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 0.45
2 Introduction 3.13
3 Moy ptenchik, Iolanta . . . 5.22
4 Otchego eto prezhde ne znala . . . 2.55
5 Polno, ne nado, rodnaya . . . 2.20
6 Brigitta, eto ty? 1.59
7 Spi, pust’ angely krylami . . . 4.11
8 Vkhod otkryt vam . . . 6.48
9 Chto skazhet on? 4.20
10 Tvoyë litso besstrastno . . . 7.10
11 Ne toropis’ . . . 5.28
12 Net! Chary lask krasy . . . 4.04
13 Moy Bog! 6.30
14 Vy mne predstali kak viden’ye . . . 6.39
15 Tvoyë molchan’ye neponyatno . . . 10.53
16 Iolanta! Iolanta! Iolanta! 7.47
17 Net, nazovi mucheniya . . . 5.02
18 Gotfrid, ya vyruchat’ tebya yavilsya . . . 4.47
19 Gde ya? 2.15
20 Cherubs’ Hymn 7.15
21 Blagoy, velikiy, neizmennyy . . . 4.11
22 Curtain calls 2.03