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FULL SEMYON KOTKO (Prokofiev) Bolshoi Moscow 2025 Igor Morozov, Alexandra Durseneva, Alina Chertash, Vladislav Popov
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Semyon Kotko
- Composer: Prokofiev Sergei
- Libretto: Sergei Prokofiev, Valentin Kataev Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia
- Recorded: July 20, 2025
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Igor Morozov, Alexandra Durseneva, Alina Chertash, Vladislav Popov, Mikhail Kazakov, Elena Manistina, Polina Shabunina, Andrei Potaturin, Ekaterina Morozova, Vladimir Komovich, Roman Kollert, Igor Yanulaitis, Nikolai Kazansky, Ivan Davydov, Danil Knyazev
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Orchestra: Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre
- Chorus: Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre
- Chorus Master: Valery Borisov
- Stage Director: Sergei Novikov Set Designer: Lighting Designer: Video Designer: Dmitry Ivanchenko Chief Chorus Master: Valery Borisov
- Stage Designer: Maria Vysotskaya
- Costume Designer:
- Lighting Designer: Ruslan Mayorov
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Bolshoi Theatre
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, rusubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Semyon Kotko (Russian: Семён Котко), Op. 81, is an opera in five acts by Sergei Prokofiev to a libretto by Sergei Prokofiev and Valentin Katayev based on Katayev’s 1937 novel I, Son of Working People (Russian: Я, сын трудового народа…). It was premiered on 23 June 1940 at the Stanislavsky Opera Theatre in Moscow
Synopsis
Place: Ukraine Time: 1918.
The newly established Bolshevik government has reached peace with the Germans, but some of their forces still occupy the territory. The advancing Red Army is hampered by Ukrainian nationalists and the remaining Germans. Semyon, a demobilized soldier and prominent young man in his village, is hoping to marry Sofya, daughter of the wealthy Tkachenko. The latter hopes to restore the old order and plots with loyalist elements and Germans to undermine the revolution and to thwart Semyon’s marital intentions. In the end, Semyon, after Tkachenko’s intrigues have cost the lives of two friends, is reunited with Sofya, and Tkachenko is arrested and executed leaving behind the merry chorus of the Red Army.
Quoted from Wikipedia