The Fiery Angel flies to Slovakia: Martin Bárta in the unique opera by Sergei Prokofiev

Czech baritone Martin Bárta will sing the role of Ruprecht in the rarely featured Prokofiev’s opera The Fiery Angel in the historical building of the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava (Slovakia) during the International Opera Festival Eurokontext. The performance starts on 29 May, 2016 at 7 pm.
Martin Bárta was nominated for Thalia Award 2015 for this role sung at the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava, the Czech Republic.
The Fiery Angel, a fascinating operatic tale about the knight Ruprecht and a devil-possessed young woman Renata, is historicaly the first production of Prokofiev’s famous work in the Czech Republic in its Russian original. This work is performed very rarely for its vocal as well as musical demands even in the world context.

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