Fürst Igor

Trailer

Impressions

Fri, 20/02

07.30 pm-10.30 pm

eine Pause nach ca. 90 Minuten

Preise E, New Production-Subscription

With Introduction

Introduction by Rubén Dubrovsky at 6:45 p.m. in the foyer, free admission with a valid ticket

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Opera

Music and lyrics by Alexander Borodin
Completed and orchestrated by Alexander Glasunov
and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Premiere on Februrary 14, 2026

In Russian with German and English surtitles

Age recommendation: 14 years and above

Prince Igor of Novgorod-Seversk leads his troops into a hopeless battle against the neighbouring Polovtsians and is taken prisoner. Meanwhile his brother-in-law seizes power back home – until the Polovtsians hit back. Ultimately Igor manages to escape. But can he and his homeland still be saved? The catastrophic effects that unnecessary wars, started arbitrarily by power-hungry despots, can have is still all too evident here and now in the present day.

The chemist and hobby composer Alexander Borodin had an enormously difficult time writing the down-to-earth master opera that his friends expected of him. As his template, he chose no less that one of the most powerful heroic epics of Medieval Russian literature – »The Tale of Igor's Campaign«. Too powerful for Borodin, who was constantly occupied with reconciling opposing conflicts and points of view? After 18 years’ work, he left the opera in a still fragmented state when he died in 1887. Alexander Glasunov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov posthumously shaped the piece for him into the work as we know it today – full of powerful, impressive music and with the famous »Polovtsian Dances«.

Program FÜRST IGOR reading sample

Cast on 20/02/2026

Dirigat Rubén Dubrovsky

Regie Roland Schwab

Choreografie Karl Alfred Schreiner

Choreografische Mitarbeit Patrick Teschner

Bühne Piero Vinciguerra

Kostüme Renée Listerdal

Licht Peter Hörtner

Dramaturgie Michael Alexander Rinz

Fürst Igor Matija Meić

Jaroslawna Réka Kristóf

Wladimir Arthur Espiritu

Fürst Galitzky Timos Sirlantzis

Khan Kontschak Levente Páll

Kontschakowna Monika Jägerová

Owlur Juan Carlos Falcón

Skula Juho Stén

Eroschka Gyula Rab

Ein polowetzer Mädchen Tamara Obermayr

Alexander Borodin Dieter Fernengel

Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow Vladimir Pavic

Alexander Glasunow Tobias Kartmann

Klavier Anke Schwabe

Orchestra of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz

Fri, 20/02

07.30 pm-10.30 pm

eine Pause nach ca. 90 Minuten

Preise E, New Production-Subscription

With Introduction

Introduction by Rubén Dubrovsky at 6:45 p.m. in the foyer, free admission with a valid ticket

Sold out

Performances

Tue

27/01/26

06.00 pm

Premiere Soiree

Sat

14/02/26

07.30 pm

Premiere

Fri

20/02/26

07.30 pm

With Introduction

Sun

22/02/26

06.00 pm

Thu

26/02/26

07.30 pm

U30

Sat

28/02/26

07.30 pm

U30

Fri

20/03/26

07.30 pm

U30

Sun

22/03/26

06.00 pm

Sat

28/03/26

07.30 pm

U30 With Introduction

Fri

30/04/27

07.00 pm

Season premiere

Sun

02/05/27

06.00 pm

Wed

05/05/27

07.00 pm

Fri

07/05/27

07.00 pm

Tue	27/01/26	06.00 pm	Premiere Soiree
Sat	14/02/26	07.30 pm	Premiere
Fri	20/02/26	07.30 pm	With Introduction
Sun	22/02/26	06.00 pm
Thu	26/02/26	07.30 pm	U30
Sat	28/02/26	07.30 pm	U30
Fri	20/03/26	07.30 pm	U30
Sun	22/03/26	06.00 pm
Sat	28/03/26	07.30 pm	U30 With Introduction
Fri	30/04/27	07.00 pm	Season premiere
Sun	02/05/27	06.00 pm
Wed	05/05/27	07.00 pm
Fri	07/05/27	07.00 pm

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FÜRST IGOR – Roland Schwab über die Inszenierung

FÜRST IGOR – Rubén Dubrovsky über die Musik

FÜRST IGOR – Piero Vinciguerra über das Bühnenbild

A chemistry laboratory is located in a magnificent hall with a large chandelier and a grand piano in the middle. A man in a lab coat is looking at a test tube. Two other men are sitting in the background.

A man wearing a white lab coat stands between two lab tables in front of a large, magnificent window. He gazes into the distance, holding a small test tube. In the background, two other men stand to the side of him, looking at each other.

A man in a black suit is playing a grand piano. To the left of the piano stands another man with his hand outstretched. Behind the man at the piano sits another man with a long beard who looks frightened.

Many people in historical costumes are standing in a magnificent hall. Some of them are raising swords in the air. In the center, a warrior with a sword stands on a raised platform.
In the foreground are three men in black suits. The man in the middle is holding many papers in his hand.

Two men are standing in the middle, shouting. Both are wearing historical costumes. The man on the left is also wearing a long yellow coat. In the background are warriors with spears and two men in black tailcoats.

A man sits asleep at a grand piano. Diagonally in front of him stands a dancer moving gracefully. In the background, you can see a vast landscape with several people standing in front of it.

In the foreground on the right stands a woman in a floor-length white dress. Further back, a man sits asleep at a grand piano. Around and on the piano, dancers in white costumes move gracefully.

Seven dancers kneel dancing in front of a man who looks desperate. Behind him, a man sleeps on a grand piano, a woman leans over the piano and points at the desperate man.

A woman in a white dress and a man in a white shirt are kneeling on the floor, holding each other. In the background, you can see a landscape and two people standing in front of it.

In a magnificent hall, a man kneels in chains in the middle. Around him are several people lying on the floor and three men standing in black suits. In the background, you can see a large production of a burning tank.

In a magnificent hall, a man kneels in chains in the middle. Around him are three frightened men and a dancer leaning on him. In the background, you can see a grand piano and a large model of a burning tank.

A wounded man lies on the ground. He is chained to a chain coming from above. Behind him kneels a man in white holding the chain. In the background stands a grand piano.

A screaming man in a white robe is being held by two men in black suits. In front of them lies a man in red clothing. In the background, a man stands at a grand piano.

Seven dancers in glittering costumes stand in a V formation in front of a man in a black suit pointing upwards. Behind them stand many people in festive attire.

A man in a historic black suit stands euphorically with his hands raised in the middle of a crowd of euphoric people in festive clothing.

A magnificent hall is illuminated by pink light. In the middle stands a large bed on which a man stands over a scantily clad woman. Several men surround them. Two similarly scantily clad women hang from above, bound.

A scantily clad woman lies on a bed surrounded by several men. A man stands over her on the bed and pulls her up toward him with a whip around her neck.

A woman in a pompous black dress stands in front of several women in black and white dresses. Next to her stand two men in black suits facing her.

A woman in a fancy black dress stands in front of a shirtless man. The man touches her hair and she recoils.

A woman in a pompous black dress kneels between two men who are bending down toward her. In the woman's lap lies a cowering, frightened woman in a white dress.

in einem zerbombten prunkvollen Saal liegen mehrere tote Menschen. In der Mitte vor einem riesigen zerbombten Loch steht auf einem Flügel eine Frau in einem pompösen Kleid.

A woman in a fancy black dress is kneeling and holding a wounded man in a long coat. In the background, you can see a large hole in the wall filled with red mist.

In a bombed-out hall, many people are standing in modern clothing. In front of them is a grand piano at which a man sits like a statue. At the very front, a woman in a black dress is kneeling, holding a dying man.

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