Overview
- The performance begins at 17:45 CET and airs on Rai 1, Rai Radio3, Rai4K, Rai 1 HD (501) and Tivùsat (210), with streaming on RaiPlay for 15 days.
- Riccardo Chailly conducts and Vasily Barkhatov stages the opera in a 1950s urban setting.
- Soprano Sara Jakubiak makes her house debut as Katerina Lvovna Izmailova.
- Rai’s production deploys ultra‑high definition coverage with 10 cameras, 45 microphones, 15 radio mics and about 50 crew members.
- Live audio description supports blind and visually impaired viewers, and the show screens across 40 Prima Diffusa venues plus the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II maxi‑screen in Milan.