Recorded: 1998, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg
Anna Netrebko stars in first-ever DVD release of Prokofiev's romantic comedy!
This is the first-ever release on any video format of the Kirov's 1998 production of Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery -- now available on Philips DVD, in anamorphic widescreen and DTS 5.1 digital surround sound. As with all of Philips's previous Gergiev / Kirov operas on DVD, the disc features full subtitling in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese.
Valery Gergiev directs this Kirov Opera production of Prokofiev's lyrical comedy. Set in 18th century Seville, Prokofiev's adaptation of a play by the English playwright Sheridan is an opera buffo par excellence, featuring lovers in disguise, a stern father thwarted, a rich suitor discomfited, venal monks, unreliable servants - and, inevitably, young love triumphant. The cast is led by Anna Netrebko as the beautiful heroine, supported by Larissa Diadkova as her scheming duenna.
This new DVD release joins existing Gergiev / Kirov DVDs of Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame, as well as the three Russian epic operas - Boris Godunov, Prince Igor and Ruslan & Lyudmila - and, most recently, Tchaikovsky's Mazeppa.
TRACKLIST
1 Title
2 Prelude
Act 1
Scene 1
3 But that is just fantasy! Don Jerome, Mendoza
4 Plain, round-shouldered Don Jerome, Mendoza
5 She has shaken your hand
Mendoza, Jerome, Ferdinand, Lopez, Antonio
6 The moon looks in at your window Antonio, Three Maskers
7 Stop that mewing Don Jerome, Three Maskers
8 Maskers' Dance
9 I had better get her married off Don Jerome
10 Friends, depart Three Maskers
Act 2
Scene 2
11 It will work, Nanny, won't it? Louisa, Duenna
12 Splendid, Senor, splendid Don Jerome, Louisa, Ferdinand
13 Will you cherish me in my old age?
Don Jerome, Louisa, Ferdinand
14 Give it back! Don Jerome, Duenna
15 If you have a daughter, believe me Don Jerome
16 It looks like the first act has been played out Duenna
Scene 3
17 Buy some fish from Senor Mendoza's barges!
Fishwives, Mendoza, Don Carlos
18 Rosina... Rosina... Clara, Rosina, Louisa
19 Ferdinand alone is dearer Clara
20 I had known what pranks Louisa, Clara
21 My beard? My beard is not at all bad
Mendoza, Don Carlos, Louisa
22 There is no greater happiness
Don Carlos, Fishwives, Louisa
Scene 4
23 Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes Don Jerome, Mendoza, Lauretta
24 My pretty... my pretty... Mendoza, Duenna
25 When the cheerful fop Duenna, Mendoza
26 Well? Don Jerome, Mendoza
Act 3
Scene 5
27 Ah, time does not want Louisa, Don Carlos
28 Come in, come in Mendoza, Antonio, Don Carlos
29 Should we take a sly look through a chink? Mendoza, Don Carlos
30 It’s bad to peep Don Carlos, Antonio, Mendoza, Louisa
31 How my soul is beaming! Antonio, Louisa, Don Carlos, Mendoza
Scene 6
32 You are not playing in tune Don Jerome, Lopez
33 My respectful greetings to the Senor Don Carlos, Don Jerome
34 Please, let us continue Don Jerome
35 Lopez! Don Jerome, Lopez
Scene 7
36 Here I am, a nun Clara, Louisa, Antonio
37 They have gone gladdened, happy and in love Clara
38 It must be here Ferdinand, Clara
Act 4
Scene 8
39 The bottle is the sun of our lives
Chartreuse, Benedictine, Monks, Elustaf
40 To the pretty nun from the Convent
Elustaf, Benedictine, Chartreuse, Augustin
41 Father Chartreuse, someone has knocked
Elustaf, Two Lay-Brothers, Augustin, Chartreuse, Benedictine,
Monks, Antonio, Mendoza
42 Take care, Antonio!
Louisa, Ferdinand, Mendoza, Antonio, Augustin, Benedictine,
Monks, Clara
43 Straight down to business now, Don Ferdinand
Antonio, Clara, Ferdinand, Elustaf, Benedictine, Augustin,
Chartreuse, Monks
Scene 9
44 I can't understand it Don Jerome, Lopez
45 Aha, here's Mendoza at last Don Jerome, Mendoza, Lopez
46 What is this? Why are you here?
Don Jerome, Antonio, Mendoza, Lopez, Louisa, Duenna
47 Son! At last
Don Jerome, Ferdinand, Mendoza, Duenna, Louisa, Clara, Antonio
48 Don Jerome, Don Jerome!
Don Jerome, Louisa, Antonio, Ferdinand, Clara, Chorus
ARTISTS
Anna Netrebko (Louisa)
Larissa Diadkova (The Duenna)
Nikolai Gassiev (Don Jerome)
Aleksander Gergalov (Don Ferdinand)
Marianna Tarassova (Clara)
Yevgeny Akimov (Don Antonio)
Sergei Aleksashkin (Isaac Mendoza)
Yuri Shkliar (Don Carlos) |
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