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A REDISCOVERY - NATIONAL EPIC OR FAIRYTALE OPERA ABOUT THE FIGHT AGAINST EVIL?

Who is good and who is evil in this fairytale opera - and why? The nucleus of Pushkin's setting of Ruslan and Lyudmila by Mikhail Glinka is the abduction of the princess's daughter Lyudmila from Kiev, the center of both the Russian and Ukrainian founding myths. For Ruslan, the warrior promised to her, this marks the beginning of an adventurous journey through the magical realm of a powerful dwarf. The rescue operation escalates into a showdown between the men fighting for Lyudmila. But she herself increasingly becomes a distant vision of love - the longed-for prize for heroism. In 1842, in the midst of the awakening Russian national sentiment, Glinka conceived the idea of a culturally united tsarist empire, in which he merged Slavic, Finnish and Arabic melos with the bel canto fashion of his time.

Ruslan und Ljudmila

Hamburg State Opera

Paul buries himself in the memories of his deceased wife Marie. He has set up his house as a reliquary. Then he meets Marietta, a dancer. Everything about her reminds him of his great love. But Marietta is full of life and has her own wishes for a relationship with Paul. In a heated phantasmagoria, Paul is torn between his loyalty to his dead wife and the desires of the life-hungry dancer.

Soprano

Angela Denoke

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 9 - Dec 19, 2025

Ruslan und Ljudmila · Staatsoper Hamburg

Past events

Nov 9 - Dec 19, 2025

Ruslan und Ljudmila · Staatsoper Hamburg

Oct 18 - Nov 23, 2025

The dead city · Staatstheater Mainz

Future and recently performed repertoire

Naina in Ruslan and Ludmila by Glinka

Staatsoper Hamburg

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