ВОЙНА И МИР (WAR & PEACE)
contemporary
opera
18
February 1., Wednesday 18:00
Hungarian State Opera
Opera in thirteen scenes, in two parts, in Russian with Hungarian and English surtitles
Prokofiev was inspired to compose a musical drama based on Leo Tolstoy’s colossal historical novel War and Peace by the invasion of Russia by Nazi Germany. The Peace in the first half of the opera is a series of Prokofiev’s most beautiful and intimate tableaus, and it forms a strong contrast with the tsarist (or Soviet) scenes of the second, War part. Prokofiev paints a masterful picture of the fight of the masses and the individual characters in it. He interweaves the plot into a gigantic tale of love and death. The opera featuring 72 characters is adapted and produced by Catalan director Calixto in co-production with the Geneva Grand Théâtre.
Details
- Location
- Hungarian State Opera
- Date
- Feb. 1, 2023
- Start time
- 6 p.m.
- End time
- 9:50 p.m.