Trois Soeurs / Three sisters / Drei Schwestern

World premiere: March 13, 1998, Lyon

Ushio Amagatsu & Peter Eötvös photo by Gerard Amsellem

Commissioned by the Opera National de Lyon Opera National de Lyon Russian version Conductors: Kent Nagano, Peter Eötvös Staging: Ushio Amagatsu Scene: Natsuyuki Nakanishi Costume: Sayoko Yamaguchi Light: Ushio Amagatsu, Genta Iwamura General assistant: Keiji Morita   Cast: Andrej: Albert Schagidullin Natasha: Gary Boyce (counter-tenor) Olga: Alain Aubin (counter-tenor) Masha: Vyatcheslav Kagan-Paley (counter-tenor) Irina: Oleg Riabets (counter-tenor) Kuligin: Nikita Storojev Verchinin: Wojtek Drabowicz Tusenbach: Dietrich Henschel Soljony: Denis Sedov Doctor: Peter Hall Fedotik: Marc Duguay Rode: Ivan Matiakh Anfisa: Jan Alofs

Grand Prix de la Critique 1997/98 - Prix Claude-Rostand (Paris, 1998)
Victoires de la Musique Classique et du Jazz (Paris, 1999)

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L'Avant Scène Opéra No 204 (2001) Peter Eötvös: Trois Soeurs (libretto, analyses, reviews, photos, performance-list, CD-s) homepage: www.asopera.com e-mail: premieres.loges@wanadoo.fr

German premiere: October 13, 1999, Düsseldorf

• Performances:
  15, 17, 19, 27 October,
  1, 5, 7 November

  Deutsche Oper am Rhein
  German version, with women in women´s roles
  Conductors: Wen-Pin Chien, Günther Albers
  Staging: Inga Levant
  Scene: Johannes Schütz
  Costume: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
  Light: Markus Miësch
  Videoprojektionen: Klaus vom Bruch

  Cast:
  Irina: Lisa Griffith
  Masha: Marta Marquez
  Olga: Annette Seiltgen
  Andrej: Richard Byme
  Natasha: Morenike Fadayomi
  Kuligin: Peter Nikolaus Kante
  Anfisa: Martha Mödl
  Tusenbach: Hans Lydman
  Soljony: Sami Luttinen
  Verschinin: Ludwig Grabmeier
  Doctor: David Owen
  Rodé: Alexander Mayr
  Fedotik: Martin Koch
  

Dutch premiere: November 29, Utrecht

• Performances:
  December 1, 1999, Utrecht
  December 4, Den Haag
  December 7, Enschede
  December 9, Eindhoven
  December 11, Den Bosch
  December 14, Rotterdam
  December 16, Maastricht
  December 17-18, Amsterdam

  Nationale Reisopera
  Russian version with counters
  Conductors: Niksa Bareza, Jonathan Stockhammer
  Staging: Stanislas Nordey
  Scene: Emmanuel Clolus
  Costume: Raoul Fernandez
  Light: Philippe Berthomé
  Radio Symphonie Orkest Hilversum

  Cast:
  Irina: Oleg Ryabets (counter-tenor)
  Masha: Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor)
  Olga: David Cordier (counter-tenor)
  Natasha: Gary Boyce (counter-tenor)
  Andrej: Mark Holland
  Tusenbach: Roger Smeets
  Verschinin: Martin Tzonev
  Kuligin: Dario Süss
  Soljony: Bart Driessen
  Doctor: Julius Best
  Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
  Fedotik: Terence Mirau
  Anfisa: Tom Haenen

Hungarian premiere: March 2, 2000, Budapest

• March 5, Budapest

  Budapest Spring Festival
  Operahouse Budapest
  Hungarian version, women in women´s roles
  conductors: Peter Eötvös, László Tihanyi
  Staging: István Szabó
  Scene: Attila Csikós
  Costume:Györgyi Szakács
  UMZE Ensemble, Opera Orchestra

  Cast:
  Irina: Krisztina Sinka
  Masha: Andrea Meláth
  Olga: Márta Lukin
  Natasha: Jolán Sánta
  Andrej: Kázmér Sárkány
  Tusenbach: András Káldi Kiss
  Verschinin: Gábor Németh
  Kuligin: Máté Szécsi
  Soljony: Péter Fried
  Doctor: Dénes Gulyás
  Rodé: János Ocsovay
  Fedotik: Zsolt Derecskei
  Anfisa: Tibor Gyapjas

Hamburger Staatsoper, Germany

• 24, 26, 28, 30 September, 2000
  Russian version, with counters
  Conductors: Ingo Metzmacher, Boris Schäfer
  Staging: Stanislas Nordey
  Scene: Emmanuel Clolus
  Costume:Raoul Fernandez
  Light:Philippe Berthomé

  Cast:
  Irina:Oleg Riabets
  Masha: Lawrence Zazzo
  Olga: David Cordier
  Natasha: Gary Boyce
  Andrej:Mark Holland
  Tusenbach: Olivier Lallouette
  Verschinin :Oliver Zwarg
  Kulygin: Simon Yang
  Soljony: Andreas Hörl
  Doctor: Julius Best
  Rodé: Dirk Schmitz
  Fedotik: Martin Homrich
  Anfisa: Carl Schultz

Freiburger Theater, Germany

• 8, 11, 14, 21, 26 October
  1, 4 November, 2000
  Russian version with counters
  Philharmonisches Orchester der Stadt Freiburg
  Conductors: Kwamé Ryan, Errico Fresis
  Staging: Gerd Heinz
  Scene and costume: Stefanie Seitz

  Cast:
  Irina: Susan Davis-Holmes
  Masha: Sigrun Schell
  Olga: Rosemary Nencheck
  Natasha: Teresa Erbe
  Tusenbach: Gregor Dalal
  Verschinin: Riccardo Lombardi
  Andrej: Wolfgang Newerla
  Kulygin: Dariusz Niemirowicz
  Doctor: Roderic Keating
  Soljony: Luiz Molz
  Anfisa: Joke Kramer
  Rodé: René Velázquez Diaz
  Fedotik: Patrick Jones

Zagreb Festival

• Budapest Opera House
  Hungarian version with women
  Conductors: Gergely Vajda, László Tihanyi
  29 April, 2001 Zagreb
  Directed by István Szabó

Edinbourgh Festival, UK

• 25 August, 2001, Edinbourgh, Great Britain
  concert version
  Conductors: Peter Eötvös, Errico Fresis

Hamburger Staatsoper, Germany

• 7, 14, 20 October, 2001 Hamburg
  Russian version with counters
  Conductors: Ingo Metzmacher, Boris Schäfer
  Directed by: Stanislas Nordey
  
  

Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, France

• 6, 8, 10, 12, 13 November, 2001
  Russian version with counters
  Conductors: Kent Nagano, Peter Eötvös
  Directed by Ushio Amagatsu
  
  Cast:
  Irina: Oleg Riabets
  Masha: Bejun Mehta
  Olga: Alain Aubin
  Natasha: Gary Boyce
  Tusenbach: Gregor Dalal
  Verschinin: Wojtek Drabowiczi
  Andrej: Albert Schagidullin
  Kulygin: Nikita Storojev
  Doctor: Peter Hall
  Soljony: Denis Sedov
  Anfisa: Jan Alofs
  Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
  Fedotik: Valerij Serkin
  

La Monnaie, Brüssel, Belgium

• 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21 March, 2002
  Russian version with counters
  Conductors: Peter Eötvös, Roland Boer
  Directed by Ushio Amagatsu
  
  Cast:
  Irina: Oleg Riabets
  Masha: Lawrence Zazzo
  Olga: Alain Aubin
  Natasha: Gary Boyce
  Tusenbach: Gregor Dalal
  Verschinin: Wojtek Drabowicz
  Andrej: Albert Schagidullin
  Kulygin: Nikita Storojev
  Doctor: Peter Hall
  Soljony: Henry Waddington
  Anfisa: Jan Alofs
  Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
  Fedotik: Valerij Serkin
  

Opera National de Lyon, France

• 18, 20, 22, 14, 16 April, 2002
  Russian version with counters
  Conductors: Kwamé Ryan, Jonathan Stockhammer
  Directed by: Ushio Amagatsu
  
  Cast:
  Irina: Oleg Riabets
  Masha: Lawrence Zazzo
  Olga: Alain Aubin
  Natasha: Gary Boyce
  Tusenbach: Olivier Lallouette
  Verschinin: Riccardo Lombardi
  Andrej: Albert Schagidullin
  Kulygin: Nikita Storojev
  Doctor: Peter Hall
  Soljony: Peter Fried
  Anfisa: Jan Alofs
  Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
  Fedotik: Terence Mirau
  

Wiener Festwochen, Austria

• 25, 27, 29, 31 May, 2002
  Russian version with counters
  Conductors: Peter Eötvös, László Tihanyi
  Directed by: Ushio Amagatsu
  
  Cast:
  Irina: Oleg Riabets
  Masha: Lawrence Zazzo
  Olga: Alain Aubin
  Natasha: Gary Boyce
  Tusenbach: Olivier Lallouette
  Verschinin: Riccardo Lombardi
  Andrej: Albert Schagidullin
  Kulygin: Nikita Storojev
  Doctor: Peter Hall
  Soljony: Peter Fried
  Anfisa: Jan Alofs
  Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
  Fedotik: Terence Mirau
  

Opernhaus Kassel, Germany

• Performances from 2 November, 2002
  German version, women in women's roles
  Conductors: Roberto Paternostro, Arne Willimczik
  Directed by István Szabó
  Performances: 2, 13, 17, 22 November 2002
  
  Cast:
  Irina: Petra Schmidt
  Masha: Michaela Miehring
  Olga: Alexandra Kloose
  Natasha: Marisca Mulder
  Tusenbach: Hang-Georg Priese
  Verschinin: Sebastian Bollacher
  Andrej: Tito You
  Kulygin: Vidar Gunnarsson
  Doctor: Richard Roberts
  Soljony: Dieter Hönig
  Anfisa: Ruthild Engert
  Rodé: Partick Busert
  Fedotik: Alfred Kim
  

Opernhaus Bern, Switzerland

• Russian version, women in women's roles
  Conductor: Hans Drewantz, Franz Leander Klee
  Directed by Gerd Heinz
  Performances: 10, 17, 21, 26, 30 April, 3, 6, 8 May 2005
  
  Cast:
  Irina: Silke Schwarz
  Masha: Zoryana Kushpler
  Olga: Maria Riccarda Wesseling
  Natasha: Isabelle Razawi
  Tusenbach: Gerardo Garciacano
  Verschinin: Johannes martin Kränzle
  Andrej: Wolfgang Newerla
  Kulygin: Ernst Garstenauer
  Doctor: Julius Best
  Soljony: Richard Ackermann
  Anfisa: Florentina Giurca
  Rodé: Sergey Akseno
  Fedotik: Leonardo Silva
  
  

Hamburger Staatsoper, Germany

• 5, 9, 18, 21 March, 2006, Hamburg
  Russian version with counters
  Stage Director: Stanislas Nordey
  Conductors: Martyn Brabbins, Simon Hewett
  
  Cast:
  Andrej: Marc Holland
  Olga: David Cordier
  Mascha: Brian Asawa
  Irina: Oleg Ryabets
  Natascha: Gary Boyce
  Kulygin: Wilhelm Schwinghammer
  Tusenbach: Dmitri Vargin
  Verschinin: Lauri Vasar
  Doctor: Julius Best
  Soljony: Tigran Martirossian
  Fedotik: Jürgen Sacher
  Rodé: Fredric Akselberg
  Anfisa: Carl Schultz
  
  

Staatstheater, Oldenburg, Germany

• Russian version with women in women's roles
  Stage Director: Andrea Schwalbach
  Conductors: Alexander Rumpf, Olaf Storbeck
  Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester
  
  Performances:
  2007 November 4, 10, 17, 23,
  2007 December 5, 22, 29
  2008 January 9, 24,
  2008 February 22, 26
  
  Cast:
  Andrej: James Bobby
  Olga: Ulrike Ludewig
  Mascha: Nathalie Senf
  Irina: Irina Wischnizkaja
  Natascha: Magdalena Schäfer
  Kulygin: Henry Kiichli
  Tusenbach: Paul Brady
  Verschinin: Igor Gavrilov
  Doctor: Thomas Burger
  Soljony: Andrey Valiguras
  Fedotik: Georgi Nikolov
  Rodé: Ihor Salo
  Anfisa: Philip Zehnoff
  

Munich, Germany

• 19 June, 2009, Munich
  Russian version with women in women's roles
  Director: Renate Ackermann