"caught himself due to the recklessly presented watch and ends up asking his wife for forgiveness, which he receives. As a result, the frivolous friends are embarrassed and forgiven, the student gets deserved freedom, and the talented maid — a place of an actress in the theater. Die Fledermaus (1979 film) Die Fledermaus is a 1979 Soviet two-part operetta film directed by Yan Frid. It is based on Johann Strauss II's 1874 work of the same name. The Viennese banker Heinrich Eisenstein has committed a minor offense for which he must go to jail. However, his friend Falke, director of"
"people strike up a stirring hymn to Yarilo. Prologue Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Act 4 Audio Recordings (""Mainly studio recordings"") Source: www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk The Snow Maiden The Snow Maiden (subtitle: A Spring Fairy Tale) () is an opera in four acts with a prologue by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composed during 1880–1881. The Russian libretto, by the composer, is based on the like-named play by Alexander Ostrovsky (which had premiered in 1873 with incidental music by Tchaikovsky). The first performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera took place at the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg on 29 January 1882 (OS; 10 February NS) conducted by"
"practical joke on a drunken Falke, depositing him, asleep and dressed as a bat, in the lap of a patriotic Russian statue, to be discovered the following morning by irate Russian soldiers. Falke is nearly arrested until his friend General Orlofsky (Anthony Quayle) of the USSR intervenes. A vengeful Falke plans an elaborate practical joke on his friend, involving Orlofsky, a British major (Dennis Price), Eisenstein's beautiful wife Rosalinda (Ludmilla Tcherina), her maid (Anneliese Rothenberger) and a masked ball where no one is what they seem. Complicating matters is American Captain Alfred Westerman (Mel Ferrer), an old flame of Rosalinda's"
"St Petersburg on 24 April 1874, followed by the Moscow premiere on 16 May 1874 at the Bolshoi Theatre. Source: Tchaikovsky Research Entr'acte Entr'acte ""Note"": The entr'acte to Act II may have been written and scored by Vladimir Shilovsky. Arrangements by the composer The Oprichnik The Oprichnik or The Guardsman (, Oprichnik) is an opera in 4 acts, 5 scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) to his own libretto after the tragedy ""The Oprichniks"" () by Ivan Lazhechnikov (1792–1869). The subject of the opera is the oprichniks. It is set in Ivan the Terrible's court during the oprichnina times (1565–1573)."
"definitive revival of ""Swan Lake"" (with Lev Ivanov) in 1895. When the theatre was designated as principal venue of the Imperial Ballet and Opera in 1886, the theatre was extensively renovated. A lavish inauguration celebration was given at the behest of Emperor Alexander III, in which the first original ballet to be produced at the Mariinsky was given Petipa's ""Les Pilules magiques"", to the music of Ludwig Minkus. Other world premieres given at the house included Mussorgsky's opera ""Boris Godunov"" in 1874, Tchaikovsky's operas ""The Queen of Spades"" in 1890 and ""Iolanta"" in 1892, the revised version of Prokofiev's ballet"
"Eine florentinische Tragödie , Op. 16, is an opera in one act by Alexander von Zemlinsky to a libretto adapted by the composer from a German translation by of Oscar Wilde's unfinished play ""A Florentine Tragedy"". The opera was premiered at the Staatsoper Stuttgart on 30 January 1917 under the direction of Max von Schillings. The last production during Zemlinsky's lifetime was in Brno in 1928. It lasts under one hour and is generally paired with another work when performed. The score is published by Universal Edition Vienna. Simone, a Florentine merchant, suspects that he is being cuckolded by Prince"
"– Excerpts The Coronation Scene was performed on 5 February 1872 by the Russian Music Society, conducted by Eduard Nápravník. The Polonaise from Act 3 was performed (without chorus) on 3 April 1872 by the Free School of Music, conducted by Miliy Balakirev. 1873, Saint Petersburg – Three scenes Three scenes from the opera—the Inn Scene, the Scene in Marina's Boudoir, and the Fountain Scene—were performed on 5 February 1873 at the Mariinsky Theatre. Eduard Nápravník conducted. The cast included Darya Leonova (Innkeeper), Fyodor Komissarzhevsky (Pretender), Osip Petrov (Varlaam), Vasiliy Vasilyev (or 'Vasilyev II') (Misail), Mikhail Sariotti (Police Officer), Yuliya"
"was first performed at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris on 18 July 1791. The opera was received enthusiastically and ran for 200 performances. It was so popular that it was revived again at the Feydeau in 1819 and was performed frequently in the Germanic countries in the early 19th century, including a production in Vienna in 1805, while Cherubini was there. John Philip Kemble produced an English version in 1794. It was first performed in New York on 4 December 1826. A group of Tartar warriors, led by Titzikan, are approaching the castle of a notorious baron named Dourlinsky. One"
"is married and the second is engaged to another man. After initial failed attempts by their partners to rescue them, the women are eventually freed when a new Voyevoda is appointed. There are no complete recordings of ""Dream on the Volga"". However, its overture can be heard on several recordings of Arensky's works including: Dream on the Volga Dream on the Volga (Russian: Сон на Волге) is an opera in four acts composed by Anton Arensky. The libretto was adapted by Arensky from Alexander Ostrovsky's melodrama ""Voyevoda"". The opera premiered on January 2, 1891 at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow"
"The play was translated into numerous languages. The Russian translation by Fyodor Miller was adapted by Vladimir Zotov, whose version was used as the basis for the opera ""Iolanta"", written by Tchaikovsky, with libretto by his brother Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It received its premiere on 18 December 1892 in St. Petersburg. The heroine's name was given as ""Iolanthe"" in the original Danish version and in the English translation by Theodore Martin, making this version of her name familiar in the 19th century. In 1913 a silent film of Hertz's play was made by the Thanhouser Company, starring Maude Fealy as"
"scenario by composer Ludwig Minkus, which had premiered in 1879.) Other notable performances of Rimsky-Korsakov's ""Mlada"" were given in 1904 in St. Petersburg in the Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Conservatory by Tsereteli's opera company; in 1913 in Moscow by the Zimin Opera; and in 1923 in Petrograd at the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet. A more recent production of the opera-ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre was recorded on video. Voyslava has killed Mlada, Yaromir's bride, to have him for herself. With the help of Morena, the goddess of the underworld, she has captivated Yaromir. But he sees"
"The Snow Maiden The Snow Maiden (subtitle: A Spring Fairy Tale) () is an opera in four acts with a prologue by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composed during 1880–1881. The Russian libretto, by the composer, is based on the like-named play by Alexander Ostrovsky (which had premiered in 1873 with incidental music by Tchaikovsky). The first performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera took place at the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg on 29 January 1882 (OS; 10 February NS) conducted by Eduard Nápravník. By 1898 it was revised in the edition known today. It remained the composer's own favorite work. The story deals with the"
"Iolanta Iolanta, Op. 69, () is a lyric opera in one act by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. It was the last opera he composed. The libretto was written by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, and is based on the Danish play """" (""King René's Daughter"") by Henrik Hertz, a romanticised account of the life of Yolande de Bar. In the original Danish play, the spelling of the princess's name was ""Iolanthe"", later adopted for the otherwise unrelated Gilbert and Sullivan operetta of that name. The play was translated by Fyodor Miller and adapted by Vladimir Zotov. The opera received its premiere on"
"These methods had already been used by Glinka and others to portray Orientalism in Russian music. The world premiere was given in St. Petersburg on 4 November (23 October O.S.), 1890 at the Mariinsky Theatre. Set designers were Yanov, Andreyev, and Bocharov, while Lev Ivanov was balletmaster. Moscow premieres followed later. The first was given in 1892 by the Russian Opera Society, conducted by Iosif Pribik. The Bolshoi Theatre premiere was given in 1898 and was conducted by Ulrikh Avranek Other notable premieres were given in Prague in 1899, and in Paris in 1909, with a Sergei Diaghilev production featuring"
"as Rosalinde, Set Svanholm as Eisenstein, Patrice Munsel as Adele, Eugene Conley as Alfred, and Jarmila Novotná as Prince Orlofsky. He conducted a total of 82 performances at the house over the next six years, including performances of Modest Mussorgsky's ""Boris Godunov"" (with Jerome Hines and Nell Rankin), Georges Bizet's ""Carmen"" (with Risë Stevens and Richard Tucker), Ruggero Leoncavallo's ""Pagliacci"" (with Lucine Amara, Ramon Vinay, and Robert Merrill), Giuseppe Verdi's ""Un ballo in maschera"" (with Zinka Milanov, Jan Peerce, Roberta Peters, and Marian Anderson), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's ""Die Zauberflöte"" (with Theodor Uppman and Mildred Allen), and Richard Wagner's ""Die Meistersinger"
"Askold's Grave (opera) Askold's Grave (also: ""Askold's Tomb"", Russian: Аскольдова могила – Askol’dova mogila) is an opera in four acts by Alexey Verstovsky (1799–1862) to a libretto by Mikhail Zagoskin (1789–1852). It was the most successful of Verstovsky's six operas, and its popularity even overshadowed Glinka’s two operas. It is a romantic opera with spoken dialogue, influenced by Weber's ""Der Freischütz"", the latter having become popular in Russia after its first Russian performance in 1824. The role of Torop was created specifically for Alexander Bantyshev. The directors of the Imperial Theatres paid 2,000 rubles to the composer for this opera."
"the Prime Minister of Prussia; and other crowned heads, generals, and ministers. Of the military satire in the piece, Bismarck remarked, """"C'est tout-a-fait ça!"""" (That's exactly how it is!) Three years later the Franco-Prussian War broke out, and the operetta was later banned in France, because of its antimilitarism, after the French defeat. It was first performed at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris on 12 April 1867 and starred Hortense Schneider as the Duchess, who was highly successful in the title role. A Viennese production soon opened. The piece was first heard in New York City, in French, in"
"role of the captive Turkish woman Zelmira. The opera was revived and performed again on 28 August 2004 at the same place in Ostankino. Between 1799 and 1819 Kozlovsky supervised the theatre orchestras and the theatrical college at St Petersburg. Kozlovsky composed a famous Requiem Mass in E flat minor ""Missa pro defunctis"" for the death of Stanisław August Poniatowski, the King of Poland (1732–1798), commissioned by the King himself before his death and performed on 25 February 1798 in St Petersburg. He wrote another requiem for the death of the Emperor Alexander I. His considerable production included stage music"
"his 4-year stay in Italy. It was for a winter carnival in Livorno, where a Russian flotilla was anchored, written at the request of his patron, count Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, the commander-in-chief of the Russian fleet. The opera was premiered in February 1773 and was well received by the local press. The review in the Livorno newspaper ""Notizie del mondo"" published on February 27, 1773 noted that the “opera with music composed by Maestro Beresovsky, the Russian ""maestro di cappella"" at the service of Her Majesty the Empress of the whole Russia, combines liveliness and good taste with the possession"
"three scenes (the Inn and both Sandomierz scenes) at the Mariinsky Theatre on 5 February 1873, as a benefit for stage manager Gennadiy Kondratyev. César Cui's review noted the audience's enthusiasm: The success of this performance led V. Bessel and Co. to announce the publication of the piano vocal score of Mussorgsky's opera, issued in January 1874. Premiere The triumphant 1873 performance of three scenes paved the way for the first performance of the opera, which was accepted for production on 22 October 1873. The premiere took place on 27 January 1874, as a benefit for prima donna Yuliya Platonova."
"Zarya (opera) Zarya svobody (Russian Заря свободы, German Morgenröte der Freiheit, English The Dawn of Freedom), is an opera in four acts composed between 1873 and 1877 by Ella Adayevskaya (the pseudonym adopted by the composer Elizaveta von Schultz). The opera, which was listed by Adayevskaya as her Op. 8, has a libretto by Richard Genée, translated into Russian by Adayevskaya herself. A manuscript piano score bears the title, in German, ""Die Morgenröte der Freiheit"". The opera bears a dedication to Tsar Alexander II. The opera takes place in Little Russia (present-day Ukraine) in 1762. Olga and Pierre have loved"
"by Watson Barratt. Princess Flavia Princess Flavia is a 1925 operetta in three acts based on Anthony Hope's novel ""The Prisoner of Zenda"", with book and lyrics by Harry B. Smith and music by Sigmund Romberg. ""Princess Flavia"" was staged by J. C. Huffman and produced by Lee Shubert and J. J. Shubert. The Broadway show opened November 2, 1925, at the Century Theatre. On February 1, 1926, it moved to the Shubert Theatre, continuing for a total run of 152 performances. The large cast was led by Harry Welchman, a popular tenor of the London stage, and soprano Evelyn"
"Balalaika (musical) Balalaika is a musical play in three acts with book and lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, music by George Posford and Bernard Grun. It opened in London at the Adelphi Theatre on 22 December 1936, starring Muriel Angelus, Roger Treville, Clifford Mollison and Betty Warren, and ran for 569 performances. A love story between a young nobleman and a ballerina set mostly in Russia during World War I and the Russian Revolution, it begins and ends in 1924 at a Montmartre night-club called the ""Balalaika"", telling the lovers' story through a series of flashbacks. Itself a revised version of"
"Platonova (Marina), Josef Paleček (Rangoni), and Feliks Krzesiński (Old Polish Noble). 1874, Saint Petersburg – World premiere The Revised Version of 1872 received its world premiere on 27 January 1874 at the Mariinsky Theatre. The Cell Scene was omitted. The Novodevichiy and Coronation scenes were combined into one continuous scene: 'The Call of Boris to the Tsardom'. Matvey Shishkov's design for the last scene of Pushkin's drama, 'The House of Boris' (see illustration, right), was substituted for this hybrid of the Novodevichiy and Coronation scenes. The scenes were grouped in five acts as follows: Production personnel included Gennadiy Kondratyev (stage"
"its first 25 years. This was the first Russian opera performed in the United States (in 1869). In the Soviet era the opera was forgotten for decades, until it was revised in 1944 at the Moscow Theatre of Operetta under the title ""Украденная невеста"" (""Ukradennaya Nevesta"" – ""The Stolen Bride""), and then returned to the stage in 1959 after its performance in a new version at the Kiev State Opera Theatre. However the ""Epoch of Verstovsky"" soon changed to the ""Epoch of Glinka"" and Verstovsky's operas fell into oblivion once more. He was a friend and correspondent with many famous"
"its predecessor, the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, hosted the premieres of many of the operas of Mikhail Glinka, Modest Mussorgsky, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. At the behest of the theatre director Ivan Vsevolozhsky, both the Imperial Ballet (ballet arrived at the Mariinsky theater in 1870) and the Imperial Opera were relocated to the Mariinsky Theatre in 1886, as the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre was considered unsafe. It was there that the renowned choreographer Marius Petipa presented many of his masterpieces, including such staples of the ballet repertory as ""The Sleeping Beauty"" in 1890, ""The Nutcracker"" in 1892, ""Raymonda"" in 1898, and the"
"Princess Flavia Princess Flavia is a 1925 operetta in three acts based on Anthony Hope's novel ""The Prisoner of Zenda"", with book and lyrics by Harry B. Smith and music by Sigmund Romberg. ""Princess Flavia"" was staged by J. C. Huffman and produced by Lee Shubert and J. J. Shubert. The Broadway show opened November 2, 1925, at the Century Theatre. On February 1, 1926, it moved to the Shubert Theatre, continuing for a total run of 152 performances. The large cast was led by Harry Welchman, a popular tenor of the London stage, and soprano Evelyn Herbert in her"
"La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (""The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein"") is an opéra bouffe (a form of operetta), in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The story is a satirical critique of unthinking militarism and concerns a spoiled and tyrannical young Grand Duchess who learns that she cannot always get her way. The opera premiered in Paris in 1867 and starred Hortense Schneider in the title role. Thereafter, it was heard in New York, London and elsewhere, and it is still performed and recorded."
"and finds Alfred instead. In order not to compromise Rosalinde, Alfred agrees to pretend to be Eisenstein and to accompany Frank. (Finale, drinking song: ""Glücklich ist, wer vergisst""/""Happy is he who forgets"" followed by Rosalinde’s defence when Frank arrives: ""Mit mir so spät im tête-à-tête""/""In tête-à-tête with me so late,"" and Frank’s invitation: ""Mein schönes, großes Vogelhaus""/""My beautiful, large bird-cage."") A summer house in the Villa Orlofsky It transpires that Falke, with Prince Orlofsky's permission, is using the ball as a way of getting revenge on Eisenstein. Some time before, after a costume-party, Eisenstein had abandoned Falke, very drunk and"
"play itself had already been created in 1871 as a cantata by Henry Smart, setting a verse adaptation by Frederick Enoch. The Russian translation was by Fyodor Miller. An adaptation by Vladimir Zotov expanded the plot. This version was used as the basis for the opera ""Iolanta"", written by Tchaikovsky to a libretto by his brother, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It received its premiere on 18 December 1892 in St. Petersburg. In this version much of the magical material in the original is eliminated, making Ebn Jahia more of a scientist than sorcerer. A new character, Robert, Duke of Burgundy, is"
"audiences: adults and children. Over 10 years of its existence the theater produced 25 operas in various genres: mystery, singspiel, opera buffa, the Russian buff, folklore action, musical. In the current repertory there are 19 titles. The performances """"Love potion"""", """"Kashtanka"""", """"La Boheme"""" are marked with """"Gold mask"""" and """"Gold soffit"""" prizes. In the 1870s Petersburg Actor’s Club was situated in the building on Troitskaya Street., 13. The first comedy by Alexander Ostrovsky ""Ne vse kotu maslenitsa"" (“Day is not Sunday”) was performed there. Since 1885 Pavlova became the owner of the theatre and that is why the main hall"
"Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Label Website Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 1 & 15 conducted by Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Label Website Stravinsky: ""Oedipus Rex"" / ""Les Noces"" conducted by Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Label Website Tchaikovsky: ""1812"", ""Moscow Cantata"", ""Marche Slave"" conducted by Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Label Website Mariinsky Theatre The Mariinsky Theatre (, Mariinskiy Teatr, also spelled Maryinsky or Mariyinsky) is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th-century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres. Through most of the"
"Baron Golosh Baron Golosh is an operetta adapted from the 1891 French opérette ""L'oncle Célestin"" by Edmond Audran with some of the original music replaced with songs composed by Meyer Lutz and Leslie Stuart. After a tryout in Swansea, it premiered from April 25 to 8 June 1895 at the Trafalgar Theatre in London, running for only 43 performances. The original cast starred comedian E. J. Lonnen in the title role. It also featured Scott Russell, Florence Perry and Frank Wyatt, who were all best known for their work with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. The cast also included Sylvia"