Digital Opera Saint Petersburg "Paradise of Peter the Great. Flood"
2022.
Digital Opera Saint Petersburg «Сказки Пушкина. ЖИЗНЬ КАК ЧУДО.
2024.
Multimedia Performance "Romeo and Juliet"
2021.
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Digital Opera Saint Petersburg "Paradise of Peter the Great. Flood"
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Multimedia show "Paradise of Peter the Great: The Flood" and other digital art at the IV Saint-Petersburg Digital Opera. Opera of the Digital Era International Festival at the Hermitage Theatre
Nadezhda Abramova, General Producer of the festival, and Sergey Novikov, Art Director of the festival, are guests of the Morning in St. Petersburg program.Read more -
The St. Petersburg Flood and Peter the Great's Dream: In the Northern Capital, the results of the "Digital Opera" competition were announced. 20 finalist theater teams showcased their works on the stage of the Hermitage Theater
Cultural life in St. Petersburg continues to be in full swing! For example, the Hermitage Theatre announced the winners of the IV International Competition for Digital Scenography and Directing in the Theatre, Digital Opera Performance. This project was made possible with the support of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives. It is noteworthy that the main awards were given to teams from the Northern Capital.Read more -
Gala concert of the finalists of the competition DigitalOPERAPerformance at the Hermitage Theatre
Gala concert of the finalists of the International Competition of Media Artists and Multimedia Directors DigitalOPERAPerformance – multimedia performance “Paradise of Peter I. Flood”.
On the stage of the Hermitage Theatre (Saint Petersburg), 15 October 2022. The solemn event will be attended by the International Symphony Orchestra “Tavrichesky” under the direction of the People’s Artist of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Mikhail Golikov and the choir, as well as opera and ballet artists.Read more -
"A Space of Complete Creative Freedom": The Results of the Competition in St. Petersburg Digital Opera Performance 2022
The competition, which took place as part of the IV Saint-Petersburg Digital Opera. Opera of the Digital Era international festival, combined the genres of opera and contemporary digital art. Young professionals, students, and graduates of creative and technical universities, as well as practicing professionals in the theater, concert, and event industries, had the opportunity to showcase their skills in two categories: digital set design and digital direction. More than 70 entries were submitted for the competition. This year, the festival expanded its geographical reach, with participants coming from cities such as Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Moscow, and Saint Petersburg..Read more -
The Digital Opera. Opera of the Digital Age festival ended at the Hermitage Theatre
Born on the initiative of General Producer Nadezhda Abramova and first held in 2019 under the title "Digital Gonzaga", this festival-competition immediately aroused great interest. Capturing the trend of the era - new media technologies in the theater, the organizers put on the agenda the topic of finding creators in this relevant area of contemporary art. The information wave of the first festival attracted the attention of outstanding masters. The gala concert featured performances by top-tier opera stars.Read more
Digital Opera Saint Petersburg «Сказки Пушкина. ЖИЗНЬ КАК ЧУДО.
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Опера как чудо: чем удивит фестиваль Digital Opera в 2024 году
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"Pushkin's Fairy Tales. Life as a Miracle"
The Musical Comedy Theatre hosted a gala concert of the Digital Opera competition called "Pushkin's Fairy Tales. Life as a Miracle," where eleven finalist teams from Russia presented their works. The first place was taken by the St. Petersburg team "In the Blue Sea," led by director Daniil Leontyev, who staged the duet between the Swan Princess and Guidon from the opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.Read more -
The Digital Opera Saint-Petersburg festival-competition celebrated its fifth anniversary.
The V International Festival of Contemporary Opera Art, Digital Opera Saint-Petersburg, moved from the cozy and small-format spaces of the Hermitage Theatre to a larger venue nearby on the occasion of its fifth anniversary. The final of the competition, a theatrical gala concert, took place on the stage of the St. Petersburg Musical Comedy Theatre. However, the reason for this move was not only the scale and numerology of the event, but also a qualitative change in the festival. From being purely a stage-based festival that explored various multimedia forms, it evolved into a more theatrical event.Read more -
"Pushkin's Fairy Tales. Life as a Miracle": The Digital Opera Competition Results Were Announced in the Northern Capital
On April 24, the finalists of the 5th International Competition of Media Artists and Directors Digital Opera. Performance. held a gala concert on the stage of the Musical Comedy Theatre. The teams performed together with opera artists and the Tavrichesky International Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the orchestra conductor Mikhail Golikov.Read more -
The DIGITAL OPERA Saint-Peterburg festival ended in the Northern Capital
Vedomosti North-West is the Information Partner of the Festival
The V International Festival of Contemporary Opera Art “Digital Opera Saint-Petersburg / Opera of the Digital Era” ended with the Gala Concert “PUSHKIN’S FOLK TALES. LIFE AS A MIRACLE”. The large-scale multimedia show on the stage of the St. Petersburg Musical Comedy Theatre was created by the finalists of the Digital Opera Performance competition of digital theatre scenography and direction, with the magnificent musical accompaniment of the Tavrichesky Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Golikov and with the participation of soloists from St. Petersburg theatres. Eleven teams presented their vivid projects based on A. S.…Read more -
OPERA + NUMBER = FABLE
The final event was a multimedia show called "Pushkin's Fairy Tales. Life as a Miracle," which took place on April 24 at the St. Petersburg Musical Comedy Theatre. The show featured excerpts from Rimsky-Korsakov's operas "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" and "The Golden Cockerel," Glinka's "Ruslan and Lyudmila," and Dargomyzhsky's "Rusalka." The performance was accompanied by the Tavrichesky Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Mikhail Golikov, and featured performances by Mariinsky Theatre soloist Olga Pudova and Sergey Nekrasov, the director of the All-Russian Pushkin Museum. The recording can be viewed on the social media pages of the Digital Opera festival, which includes the competition.Read more -
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Multimedia Performance "Romeo and Juliet"
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The Opera is No Longer the Same: Classical and Digital Art Come Together in St. Petersburg
On October 13–14, the multimedia performance "Romeo and Juliet" was presented at the Jaani Kirik Concert Hall as part of the Digital Opera festival and international media art competition.Read more -
The Opera of the Digital Age. How to incorporate multimedia into one of the most conservative forms of art – classical musical theatre
Polina Alekseeva
What came first – the show or the theatre? Not such a fundamental logical paradox as the problem of primacy of the egg and the chicken, however, has the right to its existence. Modern theatre nevertheless increasingly gravitates towards the aesthetics of the show and the synthesis of several types of art. Directors in an effort to surprise the audience increasingly turn to show technologies in search of spectacularity for their productions, and also face the question of finding professionals – video artists, multimedia directors – those who will help to implement the idea.Read more