Organization

Conductor

Stuart Stratford

Stage director

Laura Attridge

Singer

Soprano

Anush Hovhannisyan

Parasha

Tenor

Alexey Dolgov

Vassili (Mavra)

Mezzo-soprano

Lea Shaw

Neighbor

Contralto

Sarah Pring

Parasha's mother

Baritone

Roland Wood

Old Baron

Albert

Alasdair Elliott

The Moneylender

Alexey Gusev

The Duke

Scottish Opera

Orchestra

Orchestra of Scottish Opera

Russian

Mavra

Perth

United Kingdom

Concert Hall

Mavra Stravinsky (+1 More)

Public

The Miserly Knight

English

Approved

This semi-staged double bill of short, striking Russian operas explores both the darkness of human greed and the slapstick, satirical side of forbidden romance.

Sergei Rachmaninov’s The Miserly Knight sees a father and son destroyed by a hoarded treasure, with disguises, duels, and a near-poisoning featuring in the action. It showcases the composer’s extraordinary talent for orchestration, with over 60 musicians of The Orchestra of Scottish Opera conducted by Stuart Stratford underpinning the drama.

Meanwhile, Igor Stravinsky’s Mavra sees two lovers go to ingenious, outrageous lengths to be together, but they may have not thought through the practicalities! Both works are adapted from stories by the Russian poet, playwright, and novelist Alexander Pushkin, uniting the operas through his extraordinary gift for characterisation.

Mavra by Stravinsky, The Miserly Knight by Rachmaninoff, From (2022/2022), Directed by Laura Attridge,, Conductor Stuart Stratford, Concert Hall, Perth, United Kingdom

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