Agrippa von Nettesheim / Mefistófeles
Ópera en cinco actos. La producción de Calixto Bieito extrae de esta obra todo su potencial de una forma tan convincente como escalofriante, ambientando la acción en la cerrada sociedad de los años 50 y trasladando esta trama de brujería, sexo y religión al realismo de los sofás de escay, las rebecas de ganchillo, la represión de la locura y el abuso infantil.
A general and his stepdaughter are both heavily in debt. When the family's tutor, in love with the girl, gets lucky at the gambling table, he tries to rescue her from her desperate situation, but she outright rejects him. Prokofiev's first full-length opera The Gambler, based on Dostoyevsky's partly autobiographical novella ironically written to settle gambling debts, is rarely performed today. This 2020 production brings together director Vasily Barkhatov and conductor Modestas Pitrenas and stars the winner of the 2019 International Opera Award, Asmik Grigorian, in the role of Polina.
