Name: Murych the cat
Start: 2021-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre

Organization

Conductor

Larisa Gergieva

Stage director

Alexei Stepanuyk

Choreographer

Ilya Ustiantsev

Lighting designer

Valentin Baikov

Chorus master

Larisa Shveikovskaya

Singer

Tenor

Alexei Kostyuk

Murych the Cat

Elena Glushenko

Murka Barsikovna

Mezzo-soprano

Alina Mikhailik

Musya

Laura Bustamante

Musilda

Vsevolod Marilov

Vasily

Yevgeny Mizin

Timofei

Pianist

Alexey Tikhomirov

Assistant Director

Svetlana Rozhok

Anastasia Kikot

Irina Kolodyazhnaya

Ilya Astafurov

Alexey Smirnov

Elizaveta Senatorova

Alexei Smirnov

Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre

Russian

Murych the cat

Vladivostok

Russia

Small Hall

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Chorus Director

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Bass

Soprano

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Сергей Баневич (1941) по праву считается классиком детской музыки. Ключом к творчеству композитора вполне можно считать его собственное высказывание: «Как музыкант-профессионал, я убеждён: классическая музыка, да и вообще любая настоящая музыка заставляет юное существо собраться, заглянуть в себя, ведь у ребёнка огромный, интересный духовный мир, ничуть не уступающий духовному миру взрослого человека. Настоящая музыка способна пробудить этот мир».

Деятельность Баневича связана не только с музыкальным просветительством (он является инициатором международных детских музыкальных фестивалей в Петербурге), но и с приобщением детей к музыкальному театру. Для юных слушателей он начал писать ещё в самом начале творческого пути. «Писать для детей оперы и оперетты, основанные на современных интонациях. Использовать при этом опыт Сергея Прокофьева, но объединять его завоевания с музыкой современного быта, взяв лучшее, что в ней есть» — так композитор определяет поставленную перед собой задачу.

На музыке Баневича воспитано уже не одно поколение слушателей. Композитор хорошо понимает законы восприятия маленьких детей и умеет сочинять для них доступную, но профессионально сделанную музыку. Среди его произведений — оперы «Городок в табакерке», «Двенадцать месяцев», «Фердинанд Великолепный», «Как включали ночь», балеты «Русалочка», «Дюймовочка», «Бэмби» и многие другие.

История про находчивого и немного хвастливого кота Мурыча, празднующего день рождения в кругу семьи и друзей, рассчитана на самых маленьких слушателей и найдёт живой отклик как у детей, так и у их родителей.

Ольга Вокина

русский

Sergei Banevich (1941–) is rightly acclaimed as a classic of children's music. The key to the composer's success may be seen perfectly through his own words: "As a professional musician I am convinced that classical music, indeed any music in general, makes a young person pull him – or herself together and look at him – or herself, because a child has a huge, interesting and spiritual world that is of no less importance than the spiritual world of an adult. True music can awaken that world."

Banevich's work is linked not just with music education (he has founded international children's music festivals in St Petersburg), but also with attracting children to musical theatre. For young audiences he began to compose at the very start of his creative career. "To write operas and operettas for children, based on contemporary intonations. And at the same time to use the experience of Sergei Prokofiev, but to combine its achievements with the music of modern life, taking the best it has to offer," is how the composer describes the task he faces.

Several generations have grown up with Banevich's music. The composer has an excellent understanding of the ways that young children perceive things and has an ability to compose accessible yet professional music for them. His works include the operas The Little Town in the Snuff-Box, Twelve Months, Ferdinand the Magnificent, How We Switched on the Night and the ballets The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina and Bambi to name but a few.

Murych the Cat (2017) is Banevich's fifth opera for the Mariinsky Theatre. Last season, the historic stage saw the revival of The Story of Kai and Gerda, while the chamber Prokofiev Hall hosted the premiere of the opera The Brave Hare. One year earlier came productions of An Opera about Porridge, a Cat and Milk and Scenes from the Life of Nikolenka Irtenev, which proved popular with younger Mariinsky Theatre audiences. The story about the resourceful and somewhat boastful cat Murych, who celebrates his birthday with his family and friends, is targeted at the youngest audiences and finds a keen response from both children and their parents.

Olga Vokina

English

Murych the cat by Banevich, Sun 24 Oct 2021, From (2021/2022), Directed by Alexei Stepanuyk,, Conductor Larisa Gergieva, Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, Vladivostok, Russia

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