FULL THE ENCHANTRESS (Tchaikovsky) Naples 2017 Yaroslav Petryanik, Liubov Sokolova, Nikolai Yemtsov, Alexei Tanovitski
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: The Enchantress aka The Sorceress russ. Charodéyka
- Composer: Tchaikovsky Piotr Ilyich
- Libretto: Ippolit Shpazhinsky Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli, Italy
- Recorded: February 2017
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Yaroslav Petryanik, Liubov Sokolova, Nikolai Yemtsov, Alexei Tanovitski, Lyudmila Gradova, Grigor Werner, Maria Bajankina, Anna Barhatova, Artyom Melikhov, Vitaly Dudkin, Denis Begansky, Lev El'gardt
- Conductor: Zaurbek Gugkaev
- Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
- Chorus: Coro del Teatro di San Carlo
- Stage Director: David Pountney
- Stage Designer: Robert Innes Hopkins
- Costume Designer: Tatiana Noginova
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Real Teatro Napoli
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Unknown
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The Enchantress (or The Sorceress, Russian: Чародейка, romanized: Charodéyka) is an opera in four acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky based on the libretto by Ippolit Shpazhinsky, using his drama with the same title. The opera was composed between September 1885 and May 1887 in Maidanovo (a village in the Klin district of Moscow) and was first performed in Saint Petersburg in 1887.
Synopsis
Time: The last quarter of the 15th century Place: Nizhny Novgorod and its vicinity
The action takes place at the last quarter of the 15th century at a tavern and brothel near Nizhny Novgorod. Nastasya (Kuma), the charming owner of the inn, has made herself an enemy in rejecting the devious Mamïrov, the right-hand man of the local governor Nikita Danilovich Kurlyatev. He spreads the gossip that Nastasya is an enchantress, and every man whom she meets falls for her. Yuriy, Nikita’s son, begins to frequent the inn, as does his father, who falls madly in love with Nastasya (without any success), who threatens her that he will reach his goal by whatever means. Mamïrov confronts Nikita’s wife, Yevpraksiya, with the truth, while her son – not yet personally involved with Nastasya – swears to avenge his mother. While confronting Nastasya he learns that it is he whom she loves. They both plan to flee during the night not knowing that, by now, Mamïrov has worked out an elaborate plot to wreak his revenge on Nastasya as well as on Nikita and his family with devastating effect.