Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden

(2017)

Genres: Drama

Year: 2017

Runtime: 195 мин

Country: France

Director: Dmitri Tcherniakov

Cast: Аида Гарифуллина, Yuriy Mynenko, Thomas Johannes Mayer, Martina Serafin, Maxim Paster, Mikhail Tatarnikov

Plot

Snegurochka was born in times of old in Tsar Berendey’s mythical kingdom, the fruit of the union between Spring the Beauty and Grandfather Frost. Protected by her parents from the jealousy of the Sun god Yarilo who has vowed to warm her heart when she gets older and falls in love, Snegurochka the snow maiden is entrusted to the wood sprite…Aida Garifullina sings the role of Snegurochka whilst the production and musical direction have been left in the capable hands of two other Russian artists: the young conductor Mikhail Tatarnikov and director Dmitri Tcherniakov.