In Reply to: Kitezh - and a new issue of the 1987 Soviet "Kaschei The Immortal" opera film posted by Chris from Lafayette on February 15, 2011 at 17:13:56:
I'm planning a traversal of Russian opera sometime in the future. I've actually seen Kitezh live twice, The second performance, again by the Kirov at Lincoln Center, was a pale shadow of the first.
This is out of place on an LvB thread, but I heard Prokofiev's "Betrothal at a Monastery" at the Met over a decade ago. I went for social reasons, expecting the opera to be socialist realist snoozerola, and I was surprised to find it a wonderful opera. Amphissa probably has 5 recordings of it :)
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- I don't know Kastchey but want to get to know it - jult52 05:34:28 02/16/11 (1)
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