Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor
Opera in four acts. Libretto by the composer based on The Lay of Igor's Host
Greek subtitles
[The venue will last approximately 4,5 hours]
The Antenna Group with the collaboration of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall and the Athens Concert Hall will present opera productions from the Metropolitan Opera
Alexander Borodin’s epic Prince Igor has its first Met performances since 1917 in a new production staged by noted Russian opera director Dmitri Tcherniakov in his Met debut.
Gianandrea Noseda conducts the lush score, famous for its celebrated "Polovtsian Dances" and Ildar Abdrazakov sings the title role of a 12th-century Russian hero.
The cast also includes Oksana Dyka in her Met debut as Yaroslavna, Igor’s emotionally fragile second wife, Anita Rachvelishvili as the fiery Polovtsian princess Konchakovna, Sergey Semishkur in his Met debut as Vladimir Igorevich, Igor’s son and Konchakovna’s lover, Mikhail Petrenko as Prince Galitsky and Stefan Kocan as the warlord Khan Konchak.
ARTISTS
Director - Settings: Dmitri Tcherniakov
Lighting: Gleb Filshtinsky
Prince Igor Svyatoslavich: Ildar Abdrazakov
Yaroslavna: Oksana Dyka
Konchakovna: Anita Rachvelishvili
Vladimir Igorevich: Sergey Semishkur
Prince Galitsky: Mikhail Petrenko
Khan Konchak: Stefan Kocan
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda