Abesalom ed Eteri
La tragica storia d’amore del principe Abesalom e della giovane fanciulla Eteri è protagonista nella prima opera georgiana in cui Zakaria Paliashvili unisce trama e musica tradizionale della Georgia con le forme operistiche europee. Lo spettacolo sin dal suo debutto nel 1919 è divenuto un classico che diverte e commuove il pubblico in tutto il mondo.
Opera in quattro atti su libretto di Petre Mirianashvili
basato sul poema medievale georgiano Eteriani
versione ritmica italiana a cura di Sirio Scacchetti
musica Zacharia Paliashvili
Data
Teatro Regio di Parma
Sabato 9 maggio, ore 17.00
Domenica 10 maggio, ore 15.30
Durata 2 h e 15 minuti, compreso intervallo
Interpreti
Eteri, un’orfana ragazza del villaggio Tamar Lebanidze
Abesalom, il principe, figlio di Abio Konstantine Kipiani
Murman, il visir di Abesalom Giorgi Lomiseli
Tandarukh, un guerriero Tamaz Saginadze
Marikh Stela, sorella di Abesalom Mariana Beridze
Natela, la regina Irina Aleksidze
Abio, re dei georgiani Givi Gigineishvili
The Guest, un ospite Aleksandre Tibelishvili
Direttore Zaza Azmaiparashvili
Regia Gocha Kapanadze
Scene Lomgul Murusidze
Costumi Ester Martin
Coreografie Rita Simsive
ORCHESTRA DOMENICO SCARLATTI
CORO DEL TBLISI OPERA & BALLET STATE THEATRE
Maestro del coro Avtandil Chkhenkeli
GRUPPO DI BALLO GEORGIANO TRADIZIONALE “MAMULI”
Allestimento Tblisi Opera & Ballet State Theatre
Sovrintendente Badri Maisuradze
Coordinamento artistico George Andguladze
Spettacolo con sopratitoli in italiano
Synopsis
Eteri, tormented by an unhappy life with her stepmother, dreams in the woods of the arrival of a saviour. During a hunting expedition, Prince Abesalom, the king’s heir, arrives; he falls in love with her at first sight and asks for her hand in marriage. However, Murman, Abesalom’s vizier, is also in love with her and, by selling his soul to the devil, obtains in return an enchanted gift to be given to her during the wedding. This is how Eteri falls ill.
The entire court advises Abesalom to send her to the countryside to recover, and it is here that Murman requests that he, in his castle, be the one to look after poor Eteri’s health. Compelled for the sake of his beloved, the king consents and the vizier carries out his plan. With his beloved far away, the prince falls ill with grief and sends Murman, now Eteri’s husband, on a long journey to the Indies to procure holy water for him.
Aware of his terrible deeds, the vizier knows he will never return from this arduous journey and sets off knowing that death awaits him. The queen, believing that the sight of Eteri might heal her son, begs her to go to him. The frail Abesalom, overjoyed to see her again, dies. Eteri, no longer wishing to live without love, takes her own life.
