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The Golden Cockerel

VenueTheater an der Wien
CalendarFri 22 Jan 2027 - Tue 02 Feb 2027
Synopsis/Details

The lands ruled by Tsar Dodon are plagued by crises: they are threatened by his enemies, he himself has grown old and his sons are incapable of ruling. An Astrologer appears in court and offers the Tsar a Golden Cockerel that will warn him in good time of every danger. When the Tsar goes to war once again he falls in love with the Tsaritsa of Shemakha. But now the Astrologer demands precisely this woman as payment for the cockerel. The Golden Cockerel, brought into the tsardom as a miraculous saviour, now turns out to be a prophet of disaster, destruction and violence. The story ends with the Tsar’s death and a country left helpless by its rulers. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov composed his last opera, The Golden Cockerel, in 1909. Based on a fairy tale poem by Alexander Pushkin, it satirises the rule of the tsars in Russia while at the same time telling a tale of power, manipulation and failure. For the Russian director Maxim Didenko, the work is thus a parable of present-day authoritarian regimes and virtual powers, promises of salvation through technology and failed utopias. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Zolotoy petushok is a transitional work between the fairy tale operas of the nineteenth century and modern, expressionist musical theatre, placing elements of the Russian folk tradition alongside Oriental music and the orchestral splendour of Impressionism. Bass Günther Groissböck will return to the MusikTheater an der Wien to play the role of the Tsar.

Opera in three acts

Libretto by Wladimir Bjelski

In Russian with German and English surtitles

Introduction to the work 30 minutes before curtain-up

Cast

conductor:

Valentin Uryupin

stage director:

Maxim Didenko

stage design & costume design:

Galya Solodovnikova

light design:

Gleb Filshtinsky

dramaturgy:

Kai Weßler

König Dodon:

Günther Groissböck

Prinz Gwidon:

Alexey Neklyudov

Prinz Afron:

Dmitry Cheblykov

General Polkan:

Alexander Vassiliev

Amelfa:

Khatuna Mikaberidze

Der Astrologe:

Andrei Popov

Die Königin von Schemacha:

Liv Redpath

Der goldene Hahn:

Georgina Fürstenberg

 

ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Leitung: Erwin Ortner)

Venue
Theater an der Wien

About the Theater an der Wien
 

The New Opera House is not just any theatre, but the one that Emanuel Schikaneder, the all-round genius, actor, impresario with a flair for organization but above all librettist of The Magic Flute, had built in 1801 in Vienna in keeping with the spirit of Mozart.

To coincide with the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth the Theater an der Wien presents itself as a new opera house from January 2006. As a “season” opera house with productions all the year round the Theater an der Wien carves a new and independent niche in the realm of high-quality culture in Vienna. For twelve months of the year, with one premiere every month, opera will be performed under the “stagione”, or season, system: that means the cast remains unchanged from the first performance to the last one, which guarantees that the very highest international standards are maintained.

The theatre’s modern, accessible approach to music theatre as demonstrated by the works performed, the overall artistic concept Bespielung and the artistes is further underlined by the building itself, its architecture and the vibrancy of its location. The surroundings and materials, the intimate atmosphere and perfect acoustics in the historical theatre prepare the senses to experience beauty. The Theater an der Wien deliberately enters into a symbiotic relationship with its lively surroundings on the Naschmarkt street market and the young cultural scene centred in the Schleifmühl quarter.
 

How to get there


With public transport:
 

We can be reached by public transport: 

U1, U2 und U4 Station Karlsplatz, Exit Secession
Bus 59A Station Bärenmühldurchgang
Bus 57A Station Laimgrubengasse, pedestrians via Laimgrubengasse to Linke Wienzeile

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Fleischmarkt 24, 1010 Wien


We can be reached by public transport:
U1, U4: Station Schwedenplatz
Tram Linie D (bei Ablenukung über Kai), 1, 2: Station Schwedenplatz
Bus 3A (on workdays)

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