FULL POOR LISA (Leonid Desyatnikov) Perm 2026 Nadezhda Pavlova, Sergey Godin

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Poor Lisa or Бедная Лиза, Bednaya Liza  
• Composer: Desyatnikov Leonid   
• Libretto: adaptation of Nikolai Karamzin’s 1792 sentimentalist novella of the same name  
• Venue & Opera Company: Private Philharmonic "Triumph", Perm, Russia  
• Recorded: June 4, 2026
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Nadezhda Pavlova, Sergey Godin
• Conductor: Alexey Goribol  
• Orchestra: Alexey Goribol, PIANO  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Nadezhda Pavlova  
• Date Published: 2026  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  “Poor Liza” (Russian: Бедная Лиза, romanized: Bednaya Liza) is a 1792 short story or sentimental novella by the Russian author Nikolay Karamzin. It is one of Karamzin’s best-known short stories in Russia. It is the tale of two lovers that belong to different social classes which in this case is a young nobleman and a poor peasant girl. The story popularized the sentimentalized peasant girl in 19th-century Russia.

  Plot
  Liza is a poor serf girl who lives with her elderly, sick mother. Her father died, making Liza the breadwinner of her family at age 15. One of Liza’s primary ways of making money is to sell flowers she picked in Moscow.

  Two years later, while Liza is selling lily-of-the-valley flowers, she meets a handsome, rich man named Erast. They fall in love, and begin spending many nights together, next to the Simonov Monastery lake. At Erast’s request, Liza keeps him a secret from her mother. What Liza does not know is that Erast, despite a good heart, is weak, fickle, and lecherous. Erast wants to have a pure love with Liza but finds his desire for her growing by the day.

  One summer evening, Liza comes to Erast in tears, as her mother wants her to marry a well-off man who she does not love. She declares she can only love Erast, and in the heat of the moment, she loses her virginity to him. Erast promises he will marry Liza, but in reality, he has lost interest in her, as she has become impure to him.

  In the autumn, Erast tells Liza that he is going off to war and leaves her. Two months later, when Liza comes to the city, she discovers the truth: in the army, he lost all his money in gambling, and married a rich widow to escape his debt. He gives her a hundred rubles,[7] and tells her to forget him. In her grief, Liza drowns herself in the lake of the monastery garden where she and Erast had spent their time together.

  Quoted from Wikipedia

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