Elena Stikhina about Tchaikovsky's The Maid of Orleans

Elena Stikhina about Tchaikovsky's The Maid of Orleans | Dutch National Opera

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The Maid of Orléans is a rarely performed gem by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. In this compelling opera, Joan of Arc takes centre stage – not only as a national heroine, but also as a young woman full of doubts and desires. According to legend, she led the French army to victory in the fifteenth century, but was eventually condemned to the stake.

The internationally acclaimed director Dmitri Tcherniakov, renowned for his innovative stagings and breathtaking theatrical imagery, sets the story in a contemporary courtroom. There, Joan is called to account – and her personal struggle gains a striking contemporary urgency.

https://www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-national-opera/2025-2026/the-maid-of-orleans

New production
Opera in four acts
Sung in Russian

Music and libretto Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Musical direction Valentin Uryupin
Stage direction and set design Dmitri Tcherniakov
Costume design Elena Zaitseva
Lighting design Gleb Filshtinsky
Fight choreography Ran Arthur Braun
Dramaturgy Tatiana Werestchagina

Joan of Arc Elena Stikhina
King Charles VII Allan Clayton
Agnes Sorel Nadezhda Pavlova
Dunois Vladislav Sulimsky
Lionel Andrey Zhilikhovsky
The Archbishop John Relyea
Raimond Oleksiy Palchykov
Thibaut d’Arc Gábor Bretz
Bertrand / Lauret / Warrior Patrick Guetti
The Angel’s voice Eva Rae Martinez (Dutch National Opera Studio)
Minstrel Tigran Matinyan

Netherlands Philharmonic

Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Chorus master Edward Ananian-Cooper

Co-production with Metropolitan Opera New York

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