Betrothal in a Monastery

Overview

The support group for opera addicts is in session, and its participants perform Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery. Rarely performed outside Russia, and consigned to oblivion by Andrei Zhdanov's anti-formalist policies after the Second World War, the work is transformed by Dmitri Tcherniakov's extravagant staging. Under the baton of Daniel Barenboim, an all-star cast featuring Aida Garifullina and Violeta Urmana bring the characters to life on stage at Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden.

Cast

Stephan Rügamer

Don Jerome

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Andrey Zhilikhovsky

Don Ferdinand

Aida Garifullina

Luisa

Violeta Urmana

Duenya

Bogdan Volkov

Don Antonio

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Anna Goryachova

Clara d'Almanza

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Goran Juric

Mendoza

Lauri Vasar

Don Carlos

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Maxim Paster

The Moderator