Russian Opera Workshop To Feature ‘Iolanta,’ ‘The Maid of Orleans’

By David Salazar

The Russian Opera Workshop has announced that it will present two works by Tchaikovsky for this summer’s edition.

The company will showcase “Iolanta” on June 25, 26, and 27 followed by “The Maid of Orleans” on July 30, 31, and August 1.  The company previously presented ”The Maid of Orleans” in 2014; “Iolanta” got showcases in 2011 and 2015.

Meanwhile, there will be a series of Russian Romance Concerts on June 24 and 29 with music by Glinka, Rachmaninov-Kreisler, Taneev, Qui, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Medtner, Gretchaninov, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and Sviridov.

Additionally, participants can witness and engage with masterclasses by Angela Meade, Thor Eckert, Benita Valente, Sandra Hormozi, Bryan Hymel, and Sally Wolf. Those masterclasses run between June 5 and July 25, 2019.

The Russian Opera Workshop has been dedicated to Russian Opera since 2011. In sum, it has presented five operas by Tchaikovsky, two by Rachmaninoff, and works by Rubenstein, Dargomyzhsky, and Borodin.

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