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Tri Sestri (Drei Schwestern)

CONDUCTOR Péter Eötvös
CONDUCTOR OF THE STAGE ORCHESTRA Jonathan Stockhammer
DIRECTOR Yuval Sharon
EQUIPMENT Esther Bialas
LIGHT AND VIDEO Jason H. Thompson
 
Irina Valentina Naforniţa
Masha Margarita Gritskova
Olga Ilseyar Khayrullova
Natasha Eric Jurenas
Tusenbach Samuel Hasselhorn
Miss Morten Frank Larsen

CONTENT
Irina, Masha and Olga, the three daughters of the late General Prozorov live together with their married brother Andrei in a Russian provincial town and longingly hope for a better future, for true love and a fulfilling life.

Prologue (# 1)

The three sisters lament the farewell, the lonely lingering and the suffering associated with it. Everything was remembered for her:

First Sequence: Irina (# 2-12)

Irina despairs of her existence in the province, life seems to escape for her without meaning. She once hoped that she would move to Moscow and find the dream man there. Her older sister Olga tries to persuade Irina to marry Lieutenant Tusenbach, although Irina does not love him. Masha observes the unloved sister-in-law Natasha, who passes by with a burning candle. Some officers who have extinguished a fire in the city enter the salon of the sisters - among them Tusenbach and Soljony, both of whom vie for Irina's love. While Kommandant Verschinin talks animatedly with the married Masha, the doctor breaks an old glass clock. Tusenbach confesses his love to Irina, but she behaves hesitantly, deliberately makes him neither hopes nor rejects him. The conversation between the two is finally interrupted by the doctor and Soljony. Soljony assures Irina on her part the great love and threatens to eliminate the rival Tusenbach. When Soljony notices Natascha who has joined in, he leaves. Natasha wishes Irina to give up her room and hand it over to Bobik, Natasha's and Andrei's little son. A little later Natasha leaves the house to meet with her lover Protopopow. The soldiers say goodbye to the three sisters - forever, as the regiment is moved from the city to Poland. Irina decides to marry Tusenbach and leave town with him, but Soljony kills Tusenbach in a duel.

Second sequence: Andrei (# 13-21)

The three sisters complain that Andrei does not do justice to his investments and mutated into the will-less tool in the hands of his wife Natascha, who seeks to take control of the house. Irina despairs of her existence in the province, life seems to escape for her without meaning. Masha observes the unloved sister-in-law Natasha, who passes by with a burning candle. Andrei defends Natascha against his sisters and emphasizes their spiritual nobility - this bland drawing of his wife, however, contradicts Natasha's rude and relentless treatment of the old nurse Anfissa, who wants to disgust her out of the house. Some officers who have cleared a fire in the city enter the salon of the sisters. In the course of the following general salon talk, the doctor resignedly emphasizes his medical incompetence and breaks an old glass clock - the clock of the deceased mother of the three sisters.

Thoughtfully, he then muses to himself and puts the possibility in the room that he may not have broken the clock and it just looks like it. The doctor goes even further in his thoughts and wonders if existence as such is not mere imagination. Andrei accuses him of confessing that he lost his former love for Natasha. Painfully aware of his situation and hoping for a better future, Andrei leaves the house together with the doctor. Natascha is looking forward to meeting her lover Protopopow.

Third sequence: Masha (# 22-26)

The three sisters celebrate Irina's name day and drink tea with some officers. Commander Verschinin arrives, introduces himself, talks about his past in Moscow and his memories of the Prozorov family. The doctor raves about the deceased mother of the three sisters. Masha is tired of her husband Kulygin, and a little later the married woman and Masha confess their mutual love, a love that later Masha confesses to her sister Olga. Olga stands with all vehemence against this love, whereupon Masha resigns. The fact that Verschinin takes his leave soon thereafter, as his regiment is relocated from the city, also pushes Masha in deepest sadness.

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