Kashchey the Immortal - Independent Opera Company
Fri, Oct 22
|Los Angeles
Brooke Iva Lohman sings Tsarevna, Princess Beloved Beauty in this rarely performed one-act opera by Rimsky-Korsakov.
Time & Location
Oct 22, 2021, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Los Angeles, 12000 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USA
About the event
Independent Opera Company begins its tenth season with two wonderful and rarely performed one-act operas by the Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov. Get Tickets
Mozart and Salieri is based on a play by Alexander Pushkin and was an inspiration for Amadeus, both the play and the movie. Kashchey the Immortal, by the composer's description, is "An Autumn fairy tale" that is juxtaposed to his previous "Spring tale" The Snow Maiden, which IOC performed in 2019. Based on Russian folklore, Kashchey tells the enchanting story of an evil old magician Kashchey, a beautiful Princess, who is Kashchey's captive, a brave Prince, Kashchey's seductive and dangerous daughter Kashceevna, and mythical Storm-Bogatyr, the Mighty Wind. The libretto (text) of this opera was written by the composer himself. These two enthralling operas have a lot in common, but are also quite different. Mozart and Salieri is composed with great reverence for both Mozart the composer and Pushkin the…