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The Tsar`s Bride Alisher Navoiy Tickets

Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre Alisher Navoï, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Available Dates: 21 Feb, 2026 (1 events)
Important Info
Type: Opera
City: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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Cast
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Creators
Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Librettist: Ilya Tyumenev
Poet: Lev Mei
Librettist: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Overview

The Tsar’s Bride is a dramatic opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, telling a tragic story of love, jealousy, and fate in 16th-century Russia. Staged at the Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre, the opera captivates audiences with its rich music and intense emotions.

The Tsar’s Bride is one of the most powerful operas by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, based on a historical drama set during the reign of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. The opera unfolds in Moscow in the 16th century, where personal passions are crushed by the ruthless mechanisms of power.

At the heart of the story is Marfa, a young woman whose pure love and innocence are destroyed when she is chosen to become the tsar’s bride. Intrigue, jealousy, and betrayal lead to a tragic outcome, as human emotions collide with political ambition and tyranny.

Rimsky-Korsakov’s score is renowned for its lyrical beauty, vivid orchestration, and deep psychological insight. Folk-inspired melodies, dramatic ensembles, and expressive arias bring the characters’ inner conflicts to life.

Presented at the Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre, this production combines historical atmosphere, powerful vocal performances, and rich stage imagery. The Tsar’s Bride remains a timeless operatic masterpiece that explores the cost of power, the fragility of love, and the inevitability of fate.

History
Premiere of this production: Private Opera Society, Moscow

The Tsar's Bride is an opera in four acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the composer's tenth opera. The libretto, by Ilia Tyumenev, is based on the drama of the same name by Lev Mey. Mey's play was first suggested to the composer as an opera subject in 1868 by Mily Balakirev. (Alexander Borodin, too, once toyed with the idea.) However, the opera was not composed until thirty years later, in 1898. The first performance of the opera took place in 1899 at the Moscow theater of the Private Opera of S.I. Mamontov.

Synopsis

Time: Autumn, 1572

Place: Aleksandrovsky settlement, Moscow, Russia

Act 1: The Feast

The Oprichnik Gryaznoi loves Marfa, daughter of the merchant Sobakin, even though Gryaznoi already has a mistress, Lyubasha, whom he has neglected of late. Marfa is already beloved of the boyar Lykov. In a jealous rage against Lykov, Gryaznoi arranges to cast a spell on Marfa with a magic potion from Bomelius, the Tsar's physician. Lyubasha has overheard Gryaznoi's request.

Act 2: The Love Philtre

Lyubasha in turn obtains from Bomelius another magic potion with which to cancel any feelings of Gryaznoi for Marfa. Bomelius consents, but at the price of an assignation with Lyubasha for himself.

Act 3: The Best Man

In the meantime, the Tsar of the title, Ivan IV (known as "Ivan the Terrible"), is looking for a new bride from the best aristocratic maidens in Russia. The Tsar settles upon Marfa. At the celebration of the engagement of Marfa to Lykov, everyone is surprised when the news arrives of the Tsar's choice of Marfa as his bride. Gryaznoi had slipped what he thought was the love potion from Bomelius into Marfa's drink at the feast.

Act 4: The Bride

At the Tsar's palace, Marfa has become violently ill. Lykov has been executed, at the instigation of Gryaznoi, on charges of attempting to kill Marfa. When Marfa learns that Lykov is dead, she goes insane. Eventually, Gryaznoi admits that he had slipped a potion into her drink, and after learning that it was poisonous, asks that he himself be executed. Lyubasha then confesses that she had substituted her potion from Bomelius for Gryaznoi's. In a rage, Gryaznoi murders Lyubasha, and is then taken to prison eventually to be executed. In her madness, Marfa mistakes Gryaznoi for Lykov, inviting him to return the next day to visit her, then dies.

Venue Info

Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre Alisher Navoï - Tashkent
Location   Moustafa Kamoul Atatürk, Bukhara Street 28, 100029, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

The Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre is Uzbekistan’s leading opera and ballet theatre, renowned for its classical repertoire, grand architecture, and rich cultural heritage. It stands as a symbol of national art and musical excellence in Tashkent.

The Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre is the principal opera and ballet theatre of Uzbekistan and one of the most important cultural institutions in Central Asia. Located in the heart of Tashkent, the theatre was founded in 1939 and named after the great poet and thinker Alisher Navoi.

The building is a masterpiece of monumental architecture, harmoniously combining classical forms with traditional Uzbek decorative elements. Its interior halls are richly adorned with national ornaments, marble, and intricate craftsmanship, each reflecting the artistic traditions of different regions of Uzbekistan.

The theatre’s repertoire includes world-renowned operas and ballets by composers such as Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, and Prokofiev, alongside national works by Uzbek composers. For decades, the stage of the Alisher Navoi Theatre has been home to outstanding singers, dancers, conductors, and choreographers who have shaped the country’s performing arts.

As a cultural landmark of Tashkent, the theatre continues to play a vital role in preserving classical traditions while promoting artistic innovation, international cooperation, and cultural exchange.

Important Info
Type: Opera
City: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).

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