Opera news about opera music can also present interesting information about classical concerts near me. News about the opera Cavalleria Rusticana is always welcome for this opera has some of the most famous opera songs. Another from among the most famous operas that has a bride, is a Russian opera.
A symphony hall is the perfect place to listen to the symphony played by a philharmonic orchestra. Or, you can listen to classical music while reading poetry.
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December 3, 2009
A Synopsis of Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana
For many opera buffs, Pietro Mascagni is not as well known as the titans of opera, such as, Wagner, Verdi, Puccini or the genius Mozart, Rossini…
And yet, the world opera treasury is richer for the presence of this exquisite pearl called Cavalleria Rusticana.
Did you know that Opera Houses around the world often add and delete creating their own unique versions of operas?
By clicking on the link below, you can read a synopsis of Cavalleria Rusticana, view the images and watch a video of the musical interlude “Intermezzo” as performed in repertoire at the Lviv Opera House in Lviv, Ukraine.
The storyline keeps everything very operatic (in the best meaning of the word): love, sincerity, grief, jealousy, deceit, volatility, stubbornness and vulgarity …
Continue reading about Cavalleria Rusticana…
Anatoliy Lypnyk in Cavalleria Rusticana at Lviv Opera
October 17, 2009
A Symphony of Poetry By Myron Yusypovych
Myron Yusypovych, a famous Lviv musician and conductor of the S. Krushelnytska National Opera and Ballet Theatre presented his first anthology of poems – «Why Bother Picking up a Violin?»…
… Myron Yusypovych introduced us to the secrets of the art of conducting, spoke about his orchestra tours throughout Europe…
The author explained the title of his anthology «Why Bother Picking up a Violin»: «Everyone of us should be masters of our profession… If you don't have what it takes to be a musician, you shouldn't pick up a violin.»
June 19, 2009
The Tsar's Bride is an anti-totalitarian, not an anti-Russian production, claims opera conductor, Myron Yusypovych
«I've lived with the idea of creating this production for a long time… To my mind, there is much in common with the totalitarian regimes of the 20th c. and those of the era of Oprichnina during Ivan the Terrible's time… Present-day totalitarianism (1917, 1937) draws its roots from that time. Oprichnina, as a phenomenon, gave birth to the Cheka, MVD… Although the characters of Ivan VI, Malyuta Skuratov are historical, this opera lends itself well to being produced as a reflection on the 20th c. … such abuse of power was evident during the time of Lenin, Dzerzhynsky, Stalin, Beria…
Malyuta Skuratov, who killed a bishop with his own hands gouging out his eyes and quartering him, who manipulated Ivan the Terrible, who attacked a boyar (noble) whom he had betrayed, took his wife, raped her and then hung her upside down on the door frame, is no different from those who committed atrocities in the 20th c. when people lived in constant fear of being forcibly removed from their homes in the middle of the night. At least, I don't see any differences. On the contrary, the wheel of history repeats itself.
I have been asked whether or not I see this opera as being anti-Russian. No, I don't. For me, it is anti-totalitarian…
My idea was to portray at least three periods on stage: first – 1917, the second act in a Moscow suburb in 1937…. and only the last act would be staged in the original period. For me, it is not the outward visual trappings that are important, but the content…
Totalitarism is capable of rebirth. I see this as a possiblity not only here, but also everywhere….» -- said, the production conductor of the Lviv Opera's The Tsar's Bride, Myron Yusypovych…
Read the interview in Ukrainian!...