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FULL Birutė (Petrauskas) Vilnius 2006 Šervenikas Krikščiūnaitė Rubežius Žalys
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Birutė
- Composer: Petrauskas Mikas
- Libretto: Gabrielius Landsbergis-Žemkalnis
- Venue & Opera Company: Vilnius City Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Recorded: November 2006
- Type: Concert Semi-staged
- Singers: Asta Krikščiūnaitė, Audrius Rubežius, Giedrius Žalys, Arūnas Malikėnas, Rafailas Karpis
- Conductor: R. Šervenikas.
- Orchestra: Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra,
- Chorus: Aidija Chamber Choir, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater Mixed Choir Group
- Chorus Master: R-Grazinis
- Choreographer: B. Banevičiūtė
- Stage Director: B. Mar
- Stage Designer: A. Šimonis
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: LRT
- Date Published: 2006
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: yessubs, rusubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The playwright Gabrielius Landsbergis-Žemkalnis and the composer Mikas Petrauskas were to become the creators of the first Lithuanian opera:
An inspiring plot from the heroic past of Lithuania was chosen for the opera’s libretto, when our country survived the times of greatest power. The main character of the opera was Birutė, the daughter of Palanga’s father, who, according to a popular legend, was not ordained to play, because she was admired and later married by Duke Kęstutis.