Vladimir Vaneev
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Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
2007-01-30
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Overview: Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, a lurid tale of sex, murder, and corruption, premiered in 1934 and was a success until Stalin saw it two years later, resulting in a Pravda review that viciously condemned it. It was later replaced by an expurgated version, now called Katerina Ismailova after the work's principal character. The original version has now reclaimed its place on international stages. The heroine is the daughter-in-law of Boris, a greedy, lecherous merchant, and the frustrated wife of his impotent son. Katerina poisons Boris and when her husband returns she and her lover, Sergei, kill him too, burying him in the cellar. The body is discovered during their wedding party. Haunted by guilt, Katerina confesses and the newlyweds are consigned to Siberia. When Sergei takes up with another woman, Katerina pushes her into the river and then jumps in herself.
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Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2007-01-30
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
2010-06-01
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Overview: A one-off production of Boris Godunov was staged by Andrei Konchalovsky at the Teatro Regio in Torino in 2010, with Orlin Anastassov in the leading role and Gianandrea Noseda conducting the Orchestra del Teatro Regio.
Genres: TV Movie Music
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2010-06-01
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The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
2012-01-01
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
Overview: Opera lies at the heart of Rimsky-Korsakov's colourful idiom, but performances are few and far between; this realisation of his penultimate and grandest stage work is a very rare and special experience. Kitezh is known as "the Russian Parsifal", which encapsulates its mystical flavour and steady unfolding of a legend of redemption
Genres: Music
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
2009-10-27
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Overview: At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to speak for itself: Katherina, neglected and unhappy in her marriage, commits the most heinous crime just like the Shakespearian Lady Macbeth. But Nikolai Leskov’s short novel, which portrays Katherina as a monster, was only the starting point for Shostakovich to elicit understanding for an oppressed woman whose pursuit for self-determination is suppressed by society. Through combining satiric, grotesque and tragic elements in his music, Shostakovich succeeds in striking the balance between repulsion at Katherina’s immoral acts and sympathy for her. Violence, eroticism and the paralysing boredom of Russian society in the 19th century are the founding elements of this composition. The choir and orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conducted by James Conlon accompany tremendous soloists such as Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet, Vladimir Vaneev and Vsevolod Grivnov in the original language in this live recording.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2009-10-27
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Betrothal In A Monastery - Prokofiev
2005-09-19
Betrothal In A Monastery - Prokofiev
Overview: A 1998 production staring Anna Netrebko, Larissa Diadkova, Nikolai Gassiev, Aleksander Gergalov in this Kirov Opera & Ballet production of the Prokofiev opera, with Valery Gergiev conducting.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2005-09-19
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Khovanshchina
2007-01-01
Khovanshchina
Overview: A lyrical drama in a context of political, religious and cultural revolution, in the heart of the late 17th century in Russia. The story takes place during the 1682 revolt opposing the Old Believers and the New Orthodox. Ivan Khovanski (Vladimir Ognovenko), head of the streltsy's uprising, embodies the movement of religious indignation which ends up being bloodily crushed.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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