Alexander Raskatov - "Animal Farm"
Alexander Raskatov’s opera – Animal Farm – was created at the Dutch National Opera on March 3rd, 2023. Based on George Orwell’s novel and adapted in Ian Burton’s libretto, this powerful and committed work, dealing with a burning topic, will follow its way to the international scene at the Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro Massimo (Palermo), and at Finnish National Opera and Ballet (Helsinki). This craze highlights the piece’s appropriateness as well as its meaningful musical strength.
Alexander Raskatov - Animal Farm
Opera
World premiere: March 3rd, 2023 - Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam)
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Nieuw Amsterdams Kinderkoor
Gennady Bezzubenkov, Old Major
Misha Kiria, Napoleon
Michael Gniffke, Snowball
James Kryshak, Squealer
Germán Olvera, Boxer
Karl Laquit, Benjamin
Artem Krutko, Minimus
Helena Rasker, Clover
Maya Gour*, Muriel
Elena Vassilieva, Blacky
Holly Flack, Mollie
Karl Laquit, Pigetta (young actress)
Marcel Beekman, Mr. Jones
Francis van Broekhuizen, Mrs. Jones
Frederik Bergman, Mr. Pilkington
Alexander de Jong, Joris van Baar, two men of Mr. Jones
Mark Kurmanbayev, Michiel Nonhebel, two men of Mr. Pilkington
Alexander de Jong, Mark Kurmanbayev, two men from veterinary car
Ian Burton, libretto
Damiano Michieletto,stagging
Bassem Akiki, conductor
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