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More than fifty years ago the premier of The Fiery Angel by Sergey Prokofiev took place in Rome. The opera was staged again at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome. The opera was performed in authentic language. Famous Italian director Emma Dante has put Prokofiev's composition on stage, TASS informs.
Singers from several countries participate in the premier. Among them is Elena Popovskaya (the Regata part). Many Russian singers take part in the significant Roman theater performance, including The Fabbrica Young Artists program students.
Fiery Angel is one of the not-so-well-known Prokofiev's pieces. It was staged in Italian language only once in Rome in 1966. This time the opera is performed in Russian. The libretto, that Prokofiev wrote himself, is based on the name-sake novel by Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian Valery Bruysov (1873-1924).
According to Emma Dante, it was harder to work with Russian text then with Italian, but she is very satisfied. The director told that she feels related to Russia because she''s adopted her son in Saint Petersburg. The director comes to Russia pretty often to bring new theatrical productions, and she knows Russian audience very well.
Russkiy Mir
