Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame ('The Queen of Spades') (complete opera recorded in 2018)
$60.00
Out of Stock6+ weeks add to cart
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame ('The Queen of Spades') (complete opera recorded in 2018)
Vienna State Opera / Brandon Jovanovich, Evgenia Muraveva, Vladislav Sulimsky, Igor Golovatenko / Mariss Jansons (cond)
[ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray ]
Release Date: Friday 9 March 2018
This item is currently out of stock. It may take 6 or more weeks to obtain from when you place your order as this is a specialist product.
Hans Neuenfels, the luminary of modern director's theatre, provides a compelling, multi-layered staging of Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame at Salzburg Festival. In the stark, mostly abstract sets by Christian Schmidt, Neuenfels 'draws gripping performances from a strong cast' (The New York Times) including Brandon Jovanovich and Evgenia Muraveva in the title roles of Herman and Lisa and legendary singer Hanna Schwarz as Countess. Mariss Jansons, 'a compelling director in his element' (The New York Times) makes his rare appearance as an opera conductor, at the helm of the Wiener Philharmoniker - 'Another triumph in this hot festival summer!' (Neue Zürcher Zeitung). Mariss Jansons, 'maybe the best connoisseur of this unjustly neglected opera' (Süddeutsche Zeitung), turns this Queen of Spades with as much verve as sensitivity into a 'captivating musical drama' (Die Zeit).
Recording Date: Salzburg Festival, Grosses Festspielhaus, August 2018
Sound Format: BD: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1
Picture: NTSC, 16:9
"[Jovanovich has] a substantial lyric tenor with the capacity to be lyrical or heroic according to need, and the ability to cut through pretty well any texture. Nevertheless, with a tone that doesn't match the colours of the rest of the cast, he doesn't quite fit vocally…The Vienna Philharmonic is invariably lush-toned and accomplished under Mariss Jansons, who offers plenty of detail while maintaining a steady momentum." BBC Music
"It is all performed with energy and belief by this excellent cast… it is a very fine musical performance of a great score." MusicWeb
