Prokofiev: War and Peace

Synopsis

Sergei S. Prokofiev's monumental setting of Leo N. Tolstoy's epic novel, War and Peace. The composer and his wife Mira compressed the plot, set during Napoleon's Russian campaign, into a powerful sequence of scenes in which the love story between Natasha Rostova and Andrei Bolkonsky and the description of the Russian army's fight against the French invasion alternate in rich contrast, and at the same time are closely interwoven. All is related by the music in its fullness of splendid themes and touchingly quiet moments. Prokofiev's musical-dramatic masterpiece combines social drama and historical chronicle in its 13 scenes to form an exuberant panorama. In this production by Dmitri Tcherniakov, the opera is performed in in Munich for the first time ever.

Release Date: 2023-03-05

Runtime: 258 minutes

Director: Andy Sommer

Top Cast

Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Fürst Andrej Bolkonski
Olga Kulchynska as Natascha Rostowa
Mischa Schelomianski as Ilja Andrejewitsch Rostow
Alexandra Yangel as Sonja / Adjutant Murats
Kevin Conners as Gastgeber des Silvesterballs / De Beausset / Französischer Abbé
Alexander Fedin as Lakai des Silvesterballs / Kaisarow
Violeta Urmana as Marja Dmitrijewna Achrossimowa
Olga Guryakova as Peronskaja / Händlerin
Arsen Soghomonyan as Graf Pierre Besuchow
Victoria Karkacheva as Gräfin Hélène Besuchowa