According to the Interfax-Ukraine Culture project, in June the National Opera of Ukraine will present the world premiere of the concert version of the opera “Mothers of Kherson” by composer Maksym Kolomiets, with a libretto by American playwright George Brant, as well as a series of landmark opera and ballet productions.
According to the opera, the premiere will take place on June 4 with the participation of the orchestra and choir of the National Opera of Ukraine, the “Kyiv Camerata” ensemble, and the Children’s Choir of the M.V. Lysenko Kyiv State Music and Lyceum. At the conductor’s podium will be world-renowned Canadian conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson.
The opera “Mothers of Kherson” is based on the true stories of Ukrainian women who traveled thousands of kilometers to bring home their children, who had been illegally taken by Russia from the occupied territories.
The concert version will be the first public presentation of the work, commissioned jointly by the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Polish National Opera in Warsaw. The world stage premiere will take place in Warsaw in October 2026, and the American premiere is scheduled at the Metropolitan Opera for the 2027–2028 season.
“This is a story about one of the most painful crimes of this war. It is important to me that this experience be heard around the world,” noted composer Maksym Kolomiets.
In addition to the premiere, the theater’s June program features the operas “Madame Butterfly,” “Nabucco,” “La Bohème,” “Zaporozhets za Dunayem,” “Faust,” “La Traviata,” “The Tales of Hoffmann,” “Turandot,” and “Natalka Poltavka.”
Ballet fans will be able to see performances of “Giselle,” “Le Corsaire,” “The Forest Song,” “Don Quixote,” “The Marriage of Figaro,” “The Lady of the Camellias,” and “La Sylphide.”
The month will conclude with a recital concert by pupils and students of the Serzh Lifar Kyiv Municipal Academy of Dance, which will take place on June 30.
Tickets for the performances are being released gradually and are available on the official website of the National Opera of Ukraine and at the theater box office.
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