The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Year: 2019
Country: Russia
Director: Dmitri Tcherniakov
Conductor: Alain Altinoglu
Set designer: Dmitri Tcherniakov
Costume Designer: Elena Zaiceva
Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
Cast: Ante Jerkunica, Svetlana Aksenova, Stine Marie Fischer, Bernarda Bobro, Carole Wilson, Bogdan Volkov, Olga Kulchynska
Genre: opera
Runtime: 157 min.
Age: 12+
Tsar Saltan marries the youngest of three sisters, having heard that it is her dearest wish to present him with a heroic son and heir. Her jealous sisters and the old Aunt Barbaricha cannot bear this situation to persist and by trickery see to it that the Tsaritsa and her newborn son Gvidon are thrown into the sea. In their barrel they are washed ashore on an enchanted island where the rapidly growing tsar’s son saves a swan from the clutches of a wizard. In gratitude, the swan helps Gvidon to visit his native country once again in the guise of a bumblebee. Three wishes, three miracles and three bee-stings later, father and son are finally able to get to know each other.