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Rimsky-Korsakov - The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (DVD) | Opus Arte OA1089D

Rimsky-Korsakov - The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (DVD)

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Label: Opus Arte

Cat No: OA1089D

Barcode: 0809478010890

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 6th January 2014

Contents

Artists

Svetlana Ignatovich
John Daszak
Vladimir Vaneev
Maxim Aksenov
Ante Jerkunica
Vladimir Ognovenko
Alexey Markov
Mayram Sokolova
Chorus of Netherlands Opera
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Marc Albrecht

Works

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh

Artists

Svetlana Ignatovich
John Daszak
Vladimir Vaneev
Maxim Aksenov
Ante Jerkunica
Vladimir Ognovenko
Alexey Markov
Mayram Sokolova
Chorus of Netherlands Opera
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Marc Albrecht

About

Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera is a fanciful fairy tale, yet at the same time a parable on repression and political conceit. The peasant girl Fevroniya’s prayer that the city of Kitezh becomes invisible, thus protecting it from Tatar attack, is magically heeded. The girl herself, however, is captured by the invaders.

The leitmotifs and highly expressive musical tone-painting tell the story, based on a pantheist world view, almost on their own. Grand crowd scenes contrast with a internal treatment similar to the music dramas of Richard Wagner.

Marc Albrecht conducts the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and the dramatic staging comes from the renowned Russian director, Dmitri Tcherniakov.

Cast:
- Fevroniya: Svetlana Ignatovich
- Grishka Kuterma: John Daszak
- Prince Yuriy Vsevolodovich: Vladimir Vaneev
- Prince Vsevolod Yuryevich: Maxim Aksenov
- Bedyay: Ante Jerkunica
- Burunday: Vladimir Ognovenko
- Fyodor Poyarok: Alexey Markov
- Page: Mayram Sokolova

Director: Dmitri Tcherniakov
 
Recorded live at the De Nederlandse Opera, February 2012

"…Svetlana Ignatovich’s soprano rode the orchestra here with ease, singing with an appealing Slavonic glint (but never edge) and warmth" - Opera

"Marc Albrecht...did a magnificent job stamping his mark on the long score and drawing warm playing from the very start, where melting wind solos spun their lines over a cushion of strings..." - Opera

Extra features: Interviews with cast and crew and a cast gallery.

Running time: 187 minutes
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/DU/JA/KO
Sound format: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS

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