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Tchaikovsky's The Enchantress with Asmik Grigorian

A new Opera Frankfurt production of Tchaikovsky’s The Enchantress with Asmik Grigorian hailed as a ‘miracle’ and baritone Iain MacNeil as ‘world class.’

Opera in four acts (1887)
Libretto by Ippolit Shpazhinsky

Originally set in the 15th century, Tchaikovsky’s The Enchantress is updated to the present day in this innovative production. The charismatic, emancipated Nastasya, who rejects the advances of the devious Mamïrov, duly faces the implacable forces of traditional values in a society riven by divisions between liberal freedoms and religious orthodoxies. The tragic outcome engulfs everyone. This production was a triumphant success – ‘At the end, storms of enthusiasm, the likes of which are rare even at Oper Frankfurt’ (Neue Musikzeitung) – both for the staging and performers, with soprano Asmik Grigorian hailed as a ‘miracle’ and baritone Iain MacNeil as ‘world class’.

Nastasya (Kuma) – Asmik Grigorian, soprano
Prince Nikita – Iain MacNeil Baritone
Princess Yevpraksiya – Claudia Mahnke, mezzo-soprano
Prince Yuri – Alexander Mikhailov, tenor
Mamïrov / Kudma – Frederic Jost, bass

Chor der Oper Frankfurt
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
Conductor – Valentin Uryupin

Stage Director – Vasily Barkhatov
Set Designer – Christian Schmidt
Costume Designer – Kirsten Dephoff
Choreographer – Gal Fefferman

Film Director – Götz Filenius
Filmed on 30 December 2022 at Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2.110768-69 / NBD0180V
Total playing time: 203 minutes
Language: Russian · Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean
DVD: NTSC 16:9 · PCM Stereo and DTS 5.1 · 2 DVD 9 · Region: 0 (Worldwide)
BD: HD 16:9 · PCM Stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 · BD 50 · Region: A, B, C