FULL MARIE-MAGDELEINE (Massenet) Marijampolė 2022 Kristina Zmailaitė, Gabrielė Kiršaitė, Edmundas Seilius

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Marie-Magdeleine  
• Composer: Massenet Jules  
• Libretto:  Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: St. Archangel Michael Basilica (Marijampolės Šv. arkangelo Mykolo bazilika), Marijampolė, Holy George Art Season festival  
• Recorded: July 5, 2022
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Kristina Zmailaitė, Gabrielė Kiršaitė, Edmundas Seilius, Stanislaw Daniel Kotlinski
• Conductor: Tom Ambrozaitis.  
• Orchestra: Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra  
• Chorus: State Choir “Vilnius”  
• Chorus Master: Artūras Dambrauskas  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: LRT  
• Date Published: 2022  
• Format: Broadcast
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  Marie-Magdeleine is an oratorio (Drame Sacré) in three acts and four parts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l’Odéon in Paris on 11 April 1873, starring the famous contralto Pauline Viardot. The first staged performance took place in Nice on February 9, 1903. It was Massenet’s first success and won him the praise of Tchaikovsky, Gounod, and Bizet.

  The story concerns the last days of Jesus from the perspective of Mary Magdalene. The subject initially caused some controversy, as some believed that physical love was implied between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. From today’s perspective, those implications are difficult to detect. While it contains some beautiful music and has been revived for certain singers, notably Régine Crespin, the work has not endured and is rarely performed.

  Quoted from Wikipedia

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