Shponka and His Aunt

Shponka and His Aunt is an opera in one act by composer Anastasiya Bespalova. The opera uses a Russian libretto by which is based upon the story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. The opera was commissioned by the Mariinsky Theatre along with two other new operas, Svetlana Nesterova's The Lawsuit and Vyacheslav Kruglik's The Carriage, all based on stories by Gogol. The three operas premiered together on 21 June 2009 during the Mariinsky Theatre's summer festival.

Roles

+RoleVoice typePremiere cast, 21 June 2009Conductor: Valery GergievIvan Fyodorovich Shponkabass-baritoneAndrei SerovAunt Vasilisa Tsupchevskamezzo-soprano Elizaveta ZakharovaGrigory Grigorievich StorchenkotenorAndrei Popov

References

External links Shponka and His Aunt, June 2009 playbill, Mariinsky Theatre