Despondency reigns on the town square. Unhappy townspeople wander sadly around the square, waiting for the end of the ritual of Chun-ki-hsin, traditionally preceding the 7-day holiday on the occasion of the wedding of the mandarin's daughter, during which citizens are forbidden to indulge in any kind of fun. The ritual begins with a wedding ceremony and continues until the morning, when a gunshot is being reported to the woman of the townspeople about girl becoming a woman. However, this time the residents are waiting for the shot for the fifth morning already...
The performance is presented under license from Casa Musicale Lombardo and Casa di Riposo Guiseppe Verdi (Italy).
Music by Carlo Lombardo and Virgilio Ranzato
Text and lyrics - Carlo Lombardo
Russian text - Kirill Kirillov
Director-director - People's Artist of Russia Oleg Levakov
Musical Director and Conductor - Honored Artist of Russia Andrey Alekseev
Scenography - People's Artist of Russia Vyacheslav Okunev
Choreography - Vladimir Romanovsky
Director - Honored Artist of Russia Alla Semak
Assistant conductor - Vasily Yurkevich
Choirmaster - Evgeny Takmakov
Lighting Designer - Denis Solntsev
Artist-animator - Anastasia Andreeva
Cin Ci La, actress | — | Oksana Krupnova |
Mandarino Fon-Ki | — | Oleg Fleer |
Blume, secretary of Fon-Ki | — | Anton Oleynikov |
Petit Gris, young lover of Cin Ci La | — |
laureate of International competition |
Myosotis, daughter of Fon-Ki | — | |
Ciclamino, husband of Myosotis | — | Fyodor Osipov |