Digest of Events in March
Yessentuki
Musical performance “Khanuma” (12+)
March 9, 07:00 p.m.
Musical performance based on the play by Avksenti Tsagareli. Music by Giya Kancheli. “Khanuma” is a classic vaudeville comedy with national music, legends, toasts full of peculiar humor and dancing. Two matchmakers – Kabato and Khanuma – are trying to arrange the marriage of the once-rich, but ruined Prince Pantiashvili. Kabato wants to be the main matchmaker and poses all sorts of obstacles to Khanumа. Still Khanuma really believes that “there has been no better matchmaker since the world was created.” Who will find the best bride for the Prince?
Venue: Chaliapin Concert Hall, 2, Kislovodskaya St., Yessentuki
Opera by J. Bizet “Carmen” (18+)
March 28, 07:00 p.m.
An opera in four acts. Soldiers, stopping near a tobacco factory, admire beautiful girls. They are waiting for a lunch break when the workers come out, but the fiery gypsy Carmen is awaited with greatest anticipation. She flirts with the soldiers while she sings her habanera song. And only Don Jose is indifferent to her, since he has already a fiancee, Michaela! Carmen is angry about this fact, she does her best to ensnare the young sergeant’s heart and finally manages it.
Venue: Chaliapin Concert Hall, 2, Kislovodskaya St., Yessentuki
Opera “Women are like that, or The School for Lovers” (12+)
March 7, 07:00 p.m.
The opera in two acts by W.A. Mozart tells the story of Don Alfonso, who is sure that any woman is capable of betrayal. He offers a bet to his young friends Ferrando and Guglielmo, who are in love with sisters Dorabella and Fiordiligi to prove his beliefs. The girls are waiting for their gentlemen, but Don Alfonso comes instead and informs the girls that their sweethearts have been called off to war. The sisters say goodbye to their lovers swearing eternal fidelity to them.
Venue: A. N. Skriabin Hall, 3A, Karl Marx Avenue, Kislovodsk
Organ Concert Bach’s Musical Universe (12+)
March 27, 07:00 p.m.
Ivan Zinoviev, the soloist, the laureate of international competitions, will perform at the Bach’s Festival.
Venue: A. N. Skriabin Hall, 3A, Karl Marx Avenue, Kislovodsk
Pyatigorsk
Classical music concert “Lumisfera. In the arms of love. 3,000 candles” (6+)
March 6, 07:00 p.m.
Each note of the tenderest program Lumisfera is imbued with the heavenly blessing of love. This is the path to real life where the law of love is the main law predetermining the course of existence. Not only the musical instruments, but also the voices of vocalists will tell you about the tenderness and passion: male and female voices are so different, unique and self-sufficient. Both will look for each other in order to find themselves and sound in a duet, stronger than ever before. The Lumisfera’s magicians will create a little paradise of harmony and romance where sharing of feelings will be easy. Love will publicly manifest itself and open its arms to you. All that remains is to take a step forward.
Venue: Sofia Palace of Culture, 7, Nalchikskoye Highway, Pyatigorsk
The performance “Snowstorm” (12+)
March 13, 07:00 p.m.
The musical story “Snowstorm” is a new format of theatre performance. It’s the first time when the audience will see not only the soloists, ballet dancers, but also the orchestra artists led by conductor and musical director Roman Demidov on the stage. The performance is full of picturesque, colorful musical illustrations made by composer Georgy Sviridov. The performance is based on Alexander Pushkin’s short story “The Snowstorm”. The story “The Snowstorm” immerses you into a historical atmosphere of the Russian Empire of the early 19th century. This is an expressive illustration of a young woman’s life, with her worries, fears, hopes and love.
Venue: State Budgetary Cultural Institution of the Stavropol Territory Operetta Theater, 17, Kirov Avenue, Pyatigorsk
