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Opera Collection, page 10

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P. TCHAIKOVSKY - Pique Dame (The Queen Of Spades) - S. Preobrazhenskaya, mezzo soprano

P. TCHAIKOVSKY -  Pique Dame (The Queen Of Spades) - S. Preobrazhenskaya, mezzo soprano
ID: IMLCD076
CDs: 2
Type: CD
Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra

Recorded live 19.01.1958
Pique Dame (The Queen Of Spades) - Opera in 3 Acts after A.Pushkin

Countess - Sofia Preobrazhenskaya, mezzo-soprano Herman - Matvey Gavrilkin, tenor Liza - Ludmila Revina, soprano Prince Yeletsky Konstantin Laptev, baritone Count Tomsky Lipa Solomiak, baritone
25.00 eur Buy

Taneyev 'The Oresteia' - Sofia Preobrazhenskaya, mezzo-soprano - Vol. 7

Taneyev 'The Oresteia'  - Sofia Preobrazhenskaya, mezzo-soprano - Vol. 7
ID: IMLCD077
CDs: 2
Type: CD
Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra

A Musical Trilogy in 3 parts and 8 scenes
Libretto by A. Wenkstern, based on the trilogy by Aeschylus.
CD1 (64:24)
CD2 (68:44)


Characters and Performers:
Agamemnon, King of Argos - Victor Morozov, bass
Clytemnestra, his wife - Sophia Preobrazhenskaya, mezzo-soprano
Aegisthus, his cousin - Konstantin Laptev, baritone
Orestes, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra - Mikhail Dovenman, tenor
Elektra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra - Nina Serval, soprano
Pallas Athena - Tatiana Lavrova, soprano
Judge of the Areopagites - Ivan Melentiev, bass

The Leningrad Radio Choir (chorus master Yury Slavnitsky)
The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Gemal Dalgat
Recording dates: 8 and 15 January, 1958

Bonus track
Part 2. Scene 1
12. Oh, my soul is filled with horror (Clytemnestra)

Sophia Preobrazhenskaya, mezzo-soprano
The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Edouard Grikurov
Recorded in 1951
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Ch.W. von Gluck - EZIO (1750 PRAGUE VERSION) Dramma per musica - Levricova - Müllerova - Kinjo - Srumova - Petrdlik - Sjrema

Ch.W. von Gluck - EZIO (1750 PRAGUE VERSION) Dramma per musica - Levricova - Müllerova - Kinjo - Srumova - Petrdlik - Sjrema
ID: UP0141
CDs: 2
Type: CD
Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra

1750 Prague version
Jana Levicova (Ezio)
Eva Mullerova (Fulvia)
Yukiko Srejmova Kinjo (Onoria)
Michaela Srumova (Valentiniano)
Martin Srejma (Massimo)
Ondrej Socha (Varo)
Prague Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Jiri Petrdlik
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Carlson: Anna Karenina - An Opera in two acts

Carlson: Anna Karenina - An Opera in two acts
ID: SIGCD154
CDs: 2
Type: CD
Collection: Opera Collection

An Opera in two acts by David Carlson. Libretto by Colin Graham
World Premiere Recording

Synopsis: Anna Karenina
ACT ONE
Prolog, Moscow, December. Anna visits her brother Stiva and his wife Dolly, hoping to save their marriage. A man falls under the train. When Anna meets Vronsky, she is so disturbed by the accident that she hardly notices him. He's very taken with her. 1.1 Stiva's house. Anna persuades Dolly to forgive Stiva's infidelity. 1.2 The ball at Betsy's, St. Petersburg, New Year, 1875. Levin proposes to Kitty and is refused because she is infatuated with Vronsky. Anna is compromised by Vronsky's too-obvious attentions. She is affected by his declarations but resists him. Karenin notices others' reactions. 1.3 At Karenin's. Karenin insists that Anna make an effort to preserve appearances for the sake of society. Trying to persuade her to open her heart to him, he discovers that it is locked against him. 2.1 - 2 Stiva's home, next spring/Levin's house in the country. Dolly, comforting Kitty, tries to persuade her that Vronsky is not worthy of her. She also asks about Kitty's feelings for Levin. Even the feeling of life reborn in the spring is not enough to comfort Levin. Stiva visits and gives him news of Kitty and of Vronsky's dangerous infatuation with Anna. 2.3 Karenin's country house. Anna reveals to Vronsky that she is to bear his child. He tries to persuade her to leave her husband, but she refuses because the Russian divorce laws would cause her to lose her son Seriosha. 3.1 A box at the races that afternoon. Vronsky suffers a severe accident. Karenin insists that the distraught Anna comport herself properly. She informs him that she cannot bear the sight of him and that she loves Vronsky. 3.2 Karenin's study some days later, night. Karenin cannot decide what to do. While hoping to preserve his marriage to Anna, who, he tries to persuade himself, is evil and corrupt, he must at all costs preserve his reputation. He writes to her insisting that she return to him and continue as before: He will not consider a divorce. 3.3 Anna, incensed, realizes that she must choose between her lover and her son. She tells Vronsky of her recurring death-dream, connected with the accident at the station. He is unable to comfort her, and she suspects him of selfishness when he again urges her to go away with him. She goes to Karenin and tells him she cannot continue as before, but begs him to let her have her son. Consumed with rage and disgust, he refuses.
ACT TWO
4.1 The Admiralty Gardens, St. Petersburg, early autumn. Levin cannot reconcile the problems and ironies of life and longs for death. Dolly insists that he come to meet Kitty at their house. Stiva learns with horror from Karenin of his impending divorce and begs him to talk to Dolly. Yashvin tries to persuade Vronsky to give up Anna for the sake of his career. He refuses. 4.2 A supper party at the Oblonskys'. Levin and Kitty meet for the first time since Betsy's ball and are both very moved. Karenin is angered by the general conversation concerning unfaithful wives and luckless husbands, and Dolly is unable to persuade him to forgive. Levin and Kitty declare their love for each other during a game of solitaire. "Not time to die yet!" exclaims a delighted Stiva. 4.3 Anna's bedroom that night. Karenin returns home to find Anna near death after a miscarriage. He is reconciled to Vronsky at her bedside and promises forgiveness. 5.1 Levin's house six months later. Although Levin is now happily married to Kitty, who is pregnant, he remains dissatisfied with what he regards as a useless and unproductive life, exemplified by news from Dolly that Anna, now recovered, has left Karenin for Vronsky and that Seriosha is being looked after by his aunt Lydia. 5.2 Letters. Anna writes to Karenin asking to be allowed to see Seriosha one last time, on his birthday. Lydia urges Karenin to forbid this. He does so, against his better judgment. 5.3 Seriosha's bedroom two days later. Anna forces her way into her son's bedroom. Since he had been told she was dead, he is overjoyed to see her. He does not realize that this is the last time he will see his mother, but he is distraught when Anna has to leave. 6.1 Anna's apartments at a hotel that evening. Anna, now addicted to opiates, is at the end of her tether: She doubts Vronsky's fidelity. Death is always on her mind: She is like a train hurtling to destruction. Dolly and Stiva are appalled at her condition when they bring Levin to meet her. Levin is much struck with this beautiful, sad woman and her situation. She asks him to tell Kitty not to forgive her, for to be able to do so, Kitty would have to suffer what Anna has herself suffered. When left alone with Vronsky, her jealousy leads to a schismatic quarrel. Vronsky leaves to visit his mother, and Anna is certain that he is in fact leaving her forever. She contemplates an overdose of morphia and then decides to follow Vronsky to the station to beg his forgiveness. 6.2 At the station. Everything passes like a dream. Anna has missed Vronsky and waits to follow him on the next train. She reviews her situation and the tortured life before her: She realizes, as if a light had suddenly illumined her soul, that death would release her from the pain and responsibility of life. When the train comes into the station, she throws herself beneath it. 6.3 Levin's country estate months later, in spring. In the aftermath of Anna's death, Levin cannot come to terms with the irony of life. Through the wisdom of his old nurse, he at last understands the reason for living: To live, love, and be loved; not to judge or envy others, nor to bewail their suffering; life is everything in itself. His blind eyes have been opened. -Colin Graham
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For You - Michael Berkeley / Ian McEwan - Music Theatre Wales - Michael Rafferty, conductor

For You - Michael Berkeley / Ian McEwan - Music Theatre Wales - Michael Rafferty, conductor
ID: SIGCD208
CDs: 2
Type: CD
Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra

For You is a new opera that brings together the music of composer and BBC Radio 3 presenter Michael Berkeley and Booker-prize winning author Ian McEwan. This gripping tale of love, lust and obsession centers on the composer and prodigious womanizer Charles Frieth (Alan Opie), and the tragic consequences that his selfish actions cause him and those around.

Although essentially dark, there are moments of irony, wit, and humour throughout the opera. Soaring vocal lines, intricate ensemble pieces, and imaginative instrumental writing make this an electrifying work. Masterly performed by Music Theatre Wales, directed by Michael Rafferty.

The Opera has had great success from its initial performances in Wales and the Royal Opera House provoking great reviews.

“For You is a dark opera worth waiting for.”The Evening Standard

“... a dazzling and taut chamber piece which gives passionate way to Bergian lyricism while referencing both Britten and Richard Strauss in its airy, word-driven vocal lines.”
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Kendlinger - Die schönsten Opernchöre - K & K Opernchor / K&K Philharmoniker

Kendlinger - Die schönsten Opernchöre - K & K Opernchor / K&K Philharmoniker
ID: DVD916
CDs: 1
Type: DVD
Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Opera

Region Code: Region 0, Plays in all territories
Color mode: Colour
Screen Format: 16:9
DVD Format: DVD 5
Duration: 65 mins
Subtitles: none
Sound Format: Dolby Digital Stereo
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Rossini - Early One Act Operas Vol. 1- IL Signor Bruschino - Soloists - I Filarmonici Di Torino - Viotti

Rossini - Early One Act Operas Vol. 1- IL Signor Bruschino - Soloists - I Filarmonici Di Torino - Viotti
ID: CLAVES508904-5
CDs: 2
Type: CD
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra

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Harrison Birtwistle: Punch & Judy

Harrison Birtwistle: Punch & Judy
ID: NMCD138
CDs: 2
Type: CD
Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Opera

Scenario snd Libretto by Stephen Pruslin

An Ancora reissue of the acclaimed recording by the London Sinfonietta under David Atherton, with soloists including Phyllis Bryn-Julson, David Wilson-Johnson and John Tomlinson.
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Gounod - Romeo and Juliet - Choir and the Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre - V. Nebolsin

Gounod - Romeo and Juliet - Choir and the Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre - V. Nebolsin
ID: AQVR269-2
CDs: 2
Type: CD
Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voice, Piano and Orchestra

Opera in 5 acts. Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré

Roméo, son of Montaigu (tenor).................................Sergei Lemeshev
Juliette (soprano)........................................................Irina Maslennikova
Count Capulet (bass)..................................................Ivan Petrov
Pater Laurent (bass)...................................................Maxim Mikhailov
Escalus, The Duke (бас).............................................Ivan Skobtsov
Mercutio, Romeo's friend (baritone)............................Ivan Burlak
Stéphano, Romeo's page (soprano).............................Natalia Sokolova
Pâris, a young count (tenor)........................................ Ivan Nazarenko
Gertrude, Juliet's nurse (mezzo-soprano)......................Nina Ostroumova
Tybalt, Lady Capulet's nephew (tenor).........................Tikhon Tchernyakov
Benvolio, Montague's nephew, Romeo’s friend (tenor)..Fyodor Godovkin
Grégorio, Capulet's servant (baritone)............................Ivan Sipayev

Choir and orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Conducted by Vassily Nebolsin
Recorded in 1948

Extra tracks: Performs IRINA MASLENNIKOVA, soprano
16 - Alexey Zybtsev - piano, recorded in March 25, 1956
17 - Abram Makarov - piano, recorded in April 13, 1952
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Olga Neuwirth - Bählamms Fest - musical drama

Olga Neuwirth - Bählamms Fest - musical drama
ID: KAI0012342
CDs: 2
Type: CD
Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra

Musiktheater in 13 Bildern nach Leonora Carrington
Librettofassung von Elfriede Jelinek in der Übersetzung
von Heribert Becker (1997-99)

It is a sadistic family story in scurrile-surreal snap shots. The home of an odd family stands in a completely remote, heathlike landscape. This somewhat dilapidated bourgeois house in its seclusion is refuge and madhouse at the same time; here, in the bizarre impressions of family life, the focus turns on people and nature: an outer world, drowning in violence, coldness and terror, and the small, inner world of a bourgeois family, regulated right to the last corner, but abruptly toppled into chaos, when couples and generations come to be at logger-heads about their unappeased longings and desires.

Includes booklet with text by Olga Neuwirth and Thomas Jonigk
28.00 eur Buy

 
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