Rimsky Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia

Mikhail Kazakov (Prince Yury), Vitaly Panfilov (Prince Vsevolod), Tatiana Monogarova (Fevroniya), Mikhail Gubsky (Grishka Kutyer'ma), Gevork Hakobyan (Fyodor Poyarok), Alexander Naumenko (Burunday)

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Alexander Vedernikov (conductor) & Eimuntas...

These are murderously difficult roles, but Tatiana Monogarova is just about the best Fevronia I've seen, vocally clear and sturdy, if a little unvarying, physically beautiful and a credibly passionate... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Nov 2011
Catalogue No: 2110277-78
Label: Naxos

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Rimsky Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia

Mikhail Kazakov (Prince Yury), Vitaly Panfilov (Prince Vsevolod), Tatiana Monogarova (Fevroniya), Mikhail Gubsky (Grishka Kutyer'ma), Gevork Hakobyan (Fyodor Poyarok), Alexander Naumenko (Burunday)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari
Alexander Vedernikov (conductor) & Eimuntas Nekrošius (director)

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The Invisible City of Kitezh, completed in 1905, is a remarkable opera that fuses folklore, mysticism and realism. Its subject is the story of the advancing Mongol army’s entry to Great Kitezh and the city’s subsequent miraculous survival. Rejecting archaisms and the more religiously inclined suggestions of his librettist, Rimsky-Korsakov sought to create an opera that “is contemporary and even fairly advanced”. It is therefore through-composed, hinting at times at Wagnerian procedure, and flooded with the composer’s rich, apt and brilliant orchestral palette, fully supportive of the powerful vocal writing.

Sung in Russian with English subtitles

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Mikhail Kazakov (Prince Yury), Vitaly Panfilov (Prince Vsevolod), Tatiana Monogarova (Fevroniya), Mikhail Gubsky (Grishka Kutyer'ma), Gevork Hakobyan (Fyodor Poyarok), Alexander Naumenko (Burunday)

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Alexander Vedernikov (conductor) & Eimuntas Nekrošius (director)

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April 2012

These are murderously difficult roles, but Tatiana Monogarova is just about the best Fevronia I've seen, vocally clear and sturdy, if a little unvarying, physically beautiful and a credibly passionate actress. Mikhail Gubsky's Grishka makes a strong impact...[Vedernikov] conjures the score's symphonic richness out of a fairly ordinary theatre orchestra.

March 2012

Monogarova, with her warm, firm middle register, is vocally well suited to her role (physically too)...she gives a tireless performance, in which her voice retains its rich tone throughout...[Gulordava] catches the ear with a well-carried tone and a touch fear...Much of Nekrosius's direction is representational, even abstract, rather than natural but it does not diverge from the story.

22nd March 2012

Tatiana Monogarova is very fine in the role of Fevronya – it's hard to think of who might sing it better these days – and the tenor Vitaly Panfilov makes a decent Vsevolod...For anyone who doesn't know this remarkable work, it's a must-buy at a bargain price.

Rimsky Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia

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