Organization

Festival d'Aix en Provence

Adelaide Festival

Canadian Opera Company

Singer

Baritone

Nabil Suliman

Chamberlain

Andrew Goodwin

Tenor

Owen McCausland

Tenor - II

Taras Berezhansky

Bass

Conductor

Alejo Pérez

Stage director

Robert Lepage

Assistant Stage Director

Sybille Wilson

Set designer

Carl Fillion

Costume designer

Mara Gottler

Lighting designer

Etienne Boucher

Soprano

Yuliya Pogrebnyak

Voice

Mezzo-soprano

Meredith Arwady

Soloist

Contralto

Puppet Designer

Michael Curry

Choreographer

Martin Genest

Fisherman

Yuliia Zasimova

Nightingale

The Emperor of China

Alto

Death

Cook

Opéra de Lyon

De Nationale Opera

Orchestra

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Others

State Opera South Australia Chorus

State Opera of South Australia

Jud Arthur

Bonze

Robert Macfarlane

1. Japanese emissary

Pelham Andrews

2. Japanese emissary

Norbert Hohl

3. Japanese emissary

Russian

The Nightingale and Other Fables

Adelaide

Australia

Festival Theatre

The Nightingale and Other Fables: Le Rossignol Stravinsky (+4 More)

Public

Private

The Nightingale

The Fox

2 Poems by Konstantin Balmont, K013

Pribaoutki

Berceuses du Chat

English

Approved

The world’s greatest directors can breathe new life into beloved classics. Few can do so like Robert Lepage.

Returning to Adelaide Festival for the first time since 2018, the internationally acclaimed Canadian auteur brings his brilliant imagination and a lush aesthetic to Igor Stravinsky’s The Nightingale and Other Fables.

The Nightingale, Stravinsky’s first opera, was written between 1908-13 during the composer’s Russian period, at the same time as he was working on some of his greatest masterpieces, such as The Firebird and The Rite of Spring. Inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, this enchanting work is blended with Russian fables and musical influences from Asia, Europe and early jazz from America.

Stories unfurl through acrobatic shadow play and Taiwanese hand puppets, before moving on to the ancient art of Vietnamese water puppetry for the spectacular telling of The Nightingale, set on a beautiful lake created in the confines of the theatre.

These stunning visual elements are the perfect complement to Stravinsky’s music, brought to life by a superb cast of singers from Ukraine, the United States, Canada and Australia, the State Opera South Australia Chorus and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. It’s a true feast for the senses.

With exquisite music, enchanting puppetry and captivating stories, this magical work combines the best of Stravinsky and the imagination of Lepage in a program that will delight audiences of all ages.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer