St. Petersburg
Pascal Dusapin (b. 1955)
Passion, an opera in ten scenes (2006–2007)
Libretto by Pascal Dusapin and Rita de Letteris
Music Director and Conductor — Teodor Currentzis
Assistant Conductor, Vocal Coach — Olga Vlasova
Stage Director — Anna Guseva
Choreographer — Anastasia Peshkova
Artist — Yulia Orlova
Costume Designer — Anna Chistova
Lighting Designer — Ivan Vinogradov
Video Artist — Alan Mandelstam
Performers:
She — Natalia Smirnova / Iveta Simonyan
He — Sergey Godin / Kirill Nifontov
Artists of the musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir
musicAeterna Dance troupe
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes, no intermission
Pascal Dusapin (b. 1955)
Passion, an opera in ten scenes (2006–2007)
Libretto by Pascal Dusapin and Rita de Letteris
Music Director and Conductor — Teodor Currentzis
Assistant Conductor, Vocal Coach — Olga Vlasova
Stage Director — Anna Guseva
Choreographer — Anastasia Peshkova
Artist — Yulia Orlova
Costume Designer — Anna Chistova
Lighting Designer — Ivan Vinogradov
Video Artist — Alan Mandelstam
Performers:
She — Natalia Smirnova / Iveta Simonyan
He — Sergey Godin / Kirill Nifontov
Artists of the musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir
musicAeterna Dance troupe
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes, no intermission
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Three Russian Sacred Choruses (1926–1934)
1. Pater Noster
2. Credo
3. Ave Maria
Nikolai Golovanov (1891–1953)
O Gentle Light (1943)
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Ode No. 1, Kontakion, Ikos from the Kanon pokajanen cycle (1997)
Askold Murov (1928–1996)
Father! Forgive Them, No. 3 from Spiritual Concert No. 1 (1989)
Deacon Sergei Trubachev (1919–1995)
Who Will Separate Us From the Love of God, Epistle of St Paul to the Romans, 8, 35-38. (ca 1980)
Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Adam Sat Weeping at the Gates of Paradise, My Soul, my Soul, No. 1 and No. 4 from the cycle Psalms of Repentance, op. 203 (1987)
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, No. 1 from the cycle Three Sacred Hymns (1984)
Complete This Work Which I Began in Hope and with Your Name, No. 4 from the Concerto for Choir based on poems by Grigor Narekatsi (1984–1985)
Nikolai Karetnikov (1930–1994)
For the Entrance, At Communion from the cycle Hymns to the Holy Catholic Mass (1991)
Pater Noster, No. 8 from the cycle Eight Spiritual Hymns (In Memory of Boris Pasternak), op. 24 (1969–1989)
Antiphon: Blessed, No. 4 from the cycle Six Spiritual Hymns (1992)
Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998)
Morning Song, No. 1 from the cycle Three Monasterial Stichera for Male Choir, Part II of the Chants and Prayers collection (1980\1988–1997)
Beheld a Strange Christmas, No. 7 from the cycle Beheld a Strange Christmas, Part III of the Hymns and Prayers collection (1980\1988–1997)
Alexander Knaifel (1943–2024)
To the Comforter, prayer to the Holy Spirit (1995)
The programme is subject to change.