Le Coq d'Or - Opéra National de Lyon

Directed by Barrie Kosky

With Dmitry Ulyanov, Andrey Popov, Mischa Schelomianski, Nina Minasyan and Margarita Nekrasova

Lying in bed, Tsar Dodon dreams of retirement. The problem is, people keep invading his country. His astrologer offers him a golden cockerel with magical powers, a weather vane which indicates from which direction danger will come. In his case, it will be from the East in the shape of a charming oriental princess determined to conquer his kingdom.