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17/09/2015

Tchaikovsky - Iolanta

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Penny Gore presents Tchaikovsky's Iolanta performed at the 2015 Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Penny Gore presents Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta performed by Lyon Opera at the Grand Theatre de Provence at the 2015 Aix-en-Provence Festival. Plus music by Dutilleux and Ravel.

Penny Gore presents Tchaikovsky's one-act opera Iolanta, which was performed by Lyon Opera at the Grand Théâtre de Provence in Aix-en-Provence as part of this Summer's Aix-en-Provence Festival, starring Ekaterina Sherbachenko in the title role.

Iolanta, Tchaikovsky's final opera, is a fairy tale about the young, blind daughter of the King of Provence who is secluded from the world and even the truth about her blindness. It is based on the Danish play Kong Renés Datter (King René's Daughter) by Henrik Hertz.

2pm
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta

Iolanta ..... Ekaterina Sherbachenko (soprano)
René ..... Dmitry Ulianov (bass)
Robert ..... Maxim Aniskin (baritone)
Vaudémont ..... Arnold Rutkowski (tenor)
Ibn-Hakia ..... Willard White (bass-baritone)
Alméric ..... Vasily Efimov (tenor)
Bertrand ..... Pavel Kudinov (bass)
Marta ..... Diana Montague (contralto)
Brigitta ..... Maria Bochmanova (soprano)
Laura ..... Karina Demurova (mezzo-soprano)
Lyon Opera Chorus
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Teodor Currentzis (conductor)

Recorded at Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence on 11 July 2015 as part of the Aix-en-Provence Festival

Plus more recent recordings made by the BBC Philharmonic, including Williamson's Sinfonietta as part of the Southern Hemisphere Season on Afternoon on 3.

3:45pm
Dutilleux: Sur le même accord
Olivier Charlier (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

3:55pm
Ravel: Tzigane
Olivier Charlier (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

4:05pm
Williamson: Sinfonietta
BBC Philharmonic
Tecwyn Evans (conductor).

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