On 15 November at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre soloists of the Mariinsky Opera and the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers will present Gioachino Rossini's opera La gazza ladra (concert performance).
The lead roles will be performed by Yaroslav Petryanik (Fabrizio), Anna Kiknadze (Lucia), Ivan Kulikov (Giannetto), Evelina Agabalaeva (Ninetta), Pavel Shmulevich (Fernando), Dinar Dzhusoev (Gottardo), Elena Tsvetkova (Pippo) and Carlos d'Onofrio (Isacco). Zaurbek Gugkaev will be conducting the Mariinsky Orchestra.
"Rossini had become bored of bowing to audiences who had become bored of applauding" – such was the description of the opera La gazza ladra's success by Stendahl who attended the premiere at the Teatro alla Scala on 31 May 1817. The work, composed as an opera semiseria where the "serious" elements are combined with comic ones, enjoyed great popularity with the public in the 19th century. The opera's libretto was based on Louis-Charles Caigniez and Jean-Marie d'Aubigny's play La Pie voleuse, ou la Servante de Palaiseau (the play itself, presented in Paris in 1815, was also eagerly attended by the public). The opera's overture won particular popularity – it created a sensation at the premiere and drew stormy applause at the first twenty-seven performances. In the 20th century it was generally the overture to La gazza ladra that was performed in musical theatres – the opera itself was rarely performed.
The performance of the opera La gazza ladra at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre opens the subscription of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers (directed by Larisa Gergieva) Masters of Bel Canto, which will also see performances of Vincenzo Bellini's Il pirata (12 December), Gaetano Donizetti's La Favorite, La Fille du régiment and Anna Bolena (1 February, 30 April, 11 May) and Gioachino Rossini's Il signor Bruschino and La scala di seta (2 March).
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