Tchaikovsky: The Enchantress

Directed by Götz Filenius

With Asmik Grigorian, Iain MacNeil, Claudia Mahnke, Alexander Mikhailov and Frederic Jost

Originally set in the 15th century, Tchaikovsky's "The Enchantress" is updated to the present day in this innovative production. The charismatic, emancipated Nastasya, who rejects the advances of the devious Mamïrov, duly faces the implacable forces of traditional values in a society riven by divisions between liberal freedoms and religious orthodoxies. The tragic outcome engulfs everyone...