Live from the Met: War and Peace
Based on Tolstoy's epic novel, Prokofiev's mighty wartime opera sees the collision of two worlds: the whirl of romantic Imperial Balls contrasts with the gritty realism of Napoleon's "scorched earth" invasion of 1812. The two worlds are finally united as the fatally wounded Andrey meets his beloved Natasha one last time. The French are defeated and the victors raise a hymn to the great Russian spirit. The parallels with the Soviet situation in 1942 are clearto see in Prokofiev's masterpiece. Valery Gergiev conducts an authentically Russian cast.
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev Parti
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