Details

The old Cossack military commander Mazepa wishes to marry a willing young girl, Mariya, to the horror of her father Kochubei. He decides to undermine Mazepa by informing the tsar of the old man's plan to join forces with the king of Sweden. Running time 3 hours 40 mins.

Cast/Performers

Nikolai Putilin (Mazeppa Jun 30 / Jul 7), Valery Alexeev (Mazeppa Jul 1 / 4), Olga Guryakova (Maria Jun 30), Tatiana Pavlovskaya (Maria Jul 1 / 7), Tatiana Borodina (Maria Jul 4), Vladimir Vaneev (Jun 30), Sergei Alexashkin (Jul 1 / 4), Mikhail Kit (Jul 7), Larissa Diadkova (Lyubov Jun 30 Jul 4 / 7), Olga Savova (Lyubov Jul 1), Viktor Lutsiuk (Andrei Jun 30 Jul 4 / 7), Oleg Balashov (Jul 1)

Creatives/Company

Music: Tchaikovsky
Lyrics(s): Tchaikovsky, Burenini (after [Pushkin]), Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Victor Burenin
Company: Kirov Opera
Conductor(s): Valery Gergiev (Jun 30 / Jul 4), Boris Gruzin (Jul 1 / 7)
Director(s): Ilya Shlepianov (original staging), Yuri Alexandrov (restaging)
Design(s): Alexander Konstantinovsky (original designs), Viacheslav Okuniev (revival designs)
Lighting: Vladimir Lukasevich