Betrothal in a Monastery

(2019)

Genres: Music

Year: 2019

Runtime: 169 мин

Director: Andy Sommer, Dmitri Tcherniakov

Cast: Stephan Rügamer, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Аида Гарифуллина, Violeta Urmana, Bogdan Volkov, Anna Goryachova, Goran Juric, Lauri Vasar, Maxim Paster

Plot

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.