In the course of the performance the canvas is lowered onto the stage and turns into the GypsiesвЂ™ tents. Above the stage was a huge canvas, a cloud, on which images of flowers, snow, and rain are projected.

The background shows scenes of the GypsiesвЂ™ nomadic life (choristers slowly strolling around the stage), while in the proscenium, dancers perform various pas (a Russian dance and mime scenes depicting the catching of butterflies, fishing, etc.).

To keep the audience amused while the orchestra is playing, they introduced ballet interludes to illustrate the action. The director Malakhov and the conductor Kozhukhar produced their own edition of RakhmaninoffвЂ™s one-act play, shuffling some musical pieces. However, I must say that while the opening night did not bomb, it was not a triumph either. It is the very personality of the latter that inspired much intrigue: How is a drama director going to cope with music directing and the Kyiv OperaвЂ™s persistent problems вЂ“ the immobility of the choristers and the constraints of soloists on stage? Firstly, because Aleko is the seasonвЂ™s opening production of the famous company, and secondly, because it is the first time that Vitalii Malakhov, a renowned director and art producer for the Theater at Podol, debuts in opera.

The new production by the Kyivans caused a craze among the public due to two reasons.

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