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Mikhail Glinka
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Ivan Susanin (A Life for the Tsar) Opera in four acts and an epilogue (1836) Libretto: Yegor Rozen & Vasiliy Zhukovsky
Ivan Susanin, a peasant ........................................NICOLA GHIUSELEV Antonida, Susanin’s daughter ................................ELENA STOYANOVA Vanya, an orphan..........................................HRISTINA ANGELAKOVA Bogdan Sobinin, Antonida’s bridegroom ..................ROUMEN DOIKOV A Russian Soldier ....................................................NICOLAI STOILOV A Polish Messenger ......................................................ANGEL PETKOV Sigismund The Third, King of Poland...................DIMITER STANCHEV Sofia National Opera Chorus and Orchestra Ivan Marinov Compact Disc 1 1 Overture
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9092 Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle Antal Dorati
9096 Rachmaninoff: The Miserly Knight Valery Polyansky
93969 Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar’s Bride Andrey Chistiakov
9219 Serov: Judith Andrey Chistiakov
75’36 9’21
Act 1 Introduction: Dräuet Sturm der Flur (Chorus) 7’18 Cavatina and Rondo: Tagelang schau’n in’s Feld hinaus (Antonida) 7’10 Scene and Chorus: Nicht von Hochzeit träume (Antonida/Susanin) 5’36 Scene and Trio: Soll es die Wahrheit sein (Antonida/Sobinin/Susanin/Chorus) 13’21 Finale: Mit dem Schwert im heißen Ringen 3’57 (Sobinin/Antonida/Susanin/Chorus)
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Act Four A dense forest Sobinin reassures his men that their mission is for a just cause. Night falls. In a part of the forest near a monastery, Vanya knocks at the gates and alerts the inhabitants to spirit the Tsar away. Susanin has led the suspicious Polish troops into an impassable, snow-covered area of the forest. The Poles sleep while Susanin waits for the dawn and bids farewell to his children. A blizzard sets in, and when day breaks, the Poles awake. When they realize that Susanin has deceived them, they kill him. Epilogue Red Square, Moscow Across the stage walks a crowd of people, celebrating the triumph of the new Tsar. Alone in their own solemn procession, Antonida, Sobinin, and Vanya mourn Susanin. A detachment of Russian troops comes upon them and, after discovering their connection with Susanin, comforts them. As the scene changes to Red Square, the people proclaim glory to the Tsar and to Susanin’s memory.
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Compact Disc 2
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Recording: August 1986, Bulgaria Concert Hall Producer: BALKANTON Recording supervision: Hristo Kovachev Sound engineer: Nikolai Mirchev Cover image – Aleksei Ivanovich Korzukhin (1835–1894): Petrushka is coming (1888, oil on canvas) Photo: Radichtchev Museum, Saratov, Russia/The Bridgeman Art Library Licensed from CAPRICCIO 훿 2011 Brilliant Classics
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Act 2 Polonaise: Nun vorbei, Kriegsgeschrei (Chorus) Krakowiak Waltz Mazurka (Orchestra) Finale: Wer bist du…Mich schickt Pan Burkewitsch zu Euch (Sigismund/Messenger/Chorus)
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Act 3 Entr’acte (Orchestra) Vanya’s Song: Da Vögeleins Mutter hinsank (Vanya) Scene and Duet: Lass mich hören, guter Vater (Vanya/Susanin) Chorus of Peasants: Wir ziehen zur Arbeit hinaus (Vanya/Sobinin/Susanin/Chorus) Quartet: Teure Kinder (Antonida/Vanya/Sobinin/Susanin) So lässt der Himmel mich erleben (Antonida/Vanya/Susanin/Chorus) Wedding Chorus: Wie vom Eise frei Frühjahrs Wasserstrom (Chorus) Antonida’s Romance and Chorus: Wahrlich, das ist nicht mein Herzeleid (Antonida/Chorus) Finale: Wie, was hör ich? Feinde nahten? (Antonida/Sobinin/Chorus)
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2’54 2’02 7’46 5’15 11’43 12’47 3’34 4’35 10’48
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Compact Disc 3
63’05
Synopsis The action takes place during the autumn of 1612 and the winter of 1613
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Act 4 Entr’acte (Orchestra) Chorus and Sobinin’s Aria: Kein menschliches Wesen ist rings zu erspäh’n (Chorus) Brüder! Im Sturm! Im Schneeverwehten, finst’ren Wald (Sobinin) Vanya’s Recitative and Aria: Ließ im Feld tot mein Roß (Vanya) Nicht der Sturmwind rüttelt am Eisentor (Chorus/Vanya) Scene and Chorus: Wie müd’ wir sind (Susanin/Chorus) Recitative and Aria: Sie ahnen die Wahrheit (Susanin) Recitative: Nur wenige Stunden zurück (Susanin) Finale: Der Sturm tobt noch immer (Chorus/Susanin)
Epilogue 9 Entr’acte (Orchestra) 10 Preis dir heiliges Vaterland (Choruses I & II) 11 Scene and Trio: Wenn ach in der Brust voll Leid des Herz! (Antonida/Vanya/Sobinin/Captain) 12 Finale: Heil dir, heil dir, o Russlands Zar (Choruses I & II)
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Act One The village of Domnino Antonida is eager to marry Sobinin, but her father Susanin refuses permission until a Russian has been duly chosen to take the Tsar’s throne. When Sobinin informs him that the Grand Council in Moscow has chosen a Tsar, everyone celebrates. Act Two Poland In a sumptuous hall, the nobility are celebrating the Polish dominance over the Russians with singing and dancing. Suddenly a messenger comes in, with the news that Mikhail Romanov has been selected as the Tsar of Russia and is now in hiding. The Poles vow to overthrow him. Act Three Susanin’s cabin Susanin and his adopted son Vanya pledge to defend the new Tsar. Susanin blesses Sobinin and Antonida on their upcoming wedding when a detachment of Polish soldiers bursts in, demanding to know the Tsar’s whereabouts. Instead Susanin sends Vanya to warn the Tsar while he, Susanin, leads the soldiers off the trail, into the woods. Antonida is devastated. Sobinin gathers some men to go on a rescue mission.
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