Sergei Prokofiev: The Gambler - Opera in four acts and six scenes (HD 1080p)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2016
- From the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, December 2012
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev - musical director and conductor
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Cast
Sergei Aleksashkin - a Retired General in civilian clothes
Tatiana Pavlovskaya - Pauline, the General’s step-daughter
Vladimir Galuzin - Alexei, tutor of the General’s children
Larisa Dyadkova - Babulenka
Nikolai Gassiev - Marquis
Alexander Gergalov - Mr Astley, a rich Englishman
Nadezhda Serdyuk - Mlle Blanche, a demi-mondain
Andrei Popov - Prince Nilsky
Oleg Sychev - Baron Wurmerhelm
Andrei Spekhov - Potapych
Sergei Prokofiev: The Gambler - Opera in four acts and six scenes
Libretto by the composer after the novella of the same name by
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Prokofiev flows in the veins of the Mariinsky Theatre’s musicians, and has moreover done so for a long time; and the fact that, under Gergiev’s baton, the orchestra and the opera company performed all of Sergei Prokofiev’s symphonies, all of his concerti and all of his operas more than once is here of fundamental significance. All the senses and all the emotions are presented here by the orchestra in full on an immense yet refined palette of sounds, with a full understanding of both the text and subtext of the events, in the lively action and with Gergiev’s inherent magic. - เพลง
The performance was more than astonishing. I cannot imagine the hardships that the company had to endure to perform this.
Огромное спасибо за спектакль!!! Высочайший уровень Мариинского театра - это гордость нашей страны!!! Спасибо, всем, кто был причастен к этому празднику музыки: маэстро Гергиеву, режиссёру, солистам, оркестру, хору, цехам и конечно автору С.Прокофьеву за его гений и блистательную музыку пронизывающую душу человека!!!
I saw this magnificent opera about 25 years ago at Lyric Opera Chicago and it's a pleasure to see another fine performance posted on TH-cam. Thank you for making this available. It's wonderful.
Wonderfull production of a great opera, the first operatic masterpiece of Prokofiev!
In my opinion, and contrary to what some commenters have suggested, I think Prokofiev’s opera does a marvelous job of capturing the essential spirit of the Dostoevsky work and could, in fact, be considered to be one of the best adaptations in any artistic medium whatsoever (rivaled perhaps only by his collaborative effort with Mira Mendelssohn to adapt Tolstoy’s formidable “War and Peace” for the stage). Prokofiev didn’t necessarily feel the need to realize every minute detail from the book on the stage, but rather, took a holistic approach by blending chapters together seamlessly into single scenes and representing the complex and unspoken emotions of the characters through his highly communicative and animated music. All of Dostoevsky’s intentions are implied in the music, which is at once sardonic and mocking. Each character is given an aural portrait in exact keeping with the book: the General’s leitmotif is big and blustery, plodding along in the lower depths of the brass section; the Marquis is often accompanied by slithering strings and woodwinds, often featuring an insidious oboe theme; whereas Alexei is often given the most lyrical lines which then become distorted and grotesque to represent his unhealthy love for Paulina. Prokofiev’s famous (relatively speaking) scene in the casino depicts the mad rush to lose one’s identity in the pursuit of easy money through a polyphony of cacophonous voices which swallow up the desperate Alexei without resistance. It is a scene that is as gripping as it is terrifying. And, finally, please excuse my long-windedness, but "The Gambler" is one of my absolute favorite operas of all time and I always feel compelled to defend its honor whenever it is in question!
Well said!
I like your comments. I agree that Prokofiev is faithful in its representation of Dostoyevsky. It shows the mad obsession the aristocrats had with gambling, money, status, etc. It’s fascinating.
Brilliant review from enthusiastic, knowledgeable and intelligent opera lover.
Maestro Georgiev, whom I had the honor to speak with on to occasions in Chicago showed again and again his greatness in propagating fascinating artistic and cultural heritage of the great Russian people.
Thank you all! I appreciate it!
Acte I 1:30
Acte II 24:00
Acte III 59:25
Acte IV 1er tableau 1:26:46
1er entracte 1:34:15
2nd tableau 1:35:54
2nd entracte 1:49:10
3e tableau 1:51:37
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Very interesting music. Challenging to perform and memorize, as my appinion counts. There is absence of singing arias, its one theatric narrative which is defining whole musical `accompainment` and expression. Not something which i would like to hear every day, but surely has artistic merit and value. I think this piece of music is very good work of art.
I think Prokofiev's the gambler might be the biggest opera of our time and it could take the music to any different level and it almost remind me to any opera in the United States or in Europe
Its in good quality with subtitles. 👒👒👒😘😘
I don't need anything else. ❣️
Wonderful!
Why, nice!
They succeeded to convey Dostoevsky's spirit fairly well!
Gracias por compartir esta obra maestra, patrimonio de la humanidad.
Saludos desde México.
Prokofiev was young when he wrote this opera. He was yet to discover how to set psychological undertones effectively. This is not to say he isn't and always will be a master - and to write compelling psychologically charged music is reserved only for the elite, which at the moment of this opera, Prokofiev was well on his way - he just narrowly misses the colour and depth of Dostoevsky's literary masterpiece. I can learn a lot from Prokofiev and his achievement here.
But Prokofiev perfect in any case!
The staging of the theather basel was really well done, really great stage design, the director, Vasily Barkhatov has created something wonderful. The singers were great too. too bad it's already over.
trailer: th-cam.com/video/-GMzWdOktNw/w-d-xo.html
Its up in Vilnius, Lithuania. February, 2020
YENNANKIJE' che significa POVERA FORESTA AMAZZONICA
44:28 - Did Polina composed a song for him?! :P
55:30
YENNANKIJE' POVERA FORESTA AMAZZONICA
I would recommend reading the Dostoevsky. It's a much richer and much more colorful experience than the opera.
Polite audience. They seem not to get too excited. Is the Mariinsky maybe a small house?
Heath Rosenzweig I saw it now in Vienna Staatsoper, a wonderfull Experience.
Such a strange comparison to make, between a piece of literature and a piece of music
The Mariinsky is quite large.
This piece is mediocre at best. The audience was being polite. I am also being polite. The music has no melodic content and the harmonic structure is really vague. This opera is not any better than plastic fruit.
Prokofiev may be too difficult for some. The work is a challenge to us….
When the conductor comes out dressed as if he had just got through working in his garage, I'm sorry, I'm not a snob but I just have to wonder...
It's a new standard . Many conductors now put on just a black shirt . No reason to sweat in the dress-coat when anyway nobody sees you .
Did you not see the whole opera? In the end he wears a more dressed up black jacket of some sort. I would also prefer if conductors wore more formal clothing, a tailcoat is synonymous with a conductor in my opinion.
I didnt know that much about this work until watching this, and I must say, what a nasty, mean-spirited little piece.
i read the book... the people in it are shits and possibly mentally disturbed.... maybe Prok. was looking for this aspect.
Prokofiev was a great composer but this opera is not any better than plastic fruit - not even worth seeing or hearing twice.
Revisit the Opera when your capacity of music grows and you’ll likely come to appreciate it. At one point in time I was like you. I couldn’t appreciate the music right before my very ears because my minds ear just couldn’t quite grasp it. I’ve come a long way!!