Iolanta RSO

Princess Iolantas blindness is a wellguarded state secret that risks sparking another war When Count Vaudémont falls in love with her and offers to cure her blindness Iolanta is faced with a choice to continue as before or live her life in a way she has never experienced Director Sergey Novikov moves the story of the kings blind daughter to our own time when an overpowering wealth of information prevents us from seeing the true beauty of the world Tchaikovskys last opera at the peak of his career was much acclaimed at the premiere in St Petersburg in 1892 A year later it premiered at Royal Swedish Opera but the oneact opera has not been performed in Stockholm since then