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Rimsky-Korsakov: Tsar's Bride / Barenboim, Peretyatko, Tomowa-Sinto, Kranzle, Cernoch

Rimsky-korsakov / Tcherniakov / Staatskapelle Release Date: 09/25/2015
Label: Bel Air Classiques Catalog #: 105
Composer:  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Performer:  Pavel Cernoch ,  Tobias Schabel ,  Johannes Martin Kränzle ,  Anita Rachvelishvili  ...  Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra ,  Berlin State Opera Chorus Number of Discs: 1

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Based on an historical case, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride takes place in the suburbs of Moscow during the reign of Tsar Ivan IV, “the Terrible”, during the latter half of the 16th c. Widowed, he is looking for a new wife, his third. He chooses the young Marfa. She loves another man but bends to the Tsar’s will and renounces her love for the other. From this plot, Russian director Dmitri Tcherniakov retains only the frame. A live competition is organized for a virtual monarch, much like the reality shows of today. Here, the characters become the various players of the audiovisual industry bringing an acerbic critic to
Read more contemporary television. Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin. With Olga Peretyatko, Anita Rachvelishvili and Johannes and Martin Kränzle. Recorded at Staatsoper, Im Schiller Theater Berlin, in October 2013.

1 DVD
Run time 152 min
Subtitles: French, English, German
Picture: 16/9, NTSC
Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1 Read less