THE GAMBLERS
(Dimitri Shostakovic)
An opera- fragment based on “The Gamblers” by Nikolai Gogol
A joint presentation by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
with The European Opera Center
Director: Elena Tzavara
Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Costume-Design: Ulrike Plehn
Ikharyov: Michal Lehotsky - tenor
Stepan Ivanovitch Uteshitelny:
Peter Danailov - baritone
Shvokhnev: Roman Astakhov - bass
Colonel Krugel: Andris Lapins - tenor
Alexey: Jacek Janiszewski - bass
Gavryushka: Piotr Nowacki - bass
Adelaida Ivanovna: Amy Jew - acting role
Premiere, Wednesday, the 27.September 2006, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Hall

The Times
29.September 2006
„And both, Fleshman’s beautifully characterised and structured
score and Elena Tzavara’s simple concert dramatisation made of the
work a Chagall animation in sound.“
The Independen
04.Oktober 2006
„In two convincing semi-stagings, creatively directed by Elena Tzavara,.....“
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