Histoire burlesque chantée et jouée Composer: Igor Stravinsky Based on Russian folk tales from Alexander Afanaseyev's collection First performed: Théâtre de l'Opéra, Paris, 18 May 1922, in a double bill with Mavra ★★ “Le Renard continues the great Stravinskist tradition,” Vogue (1 July 1922) wrote when the Ballets Russes premièred the opera-ballet in Paris. This … Continue reading 99. Renard (Igor Stravinsky)
Category: Russian opera
89. A Life for the Tsar (Mikhail Glinka)
Жизнь за царя By Mikhail Glinka First composed: Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, St Petersburg, 9 December 1836 IVAN SUSANIN, a peasant of the village of DomninoBassOsip PetrovANTONIDA, his daughterSopranoMariya StepanovaVANYA, Susanin’s adopted sonContraltoAnna Petrova-VorobyovaBOGDAN SOBININ, a militiaman, Antonida’s fiancéTenorLev LeonovCommander of the Polish detachmentBassSergey BaykovA Polish courierTenorI. MakarovCommander of the Russian detachmentBassAleksey YefremovPeasant men and women, … Continue reading 89. A Life for the Tsar (Mikhail Glinka)
80. Kamenny Gost {The Stone Guest} (Alexander Dargomyzhsky)
KAMENNY GOST {THE STONE GUEST} / Каменный гость Composer: Alexander Dargomyzhsky Libretto: Alexander Pushkin’s play (1830) First performed: Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, 16 February 1872 (Old Style), conducted by E.F. Nápravnik DON JUANTenorFydor KomissarzhevskyLEPORELLOBassOsip PetrovDONNA ANNASopranoYuliya PlatonovaDON CARLOSBaritoneIvan MelnikovLAURAMezzoMariya IlyinaA MonkBassVladimir SobolevFirst GuestTenorVasiliy VasilyevSecond GuestBassMikhail SariottiStatue of the CommanderBassVladimir SobolevLaura’s guestsChorus SETTING: Spain ★★★★ "Neither our … Continue reading 80. Kamenny Gost {The Stone Guest} (Alexander Dargomyzhsky)
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