's orchestral play of colors. Otherwise, the opera had little to do with the outside world and was intended as a decorative piece to reflect the royal luxury of the Tsar's court. The Russian delight in color, glitter, and opulence has served historically as a catalyst for a different, often overlooked and luxurious modernity, with Tchaikovsky as its melancholy prophet.

Iolanta by Tchaikovsky, P. I., From (2022/2022), Conductor Kirill Petrenko, Theater Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany

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