In the beginning was a murder. Before, after, and in between: women — Italian, German, French, Spanish women, chambermaids, countesses, peasants, princesses, blonde, brunette, pale, fat, thin, old, rich, ugly, beautiful women — no matter, as long as they are female. Special preferences: young and inexperienced. So much tolerance! Thank you, noble Don, hero of equality. How would you like a women’s movement? Or we could simply wait until the ground opens up to swallow the murderer … It is the last moment; an unavoidable downfall. Don Giovanni, libertinage incarnate, has no place in the realm of reason. It is social progress which throws moral permissiveness into the jaws of hell.

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Don Giovanni

Staatsoper Hamburg

The years between the death of Ivan the Terrible and the ascension of the Romanov family to the throne are known in Russia as the “Time of Troubles”. During this time, Boris Godunov strives to gain power with an iron determination. However, the ghosts of the past catch up with him and he dies a madman, abandoned and betrayed by everyone. In the meantime, the country sinks ever deeper into corruption, putsches and intrigue. A new “Time of Troubles” dawned during Modest Mussorgsky’s lifetime: the old order faltered and could not survive, everyone felt it. During a period of political upheaval and shaken by dramatic developments in his private life, Mussorgsky created a work about the arrogance of power and the eroticism of betrayal – as contradictory and fascinating as his personality itself.

Boris Godunov

First the music and then the speech! Yes, what is really important, the music or the words? Judge for yourself during these two concerts where the Italian opera gets to spread its languid and dramatic wings over the concert hall. There will be beloved arias and great emotions when the conductor Patrik Ringborg drives the Malmö Symphony Orchestra and the soloists to new heights.

Viva Italia - Opera Favorites

Malmö Concert Hall

Seeking to test their girlfriends’ fidelity, two men wager that they will remain steadfast. They subject the women to passionate onslaught, and in the end, the fortress of their faithfulness falls. The men, however, involved as they are in the experiment, failed to reckon that they too might betray their partners and feelings. All this cheating, confusing, lying – to others and oneself – is grotesquely comical and simultaneously cruel. One side is inclined not to think about the new situation (Guglielmo and Dorabella), while the others try to comprehend it to the point of exhaustion (Fiordiligi and Ferrando). The final ceremony seeks to cement the social status quo, bringing this new freedom to its knees. The marriage, however, is only for show, and beneath the surface of tradition, the first cracks appear.

Dovlet Nurgeldiyev

Events

Upcoming events

8 - 10 May, 2025

Viva Italia - Opera Favorites · Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Jun 22 - Jul 2, 2025

Così fan tutte · Staatsoper Hamburg

Past events

Oct 25 - Nov 3, 2024

Don Giovanni · Staatsoper Hamburg

3 - 11 Oct, 2024

Boris Godunov · Staatsoper Hamburg

Future and recently performed repertoire

Ferrando in Così fan tutte by Mozart

Staatsoper Hamburg

Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni by Mozart

Staatsoper Hamburg

Grigorij / Dimitrij in Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky

Staatsoper Hamburg

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