The Tale Of Tsar Saltan (2019)
Tsar Saltan marries the youngest of three sisters, having heard that it is her dearest wish to present him with a heroic son and heir. Her jealous sisters and the old Aunt Barbaricha cannot bear this situation to persist and by trickery see to it that the Tsaritsa and her newborn son Gvidon are thrown into the sea. In their barrel they are washed ashore on an enchanted island where the rapidly growing tsar’s son saves a swan from the clutches of a wizard. In gratitude, the swan helps Gvidon to visit his native country once again in the guise of a bumblebee. Three wishes, three miracles and three bee-stings later, father and son are finally able to get to know each other.
Director: Dmitri Tcherniakov
https://www.lamonnaie.be/en/program/840-the-tale-of-tsar-saltan
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Ante Jerkunica as Tsar Saltan |
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Svetlana Aksenova as Tsaritsa Militrisa |
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Stine Marie Fischer as Tkatchikha |
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Bernarda Bobro as Povarikha |
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Carole Wilson as Babarikha |
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Bogdan Volkov as Tsarevitch Gvidon |
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Olga Kulchynska as Tsarevna Swan-Bird / Lyebyed |
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Vasily Gorshkov as old man |
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Alexander Vassiliev as Skomorokh / Shipman |
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Nicky Spence as Messenger / Shipman |
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Alexander Kravets as Shipman |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elena Zaytseva | Costume Designer |
| Art | Dmitri Tcherniakov | Set Designer |
| Sound | Alain Altinoglu | Conductor |
| Lighting | Gleb Filshtinsky | Lighting Design |
| Art | Gleb Filshtinsky | Art Direction |
| Directing | Dmitri Tcherniakov | Director |