The Carriage[1] is a comic opera in one act written by Vyacheslav Kruglik. The opera uses a Russian libretto by Vera Kupriyanova and the composer which is based upon the story of the eponymous story by Nikolai Gogol.[2]
The opera was commissioned by the Mariinsky Theatre based on a competition to create operas based on the stories of Gogol. Three operas won the competition, Svetlana Nesterova's The Lawsuit and Anastasia Bespalova's Shponka and His Aunt, and Kruglik's opera and were all overseen by directors from the workshop of Kama Ginkas.[3] [4] The three operas premiered together on 21 June 2009 during the Mariinsky Theatre's summer festival, and was conducted by Valery Gergiev.[5] [6] The choreography was created by Anna Belich.[7]
| General | Bass | ||
| Chertokutsky, a landowner | Baritone | ||
| Chertokutsky's young wife | Soprano | ||
| First Chief Officer | Tenor | ||
| Second Chief Officier | Tenor | ||
| Third Chief Officer | Baritone | Andrei Bodarenko[8] | |
| Soldier | Tenor | ||
| Footman | Tenor | ||
| Groom | Tenor | ||
| Chorus | Bass |