Dead Souls (opera)
Dead Souls («Мёртвые души») is a 1976 Russian-language opera in three acts by Rodion Shchedrin based on the novel Dead Souls by Gogol, to a libretto by the composer. It was premiered at the Kirov in 1977, and overseas in Boston in 1988.[1]
Recordings
[edit]- radio recording - Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov (1976).
- Vinyl and CD - Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov, 1982 Melodiya: MELCD1001837 - 2 CDs Reviewed in Gramophone Magazine 7/96.
- television recording - Mariinsky Theatre "Golden Mask" Festival (May, 2012)[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Sarah Caldwell: The First Woman of Opera - Page 146 0810859475 Daniel Kessler - 2008 "There was talk of Shchedrin's opera, Dead Souls, which was taken from the Gogol play and premiered at the Kirov in 1977 ..."
- ^ Еще больше Чичиковых - Опера «Мертвые души» Мариинского театра на фестивале «Золотая маска» Even more Chichikovs - The opera "Dead Souls" Mariinsky Theatre festival "Golden Mask"
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