 The production has been nominated for the Golden Mask National Theatre Awards’
— Best Opera Production,
— Best Conductor (Peter Feranec, Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Mikhailovsky Theatre), — Best Stage Director (Arnaud Bernard), — Best Stage Designer in Music Theatre (Herbert Murauer), — Best Female Opera Role (Natalia Mironova for the role of Eudoxie), — Best Male Opera Role (Neil Shicoff for the role of Eléazar). 
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La Juiveopera in three acts, five scenes Music: Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy Libretto: Eugène Scribe Musical Director of the production: Peter Feranec Stage Director: Arnaud Bernard Stage Designer: Herbert Murauer Costume Co-Designer: Eva-Mareike Uhlig Lighting Designer: Reinhard Traub Director: Yulia Prokhorova Principal Chorus Master: Vladimir Stolpovskikh Choreographer: Maria Bolshakova Assistant Directors: Stefano Trespidi, Diane Chèvre-Clément, Vyacheslav Kalyuzhny Rehearsal Conductor: Andrey Velikanov Rehearsal Conductor and Style Consultant: Franck Villard Chorus Masters: Sergey Tsyplyonkov, Alexey Dmitriyev Principal Pianists: Marc Veiner, Maria Kopyseva French language Consultants: Fabrice and Lyudmila Scheid Stage Managers: Olga Kokh, Norina Sokolskaya Assistant to Stage Manager: Daria Panteleyeva Premiere of the production: February 19, 2010 Running time: 3 hours 45 minutes Performance has two intervals Performed in French (the performance will have synchronised Russian supertitles) Sets and costumes were produced in the artistic workshops of Vozrozhdenie, Ltd. The Mikhailovsky Theatre turns to the opera that became a cornerstone of the French opera repertoire. La Juive by Jacques François Fromental Halévy is a masterpiece of grand style of the early 19th century. In the productions of the grand style visual effects prevailed over the musical and dramatic logic, however, very soon the trend was conceived as a most convincing implementation of the synthetic nature of musical theatre. The opera combines the elements of lyricism, dramatism and sonority. La Juive is notable for its brilliant vocal parts and complex ensembles. The production at the Mikhailovsky Theatre by the French stage director Arnaud Bernard and stage designer Herbert Murauer adapts the arresting storyline to modern times. The unique personality means nothing for the impersonal wheels of state and the opposition is treated taking into account the experience of several generations, who really know the nature of totalitarianism. The opera is set in the city of Constance in 1414 during the time of persecution of Jews. Through the story of an impossible love between a Christian man and a Jewish woman, the work may be seen as a plea for religious tolerance.
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1833–2012 Mikhailovsky Theatre St. Petersburg
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