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FULL LIFE WITH AN IDIOT (Schnittke) Malmö 2004 Bengt Krantz, Thor-Inge Falch, Susanne Elmark
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Life With An Idiot or Russian: Zhizn s idiotom
- Composer: Schnittke Alfred
- Libretto: Victor Erofeyev Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Malmö Opera and Music Theatre
- Recorded: 2004
- Type: Staged Opera Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Quote from wikipedia:
Life with an Idiot (Russian: Жизнь с идиотом, romanized: Zhizn s idiotom) is an opera by the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke to a Russian libretto by Viktor Erofeyev. Written as an allegory of oppression under the Soviet Union, the opera was first performed at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, on 13 April 1992.
Synopsis
Act 1
As a punishment for not working hard enough, “I” is forced by the authorities to live with an idiot. He chooses Vova from a lunatic asylum. Vova is only capable of speaking a single word: “Ech”.
Act 2
At first Vova behaves well but then he suddenly begins to make a nuisance of himself, including tearing up I’s wife’s copy of the works of Marcel Proust. I and his wife go to live in another room and Vova calms down. I’s wife falls in love with Vova and becomes pregnant by him. Then Vova and I turn on the wife. Vova kills her and I becomes an idiot.