La Cieca never wants to hear you, the cher public, say that Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin is resting on her laurels. This week she presents for our delight a rare live performance of Tchaikovsky’s The Enchantress. Your doyenne is sure that, hearing this gorgeous score, you will follow the example of the plot synopsis: “Minstrels appear on the scene and the carousing is renewed with even greater vigor.”

Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: Charodeyka (The Enchantress)

Arnold Schoenberg Chor
ORF Radio Symphonieorchestra-Wien
Mikhail Tatarnikov, conductor
Theater an der Wien
14 September 2014

Natasya, called “Kuma” – Asmik Gregorian
Prince Nikita Kurlyatev – Vladimir Sulimsky
Princess Yevpraksiya Romanovna, his wife – Agnes Zwierko
Prince Yuriy, their son – Maxim Aksenkov
Mamirov, an old deacon – Vladimir Ognovenko
Nenila, his sister – Hanna Schwarz
Ivan Zhuran, valet of Prince Yuriyi and lover to the Princess – Martijn Cornet
Foka, Kuma’s uncle – Martin Snell
Polja, Kuma’s friend – Natalia Kawalek-Plawniak
Balakin, a guest from Nizhniy-Novgorod – Arik Armin
Potop – Stefan Cerny
Lukasch – Vasily Efrimov
Kichiga – Nikolay Didenko
Payísy – Andres Conrad
Kudma, a sorcerer – Martin Winkler

Photo: Monika Rittershaus