Glyndebourne: GFOCD00206Prokofiev: Betrothal in a Monastery |
Ex. VAT prices will be applied automatically for non-EU delivery addresses.
See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Prokofiev composed his last complete opera, Betrothal in a
Monastery, as the Nazis were invading Russia and the country
descended into a period of political repression and terror. However, the opera, a romantic comedy loosely based on Richard Sheridan’s 1775 play, The Duenna, was according to Shostakovich ‘one of Prokofiev’s most radiant and buoyant works’. Betrothal in a
Monastery highlights the cultural divisions between the faded
glamour of the impoverished aristocracy and the new wealth of
the lower classes. Ostensibly the plot concerns the trials of two pairs of lovers, Louisa and Antonio, and Clara and Ferdinand, but ultimately it is the fishmonger, Mendoza, who in the great tradition of the anti-hero, wins our empathy.
Viascheslav Voynarovskiy, Andrey Breus, Lyubov Petrova, Alexandra Durseneva, Vsevolod Grivnov, Nino Surguladze, Sergei Alexashkin & Alan Opie London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski Recorded live at Glyndebourne on 12, 15 & 22 August 2006. A recording of a rarely performed work with
consummate Russian conductor and cast. ‘It’s a score that Vladimir Jurowski plainly loves, and he coaxes and cajoles a fabulous range of seductive and coquettish and downright bawdy colours from the London Philharmonic Orchestra. It can never have sounded better.’ The Independent, 2006 | 
| | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
|
|
| |
For more recordings of this work, click here. |
Copyright © 2002-8 Presto Classical, all rights reserved.
Web site design and maintenance by Ferrer Consulting Ltd.
