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2019-07-31 06:21:07
Second View: Prokofiev’s War and Peace - a work ranging from the intensity of personal emotion to the grit of national determination - was also grand and intimate at the same time
Prokofiev: War and Peace - Welsh National Opera (Photo Clive Barda) Prokofiev’s War and Peace: Jonathan McGovern, Lauren Michelle, Mark Le Brocq, Jurgita Adamonytė, dir: David Pountney, cond: Tomáš Hanus; Welsh National Opera at Royal Opera House Reviewed by Tony Cooper on 23 July 2019 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Sir David Pountney’s colourful account of Prokofiev’s epic work, War and Peace, was delivered by a great cast with a creative team that worked sheer wonders on a relatively tight budgetBased on Tolstoy’s epic novel, the well-known scenario of War and Peace follows the trials and tribulations of Russian society as Napoleon edges closer to the country’s borders spinning his grand ideas of conquering Western Europe whilst, at the same time, stirring fear in Mother Russia. Tony Cooper provides a second view of Prokofiev's opera in Welsh National Opera's production at the Royal Opera House (seen 23 […]
2018-11-26 19:26:07
Sergei Prokofiev’s Cello Concerto in E Minor Premiered On This Day in 1938 [ON-THIS-DAY]
Sergei Prokofiev’s Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 58 premiered on this day in 1938. The first performance was given by Alexander Melik-Pashayev with the USSR State Symphony Orchestra – conducted by Lev Berezovsky. The work was later revised, by the composer, into what is now known as the ‘Sinfonia Concertante’ Op. 125. JANOS STARKER | PROKOFIEV […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2018-02-18 23:32:07
Sergei Prokofiev‘s ‘Sinfonia Concertante’ Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 58 premiered on this day in 1938. The first performance was given by Alexander Melik-Pashayev with the USSR State Symphony Orchestra – conducted by Lev Berezovsky. JANOS STARKER | PROKOFIEV | SINFONIA CONCERTANTE | GENNADI ROZDFESTVENSKY & USSR RADIO & TELEVISION ORCHESTRA The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2016-10-10 13:52:52
Life is a lot like jazz
On this day in 1935 Porgy and Bess opened at the Alvin Theatre on Broadway. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Panv8OJjgHk Born on this day in 1813 composer Giuseppe Verdi. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F4G5H_TTvU Born on this day in 1854 composer Jerónimo Giménez. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUNaG5VbBnI Born on this day in 1903 composer Vernon Duke. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3LyLorU1W4 Born on this day in 1905 conductor Alexander Shamil’yevich Melik-Pashayev. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP9HjgQwEx8 Born on this day in 1924 soprano Leyla Gencer. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpy6GwJiQUs
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