IOLANTA by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Teatro Real de Madrid
From the Teatro Real de Madrid
IOLANTA | by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(with English subtitles - activable in the player)
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Libretto: Modest Tchaikovsky
Based on King René’s Daughter by Henrik Hertz
Iolanta, a mature composition by Tchaikovsky, was premiered in 1892 and it contains all aspects of the composer’s mastery: beautiful melodies, clear structure and genuine passion in its many varieties.
Iolanta: Ekaterina Scherbachenko
Vaudémont: Pavel Cernoch
King René: Dmitry Ulianov
Ibn-Hakia: Willard White
Robert: Alexey Markov
Bertrand: Pavel Kudinov
Alméric: Vasily Efimov
Marta: Ekaterina Semenchuk
Brigitta: Irina Churilova
Laura: Letitia Singleton
Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro Real
(Coro Intermezzo and Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid)
Stage and Television Director: Peter Sellars
Musical Director: Teodor Currentzis
1 Opening
2 Introduction
3 Moy ptenchik, Iolanta . . .
4 Otchego eto prezhde ne znala . . .
5 Polno, ne nado, rodnaya . . .
6 Brigitta, eto ty?
7 Spi, pust’ angely krylami . . .
8 Vkhod otkryt vam . . .
9 Chto skazhet on?
10 Tvoyë litso besstrastno . . .
11 Ne toropis’ . . .
12 Net! Chary lask krasy . . .
13 Moy Bog!
14 Vy mne predstali kak viden’ye . . .
15 Tvoyë molchan’ye neponyatno . . .
16 Iolanta! Iolanta! Iolanta!
17 Net, nazovi mucheniya . . .
18 Gotfrid, ya vyruchat’ tebya yavilsya . . .
19 Gde ya?
20 Cherubs’ Hymn
21 Blagoy, velikiy, neizmennyy . . .
22 Curtain calls