TheatreHD Opera Club in GUM Cinema. Zaide oder Der Weg des Lichts. Premiere with Nelya Nasibulina
Оперный клуб TheatreHD в Кинозале ГУМ. Заида, или Путь света. Премьера с Нелей Насибулиной
On April 9 at 7:00 PM, the TheatreHD Opera Club at the GUM Cinema Hall presents a mysterious Mozart rarity – "Zaide, or The Path of Light" from the stage of the 2025 Salzburg Festival, staged by the rising star of the young generation of conductors, Raphaël Pichon.
Our guide into the world of this rare Mozart masterpiece is Nelya Nasibulina, a musicologist, blogger, and presenter of concerts at the Moscow Philharmonic, who is also the recipient of a special prize from the all-Russian "Diapason" Award of the Association of Music Journalists, Critics, and Musicologists.
- 18:45 – guests arrive, a complimentary offerinfg from Simple
Not everything called an opera is actually one. The singspiel "Zaide" is a pasticcio, as the work was left unfinished and never presented as a complete piece during the composer's lifetime. The opera lacks an overture, a finale, and dialogues, allowing each director to choose how to tell this story to the audience.
The creator of this concept, Raphaël Pichon, has chosen as the leitmotif of his production a story that is highly relevant to our time – one about the right to life and love, and the striving towards the light. On stage, within the colossal and extraordinarily striking space of the Felsenreitschule, there is only the play of light and shadow. And the people: the Baroque orchestra "Pygmalion," known for its bold and original interpretations, the soloists, and the choir, all dressed in white shirts. No sets. This is a story of gestures, movement, and singing. And the great Mozart himself – which, in itself, is priceless.
TheatreHD Opera Club at the GUM cinema hall
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