Tchaikovsky: Iolanta

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Netrebko sounds radiant, if improbably imperious as the young, blind princess, who magically finds love and sight in the arms of the smitten Count Vaudémont, sung by rousing tenor Sergey Skorokhodov.... — Financial Times, 17th January 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th Jan 2015
Catalogue No: 4793969
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 92 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

12th January 2015
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Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: Iolanta

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Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Emmanuel Villaume
Recorded: 2012-11-27
Recording Venue: Philharmonie Essen

Introduction

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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta Op.69 / 1. Scene And Arioso Of Iolanta

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Anna Netrebko (soprano), Nuška Rojko (alto), Monika Bohinec (contralto), Theresa Plut (soprano)
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovenian Chamber Choir
Emmanuel Villaume
Recorded: 2012-11-27
Recording Venue: Philharmonie Essen

"Moy ptenčik, Iolanta, tï ustala?"

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Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: Iolanta

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Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Emmanuel Villaume
Recorded: 2012-11-27
Recording Venue: Philharmonie Essen

"Otčego ėto prežde ne znala"

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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta Op.69 / 2. Scene And Chorus

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Theresa Plut (soprano), Nuška Rojko (alto), Monika Bohinec (contralto)
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovenian Chamber Choir
Emmanuel Villaume
Recorded: 2012-11-27
Recording Venue: Philharmonie Essen

"Polno, ne nado, rodnaya" … "Vot tebe lyutiki"

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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta Op.69 / 3. Scene And Chorus

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Anna Netrebko (soprano), Theresa Plut (soprano), Nuška Rojko (alto), Monika Bohinec (contralto)
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovenian Chamber Choir
Emmanuel Villaume
Recorded: 2012-11-27
Recording Venue: Philharmonie Essen

"Brigitta, ėto tï?"

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"Spi, pust' angelï krïlami navevayut snï"

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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta Op.69 / 4. Scene And Arioso Of The King

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Monika Bohinec (contralto), Lucas Meachem (baritone), Vitalij Kowaljow (bass (vocal)), Luka Debevec Mayer (bass (vocal)), Jun Ho You (tenor)
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Emmanuel Villaume
Recorded: 2012-11-27
Recording Venue: Philharmonie Essen

"Prizïvnïy rog"

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"Gospod' moy, esli grešen ya"

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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta Op.69 / 5. Scene And Monologue Of Ibn-Hakia

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Lucas Meachem (baritone), Vitalij Kowaljow (bass (vocal))
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Emmanuel Villaume
Recorded: 2012-11-27
Recording Venue: Philharmonie Essen

"Tvoyo lico besstrastno"

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"Dva mira - plotskiy i dukhovnïy"

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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta Op.69 / 6. Scene And Aria Of Robert

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Sergey Skorokhodov (tenor), Alexey Markov (baritone)
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Emmanuel Villaume
Recorded: 2012-11-27
Recording Venue: Philharmonie Essen

"Ne toropis', zdes' tak temno" … "Kto možet sravnit'sya"

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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta Op.69 / 6a. Romance Of Vaudémont

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Sergey Skorokhodov (tenor)
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Emmanuel Villaume
Recorded: 2012-11-27
Recording Venue: Philharmonie Essen

"Net! Čarï lask krasï myatežnoy"

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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta Op.69 / 7. Scene And Duet Of Iolanta And Vaudémont

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Anna Netrebko (soprano), Sergey Skorokhodov (tenor), Alexey Markov (baritone)
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Emmanuel Villaume
Recorded: 2012-11-27
Recording Venue: Philharmonie Essen

"Odnako gde že mï?"

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"Vï mne predstali kak viden'e"

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"Tvoyo molčan'e neponyatno" … "Čudnïy pervenec tvoren'ya"

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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta Op.69 / 8. Scene

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Anna Netrebko (soprano), Vitalij Kowaljow (bass (vocal)), Theresa Plut (soprano), Luka Debevec Mayer (bass (vocal)), Lucas Meachem (baritone), Jun Ho You (tenor), Sergey Skorokhodov (tenor), Monika Bohinec (contralto), Nuška Rojko (alto)
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovenian Chamber Choir
Emmanuel Villaume
Recorded: 2012-11-27
Recording Venue: Philharmonie Essen

"Iolanta!" / "Menya zovut podrugi" … "Tï, osleplennïy mïsl'yu ložnoy"

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"Net, nazovi mučen'ya, stradan'ya, bol"

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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta Op.69 / 9. Finale

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Theresa Plut (soprano), Sergey Skorokhodov (tenor), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Jun Ho You (tenor), Nuška Rojko (alto), Vitalij Kowaljow (bass (vocal)), Luka Debevec Mayer (bass (vocal)), Lucas Meachem (baritone), Alexey Markov (baritone), Monika Bohinec (contralto)
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovenian Chamber Choir
Emmanuel Villaume
Recorded: 2012-11-27
Recording Venue: Philharmonie Essen

"Prosti menya"

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"Gotfrid, ya vïručat' tebya yavilsya"

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"Gde ya?"

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"Blagoy, velikiy, neizmennïy"

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Recording of the Week, Anna Netrebko sings Tchaikovsky's Iolanta

12th January 2015

Katherine listens to Anna Netrebko's new recording of a little-known late Tchaikovsky opera, the one-act Iolanta.

Following Anna Netrebko's astounding success in Salzburg's Il Trovatore production we are pleased to announce a very exciting opera release for the start of 2015, recorded during her U-Live tour in 2012.

Anna Netrebko performs Iolanta, the title role of one of Tchaikovsky’s most passionate, evocative scores and one of opera’s most enigmatic figures making the character her own and dedicating herself to championing this under-appreciated work.

In this live recording, maestro Emmanuel Villaume, with whom Netrebko collaborated on the successful “Souvenirs” album, leads a stellar cast comprising a number of Russia’s biggest opera stars (Markov, Skorokhodov, Kowaljow).

The hand-picked company of supporting artists makes this a significant addition to Netrebko’s discography and an artistically valuable addition to the DG catalogue.

Netrebko is scheduled for eight staged performances of Iolanta at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in January-February 2015, as well as a four-city U-Live produced European tour of concert performances and a Royal Albert Hall date later in the season.

Reviews

17th January 2015

Netrebko sounds radiant, if improbably imperious as the young, blind princess, who magically finds love and sight in the arms of the smitten Count Vaudémont, sung by rousing tenor Sergey Skorokhodov. Emmanuel Villaume conducts a very decent supporting cast.

January 2015

[Netrebko] has never been better than here, where her head and heart are so self-evidently engaged. Her opening ariosa establishes the glorious complexion of her voice - a creamy, dark coloration extending unblemished throughout the range...The refinement of Villaume's conducting is a constant source of delight: it nuances and tempers even the most wholehearted flights of fancy.

Netrebko sounded gloriously comfortable in her native language and pouring out a stream of gold-shot-with-silver sound even throughout the range. I doubt if the role has been sung better in living memory.

12th January 2015

Netrebko’s at her absolute best in this role, which really plays to her strengths. Much of the music lies in the voluptuous middle of her voice and she never sounds pushed or over-parted...Her colleagues are no less impressive, particularly the steely-voiced tenor Sergey Skorokhodov who sings with tireless ardour and real poetry as her lover Vaudemont and Vitalij Kowaljow as her tormented father.

18th January 2015

Tchaikovsky’s score is one of his most effusive lyrical outpourings, with passages of heart-stopping beauty. Netrebko, singing in her own language, is unsurpassable in this music. Her lyric soprano voice is at its peachiest, opening out thrillingly for ecstatic climactic high notes. Her Vaudemon(t) is Sergei Skorokhodov, the finest new Russian tenor since Galuzin. I’ll be surprised if any opera recording surpasses this in 2015.

21st January 2015

[Netrebko’s] commitment is never in doubt, nor her artistry. Her deployment of unearthly, veiled tones in the opening scenes suggest a waif-like figure troubled by emotions she can barely comprehend. Later, as light enters Iolanta’s life for the first time, her terror and rapture are quite shockingly vivid.

31st January 2015

Tchaikovsky might have written the role of Iolanta...with Anna Netrebko in mind, so perfectly does it suit her impulsive musical style and heart-on-sleeve warmth of personality...Villaume’s forthright conducting and the ardent Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra bring things to boiling point.

30th January 2015

the Slovenian Philharmonic delivers impressive wind sonorities in a score packed with striking instrumental details...Netrebko never once disappoints. She sings in Russian, and there’s music just in the milky way she pronounces a word like lyubimuyu (favourite)...Skorokhodov’s Vaudémont is the ardent lover personified.

Opera Now

Tchaikovsky’s last opera is a flawed piece capable of reaching realms of longing romanticism others cannot...Netrebko is on a crusade to make it better known in the West...The other singers are pretty good – the lyrical Vitalij Kowalyow as René, Lucas Meachem a velvety Ibn Hakia, Sergey Skorokhodov’s beautifully smooth, masculine tenor Vaudémont full of romantic ardour.

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