The Golden Cockerel

The Golden Cockerel – Casa Italiana, NYC, 2009

Golden Cockerel Poster, Casa Italiana, NYC, 2009

Big King/Little King

Amy Trompetter has designed a new adaptation, inspired by Natalia Goncharova’s splendid neoprimitive designs for the 1914 Ballets Russes production of The Golden Cockerel, Rimsky-Korsakov’s last operatic masterpiece.  Giant puppets create the exotic landscapes of the composer’s cautionary tale about the misuse of political power.

For this production, composer Raphael Mostel has arranged a new score from Rimsky-Korsakov’s music, and Catharine Nepomnyaschy has created a new text, based on the beloved fairytale in verse by the poet Alexander Pushkin.

Cockerel crows

Wedding Procession -Golden Cockerel