Anna Netrebko will open the Mariinsky Theater Season 2009-2010 as Iolanta

Anna Netrebko will open the 227th season of the Mariinsky Theater on 28. September 2009 singing the title role of Tchaikovsky's "Iolanta" with Valery Gergiev conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater. The production, a co-production of the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, is directed by Mariusz Treliński. The cast still has to be announced. Tickets for the performance are already available.

The premiere of this production, in a double program "Aleko" and "Iolanta", was performed at the Mariinsky Theater on 17. and 18. April 2009. Nevertheless, Anna Netrebko did not sing in those performances.

The same production of the double program "Aleko" and "Iolanta", now with Anna Netrebko making her role debut as Iolanta, Piotr Beczala as Vaudémont and Valery Gergiev conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater, was performed at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden on 18., 21., 24. and 27. July 2009.

Iolanta
one act opera
Music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky after the play "Kong Renés Datter" by Henrik Hertz

Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg
28. September 2009 20:00

Cast
Iolanta: Anna Netrebko
Graf Tristan Vaudémont: Sergei Skorokhodov
René, König der Provence: Sergei Aleksashkin
Robert: Alexei Markov
Ebn-Hakia: Edem Umerov
Alméric: Andrei Zorin
Bertrand: Fyodor Kuznetsov
Martha: Natalia Evstafieva
Brigitte: Eleonora Vindau
Laura: Ekaterina Sergeeva

Production
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Stage Director: Mariusz Trelinski
Set Designer: Boris Kudlička
Costume Designer: Magdalena Musial
Lighting Designer: Marc Heinz
Cinematographer: Wojciech Puś
Choreographer: Tomasz Wygoda
Animators: Michał Jankowski and Tomasz Popakul
Literary Consultant: Piotr Gruszczynski
Musical Preparation: Marina Mishuk
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko

Co-production of the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Related posts
"Aleko" and "Iolanta", Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 18. July 2009
"Aleko" and "Iolanta", Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 21. July 2009
"Aleko" and "Iolanta", Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 24. July 2009
"Aleko" and "Iolanta", Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 27. July 2009
Anna Netrebko | 2009-2010 Season