The tale of a Priest and his employee Balda in Saint Petersburg, Mikhailovsky Theater

Concert “The Tale of the Pope and his worker Balda” at the Mikhailovsky Theater is a unique event that will take place on the site of one of the most prestigious theaters in St. Petersburg.

The composition based on the fairy tale by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin was written by Dmitry Dmitrievich Shostakovich in the mid-1930s for a cartoon opera, which was never released. In the early 1980s, “comic scenes” staged on the basis of this score were very popular among the audience of the Maly Opera Theater. The performance was performed 146 times. In 2016, fragments of an unusual musical fairy tale were presented for the first time to a children's audience as part of a vocal cycle of chamber concerts and received such a warm welcome from our little viewers that they were performed in full in 2019.

At this concert you will be able to meet your favorite characters from Pushkin’s fairy tale and discover unexpected facets in the work of the famous composer. Leading soloists of the opera troupe will be involved in this concert, which guarantees high quality performance.

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