Serebrennikov’s production of the adventures of an enterprising barber in the era of gadgets is nominated for a prestigious opera prize Automatic translate

LONDON. Kirill Serebrennikov entered the list of finalists of the Opera Awards.

The International Opera Awards is an ambitious project by businessman Harry Hyman and music critic, editor of authoritative Opera Magazine John Allison. It was founded in 2013 to encourage outstanding productions created in the opera genre and to attract public attention to them. One of the first owners was the famous director Dmitry Chernyakov. The prize was awarded to him for a DVD with the production of the Tsar’s Bride by Rimsky-Korsakov in Staatsoper Berlin.

Kirill Serebrennikov, who was one of the nominees for this year, is not a newcomer to the opera scene. It is enough to mention several significant works of the last decade: Verdi’s Falstaff at the Mariinsky Theater, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Golden Cockerel at the Bolshoi Theater, American Lulu Neuwirth at Komische Oper, Strauss’ Salome at the Stuttgart Opera. At the Opera Awards claims a new joint project with Komische Oper - "The Barber of Seville", which premiered last year. As in previous productions, starting with the debut Falstaff, plot conflicts are built into this day. With the parallel reality of social networks, sophisticated gadgets, an influx of migrants. The avant-garde interpretation does not leave indifferent either the audience or music critics, causing conflicting emotions: from complete enthusiasm to grunts regarding the insufficient elaboration of some nuances.

Will the artistic director of the Gogol Center be ahead of the director in the nominations of Robert Karsen, Nigel Lauri, Christoph Loy, Damiano Micheletto and Tatyana Gyurbaka, will Anna Netrebko, the Musical Theater named after A.N. N.I.Sats and the choir of MusicAeterna, will be known in early May. In the meantime, Serebrennikov, together with composer Ilya Demutsky and choreographer Yuri Posokhov, is working on the production of the ballet Nureyev, whose premiere at the Bolshoi is scheduled for July 2018.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru