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22-842: The first performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera took place at the Mariinsky Theatre , Saint Petersburg on 10 February [ O.S. 29 January] 1882 conducted by Eduard Nápravník . By 1898 it was revised in the edition known today. It remained the composer's own favorite work. The story deals with the opposition of eternal forces of nature and involves the interactions of mythological characters (Frost, Spring, Wood-Sprite), real people (Kupava, Mizgir'), and those in-between, i.e., half-mythical, half-real (Snow Maiden, Lel’, Berendey). The composer strove to distinguish each group of characters musically, and several individual characters have their own associated leitmotifs . In addition to these distinctions, Rimsky-Korsakov characterized

44-575: A bright ray of sunlight appears, and Snow Maiden bids farewell: the power to love is the source of her demise. To the astonishment of the people, she melts. The inconsolable Mizgir drowns himself in the lake. The Tsar calms the horrified Berendeyans with the fact that this event has ended the fifteen-year-long winter that has befallen them. In response the people strike up a stirring hymn to Yarilo. Prologue Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Act 4 Audio Recordings ( Mainly studio recordings ) Source: www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk In 2017,

66-402: A garland and warns her to stay out of the light of the sun. Spring and her retinue sink into the lake. Before Snow Maiden can enter the protection of the forest, Mizgir appears. No longer able to resist, she professes her love for him. The Berendeyans, in ritual bride-and-groom pairs, arrive to celebrate Yarilo's Day. Mizgir introduces Snow Maiden as his bride. As she declares her love for Mizgir,

88-498: A new building, then to be named The Second Stage , with 1,830 seats, which would complement the existing Mariinsky. Construction began in 2003, following a different design by French architect Jean Nouvel that was halted at the sub-basement level. The new design team took over in 2009. The completion of Mariinsky II was predicted to result in Saint Petersburg's equivalent of New York City 's Lincoln Center . Construction

110-630: A royal reward. Although the maidens present Lel as the likely candidate, Mizgir swears that he will win Snow Maiden's heart. The Tsar agrees to the contest as the people sing his praises. In a forest reserve, that evening The people amuse themselves with song and dance. The Tsar invites Lel to choose a maiden. Despite Snow Maiden's pleas, he kisses Kupava and goes off with her. Snow Maiden, left alone and disconsolate, wonders why Lel has rejected her. Suddenly Mizgir appears and tries once more to win her love. Frightened by his words, she runs off; but

132-799: Is a historic opera house in Saint Petersburg , Russia . Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th-century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky , Mussorgsky , and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres. Through most of the Soviet era, it was known as the Kirov Theatre . Today, the Mariinsky Theatre is home to the Mariinsky Ballet , Mariinsky Opera and Mariinsky Orchestra . Since Yuri Temirkanov 's retirement in 1988,

154-513: Is often encountered in historical accounts. The theatre building is commonly called the Mariinsky Theatre . The companies that operate within it have for brand recognition purposes retained the Kirov name, acquired during the Soviet era to commemorate the assassinated Leningrad Communist Party leader Sergey Kirov (1886–1934). The Imperial drama, opera and ballet troupe in Saint Petersburg

176-621: The Imperial Ballet and opera. On 29 January 1849, the Equestrian circus (Конный цирк) opened on Theatre Square. This was also the work of the architect Cavos. The building was designed to double as a theatre. The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre and its predecessor, the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, hosted the premieres of many of the operas of Mikhail Glinka , Modest Mussorgsky , and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky . At

198-657: The Mariinsky Theatre spawned the careers of artists Mathilde Kschessinskaya , Olga Preobrajenskaya , Anna Pavlova , Tamara Karsavina , Vaslav Nijinsky , and George Balanchine , students of the Imperial Ballet School and style, and, under and after the teachings of Agrippina Vaganova , artists Marina Semyonova , Galina Ulanova , Rudolf Nureyev , Natalia Makarova , Mikhail Baryshnikov , Irina Kolpakova , Galina Mezentseva , Altynai Asylmuratova , as well as more recent dancers of renown Ulyana Lopatkina , Diana Vishneva , and Svetlana Zakharova , students of

220-544: The Paris Opera made a film of a Russian language performance of the opera, based on a live production by Orchestre de l'Opera National de Paris. The Snowmaiden was Aida Garifuluna, and Lel was Yurit Mynenko. The conductor was Mikhail Serafin, with stage direction and set design by Dmitri Tchiarniakov. Mariinsky Theatre The Mariinsky Theatre (Russian: Мариинский театр , romanized : Mariinskiy teatr , also transcribed as Maryinsky or Mariyinsky )

242-488: The Wood-Sprite tricks Mizgir to follow an apparition of Snow Maiden instead. Lel and Kupava enter, declaring their mutual love. Snow Maiden finds them and, seeing their happiness, at last truly wishes to have the capacity to love. In the valley of Yarilo , the sun god, dawn is breaking the next day Snow Maiden calls on her mother, Spring-Beauty, who appears from a lake surrounded by flowers. Spring gives her daughter

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264-560: The behest of the theatre director Ivan Vsevolozhsky , both the Imperial Ballet (ballet arrived at the Mariinsky theater in 1870) and the Imperial Opera were relocated to the Mariinsky Theatre in 1886, as the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre was considered unsafe. Other world premieres given at the house included Mussorgsky 's opera Boris Godunov in 1874, Tchaikovsky 's operas The Queen of Spades in 1890 and Iolanta in 1892,

286-462: The conductor Valery Gergiev has served as the theatre's general director. The theatre is named after Empress Maria Alexandrovna , wife of Tsar Alexander II . There is a bust of the Empress in the main entrance foyer. The theatre's name has changed throughout its history, reflecting the political climate of the time: Note: The acronym "GATOB" (Gosudarstvennïy Akademicheskiy Teatr Operï i Baleta)

308-745: The opera in 1893. The U.S. premiere was held Jan 23, 1922 at the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Artur Bodanzky , directed by Samuel Thewman, designed by Boris Anisfeld , and with Lucrezia Bori in the title role, sung in French. In March 2014 University College Opera presented a new English translation of The Snowmaiden in the Bloomsbury Theatre. On Red Hill, near the Berendeyans' trading quarter and Tsar Berendey's capital. The fifteen-year-old Snow Maiden wants to live with

330-525: The people in the nearby village, and her parents, Spring Beauty and Grandfather Frost, agree to let her be adopted by Bobyl-Bakula and his wife. In the village of Berendeyevka, on the other side of the river . Snow Maiden is enchanted by Lel's songs, but is saddened when he goes off with a group of other girls. Kupava enters and announces her own wedding to Mizgir. The ceremony takes place, but then Mizgir notices Snow Maiden, becomes smitten with her, and begs her to love him. Kupava brings this effrontery before

352-501: The revised version of Prokofiev 's ballet Romeo and Juliet in 1940, and Khachaturian 's ballet Spartacus in 1956. Other notable productions included Rimsky-Korsakov 's opera The Golden Cockerel in 1909 and Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella in 1946 (with Natalya Dudinskaya ). The imperial and Soviet theater was the home of numerous impresarios, conductors, and musicians. Conductors : Mikhail Zhukov (1932–35), Israel Chudnovsky and others. Ballet : The ballet school of

374-778: The school as now named, the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet . Guest Soloist: Reza Fekri Under Yuri Temirkanov , Principal Conductor from 1976 to 1988, the Opera Company continued to stage innovative productions of both modern and classic Russian operas. In April 2022, resident conductor Gavriel Heine, a protégé of Gergiev, resigned from the theater in part because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . The nearby Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, designed by French architect, Xavier Fabre, opened in spring 2007. The Canadian firm Diamond and Schmitt Architects , along with its local partner KB ViPS Architects, designed

396-1229: The townspeople particularly with folk melodies. For a deeper understanding of this work from the composer's point of view, the reader is directed to his autobiography, as well as to his own incomplete analysis of the opera from 1905. The Moscow premiere followed that of St. Petersburg three years later in 1885. It was presented by the Russian Private Opera (the Opera of Savva Mamontov in Moscow), conducted by Enrico Bevignani with scenic Design by Viktor Vasnetsov , Isaak Levitan , and Konstantin Korovin ; Tsar Berendey – Grigoriy Erchov , Bermyata – Anton Bedlevitch , Spring Beauty – Vera Gnucheva , Grandfather Frost – Stepan Vlasov , The Snow Maiden – Nadejda Salina , Bobyl Bakula – G. Kassilov or Nikolay Miller, Lel – Tatyana Liubatovitch , Mizgir – Mikhail Malinin ( Boris Mikhailovich Malinin and Marina Raskova ’s father), Second Herald – M.Skuratovskiy. The Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow presented

418-464: The villagers, and they advise her to go to the Tsar for redress. In Tsar Berendey's palace Kupava complains of Mizgir to Tsar Berendey, who decides to banish Mizgir to the forest. But these deliberations are disrupted by the appearance of the beautiful Snow Maiden. The Tsar asks her whom she loves, and she says, "no one." The Tsar declares that whoever successfully woos Snow Maiden will win both her and

440-1101: Was completed in May 2013, at a price of 500 million euros. In 2009, the Mariinsky Theatre launched its own record label, managed by the same team that run the LSO Live label in London. Among the titles that have been released are: Rachmaninov : Piano Concerto No 3 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini performed by Denis Matsuev, conducted by Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Label Website Shchedrin : The Enchanted Wanderer conducted by Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Label Website Shostakovich : The Nose conducted by Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Label Website Shostakovich : Symphonies Nos 1 & 15 conducted by Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Label Website Stravinsky : Oedipus Rex / Les Noces conducted by Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Label Website Tchaikovsky : 1812 , Moscow Cantata , Marche Slave conducted by Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Label Website Jarilo Too Many Requests If you report this error to

462-595: Was established in 1783, at the behest of Catherine the Great , although an Italian ballet troupe had performed at the Russian court since the early 18th century. A permanent theatre building for the new company of opera and ballet artists was designed by Antonio Rinaldi and opened in 1783. Known as the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre , the structure was situated on Carousel Square, which

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484-406: Was renamed Theatre Square in honour of the building. Both names – "Kamenny" (Russian word for "stone") and "Bolshoi" (Russian word for "big") – were coined to distinguish it from the wooden Little Theatre. In 1836, the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre was renovated to a design by Albert Cavos (son of Catterino Cavos , an opera composer), and served as the principal theatre of

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