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Aušrinė Stundytė Irena Milkevičiūtė Prokofiev Korngold Richard Strauss Shostakovich Berg Asmik Grigorian Oper Köln Salzburg Festival 1976 1994 2000 2020
The celebrated and widely acclaimed for the combination of acting and vocalism Lithuanian soprano Aušrinė Stundytė (b. 1976) studied singing from 1994 to 2000 at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre with Irena Milkevičiūtė and then for long 11 years she dissapeared from the Lithuanian operatic scene. At first, Stundytė continued her vocal training with Helga Forner at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Leipzig and then made her debut in the Oper Köln, guested in Lübeck, Essen, Lisbon or - as Sieglinde in Die Valkyrie - in Palermo. She sang many classical soprano roles but only recently, having performed the roles of Renata in Prokofiev‘s “The Fiery Angel“ and Marietta in Korngold‘s “Die tote Stadt“ and, especially, the passionate and destructive Elektra in Richard Strauss‘ “Elektra“, Salome in Richard Strauss “Salome“ and, above all, Katerina in Shostakovich‘s “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District“, Stundytė gained the inner freedom in her dramatic artistic world. She has worked with many famous conductors and stage directors, including Dmitry Tcherniakov, Krzystof Warlikowski, and Calixto Bieito. Her extensive repertoire of songs and concerts also includes the song cycles of Strauss, Berg, and Wagner. This video presents an excerpt from the Richard Strauss’ opera “Elektra” under direction of Krzystof Warlikowski shown in the Salzburg Festival in 2020 with Aušrinė Stundytė in the title role. The fact that the role of her sister Crysothemis was performed by another famous Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian is another reason to single out this staging. The whole opera is available at (http•••)
Sergei Prokofiev Järvi Gergiev Jane Rhodes Charles Bruck Bruck 1908 1927 1953 1954 1957
Here are ten minutes of Sergei Prokofiev's great opera 'The fiery angel', french version. The opera was completed in 1927, but the World Premiere was only after Prokofiev's death (March 5th, 1953, the same day as Stalin's death), on the 25th of November 1954 in Paris. This recording is taken from the world premiere recording in 1957, also in Paris. It's a great recording, at least as much as enjoyable as the available Russian ones that I'm also familiar with, the ones greatly conducted by Järvi and by Gergiev. In this french version Jane Rhodes sings Renata and Ruprecht is sung by Xavier Depraz. Charles Bruck conducts the Orchestre du Theatre National de L'Opera de Paris. The only real disadvantage of this french version recording is that it is in mono and of course it lacks somewhat of the dynamics we are used to nowadays in a modern recording. The Libretto is also by the composer, after the 1908 novel by Valery Bryusov. a very brief outline: The story is set in sixteenth century Germany. Renata recognizes in count Heinrich her childhood visitor, Madiel, the fiery angel. Heinrich takes Renata as his mistress, but then abandons her. Renata enlists the knight Ruprecht in an obsessive search for her angel, through many bizarre adventures in the world of sixteenth century occultism. In the end Renata is convicted for heresy and condemned to death by the inquisition, by burning at the stake. The Fiery Angel is a masterpiece, the orchestration, for instance, is brilliant. Besides Renata and Ruprecht there appear many other weirdo's in the story, like Faust and Mephistopholes and the famous occultist/philosopher Agrippa von Nettesheim. Featured here are two segments, a long one from the Third Act's premier and second tableau, followed in the end by a short great excerpt from Act Four, premier tableau. The pictures are from several of my books and cd's and from the worldwideweb and of course no-one should be surprised that I've also selected pictures of two more or less modern "Renata's" in two great films: Isabelle Adjani in 'Possession' and Laura Linney in 'The excorcism of Emily Rose'. The opera is based on the great novel 'The fiery angel: a sixteenth century romance', by the Russian Symbolist writer Valery Bryusov. It's a book full of fantasy, adventure, philosophy, religion, horror, occultism and last but not at all least: masochism. A fantastic read! You also might be interested to know that almost all material of Prokofiev's third symphony is derived from his 'Fiery Angel'-opera. Have fun...
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev Mould Codina Sviatoslav Richter Mstislav Rostropovich 1891 1936 1948 1953
The Best of Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (23 April 1891 / 5 March 1953) Prokofiev is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His works include five piano concertos, nine completed piano sonatas and seven symphonies, and such widely heard works as the March from The Love for Three Oranges, the suite Lieutenant Kijé, the ballet Romeo and Juliet / from which "Dance of the Knights" is taken / and Peter and the Wolf. A graduate of the St Petersburg Conservatory, Prokofiev initially made his name as an iconoclastic composer-pianist, achieving notoriety with a series of ferociously dissonant and virtuosic works for his instrument and with his first two piano concertos. Prokofiev's first major success breaking out of the composer-pianist mould was with his purely orchestral Scythian Suite, compiled from music originally composed for a ballet commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev of the Ballets Russes; Diaghilev commissioned three further ballets from Prokofiev / Chout, Le pas d'acier and The Prodigal Son / which at the time of their original production were all highly successful. Prokofiev's greatest interest, however, was opera, and he composed several works in that genre, including The Gambler and The Fiery Angel. Prokofiev's one relative success in that genre during his lifetime was The Love for Three Oranges, composed for Chicago Opera and subsequently performed over the following decade in Europe and Russia. After the Revolution, Prokofiev left Russia with the official blessing of the Soviet minister Anatoly Lunacharsky, and he lived in the United States, then Germany, then Paris, during which time he married a Spanish singer, Carolina Codina, with whom he had two sons. Because of the increasing economic deprivation of Europe, Prokofiev returned to Russia in 1936. He enjoyed some success there / notably with Lieutenant Kijé, Peter and the Wolf, Romeo and Juliet, and perhaps above all with Alexander Nevsky. The Nazi invasion of the USSR spurred him to compose his most ambitious work, an operatic version of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. In 1948 Prokofiev was criticized for "anti-democratic formalism", and with his income severely curtailed was forced to compose Stalinist works such as On Guard for Peace. However, he also enjoyed personal and artistic support from a new generation of Russian performers, notably Sviatoslav Richter and Mstislav Rostropovich: for the latter he composed his Symphony-Concerto, whilst for the former he composed his ninth piano sonata. ( 0:00 ) Symphony No. 1 In D Major, Op. 25: Allegro ( 4:48 ) Romeo And Juliet, Ballet, Op. 64: Juliet As A Young Girl ( 8:22 ) Romeo And Juliet, Ballet, Op. 64: Montagues And Capulets ( 14:15 ) Romeo And Juliet, Ballet, Op. 64: Madrigal ( 18:15 ) Romeo And Juliet, Ballet, Op. 64: Folk Dance ( 22:10 ) Violin Concerto No. 1 In D Major, Op. 19: Moderato ( 31:05 ) Symphony No. 5 In B Flat Major, Op. 100: Allegro Marcato ( 39:40 ) Lieutenant Kijé, Suite, Op. 60: Troika ( 42:40 ) Love For Three Oranges - March ( 44:31 ) Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Major, Op. 26: Adante - Allegro ( 53:58 ) Waltzes, Suite For Orchestra, Op. 110 - No. 1: Since We Met ( 1:00:14 ) Symphony No. 1 In D Major, Op. 25: Molto Vivace ( 1:04:36 ) Cinderella, Ballet Suite No. 1 Op. 107: Fairy Godmother And The Winter Fairy ( 1:09:56 ) Cinderella, Ballet Suite No. 1 Op. 107: Cinderella Goes To The Ball ( 1:12:55 ) Cinderella, Ballet Suite No. 1 Op. 107: Cinderella's Waltz ( 1:15:40 ) Cinderella, Ballet Suite No. 1 Op. 107: Midnight
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev Codina Sviatoslav Richter Mstislav Rostropovich Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 1891 1915 1917 1936 1948 1953
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (27 April [O.S. 15 April] 1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian Soviet composer, pianist and conductor. As the creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous music genres, he is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His works include such widely heard pieces as the March from The Love for Three Oranges, the suite Lieutenant Kijé, the ballet Romeo and Juliet—from which "Dance of the Knights" is taken—and Peter and the Wolf. Of the established forms and genres in which he worked, he created – excluding juvenilia – seven completed operas, seven symphonies, eight ballets, five piano concertos, two violin concertos, a cello concerto, a symphony-concerto for cello and orchestra, and nine completed piano sonatas. A graduate of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Prokofiev initially made his name as an iconoclastic composer-pianist, achieving notoriety with a series of ferociously dissonant and virtuosic works for his instrument, including his first two piano concertos. In 1915, Prokofiev made a decisive break from the standard composer-pianist category with his orchestral Scythian Suite, compiled from music originally composed for a ballet commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev of the Ballets Russes. Diaghilev commissioned three further ballets from Prokofiev—Chout, Le pas d'acier and The Prodigal Son—which at the time of their original production all caused a sensation among both critics and colleagues. Prokofiev's greatest interest, however, was opera, and he composed several works in that genre, including The Gambler and The Fiery Angel. Prokofiev's one operatic success during his lifetime was The Love for Three Oranges, composed for the Chicago Opera and subsequently performed over the following decade in Europe and Russia. After the Revolution of 1917, Prokofiev left Russia with the official blessing of the Soviet minister Anatoly Lunacharsky, and resided in the United States, then Germany, then Paris, making his living as a composer, pianist and conductor. During that time, he married a Spanish singer, Carolina (Lina) Codina, with whom he had two sons. In the early 1930s, the Great Depression diminished opportunities for Prokofiev's ballets and operas to be staged in America and western Europe. Prokofiev, who regarded himself as composer foremost, resented the time taken by touring as a pianist, and increasingly turned to the Soviet Union for commissions of new music; in 1936, he finally returned to his homeland with his family. He enjoyed some success there – notably with Lieutenant Kijé, Peter and the Wolf, Romeo and Juliet, and perhaps above all with Alexander Nevsky. The Nazi invasion of the USSR spurred him to compose his most ambitious work, an operatic version of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. In 1948, Prokofiev was attacked for producing "anti-democratic formalism." Nevertheless, he enjoyed personal and artistic support from a new generation of Russian performers, notably Sviatoslav Richter and Mstislav Rostropovich: he wrote his ninth piano sonata for the former and his Symphony-Concerto for the latter. Serguei Prokofiev Tracklist: Romeu e Julieta (Trechos das Suítes Nº 1 e 2) 1. Montecchios e Capulettos 2. A Jovem Julieta 3. Frei Lorenzo 4. Dança do Amanhecer 5. Minueto 6. Máscaras 7. Morte de Tibaldo 8. Dança 9. Romeu Diante do Cadáver de Julieta Sinfonia Nº 1, OP. 25, "Clássica" 10. Allegro 11. Larghetto 12. Gavotta. Non Troppo. Allegro 13. Finale. Molto Vivace Suíte Sinfônica , OP. 60, "O Tenente Kijé" 14. O Nascimento de Kijé 15. O Romance de Kijé 16. O Casamento de Kijé 17. A Tróica 18. O Enterro de Kijé Royal Philharmonic Orchestra For more: (http•••) #MusicHistory #ClassicalMusic #Prokofiev
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