FULL SADKO Ufa 2023 Igor Morozov, Olesya Mezentseva, Regina Zvegintseva, Aigiz Gizatullin
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Sadko
- Composer: Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai
- Libretto: Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theater, Ufa, Russia
- Recorded: February 18, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Igor Morozov, Olesya Mezentseva, Regina Zvegintseva, Aigiz Gizatullin, Nazgul Ibragimova, Alim Kayumov, Aitugan Valmukhametov, Askar Abdrazakov, Rim Rakhimov, Idel Aralbaev
- Conductor: Felix Korobov
- Orchestra:
- Chorus Master: Alexander ALEKSEEV
- Choreographer: Irina FILIPPOVA
- Stage Director: Askar ABDRAZAKOV
- Stage Designer: Ivan SKLADCHIKOV
- Costume Designer: Ernst RAMM
- Lighting Designer: Irina VTORNIKOVA
Information about the Recording
- Published by: bashopera
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Synopsis by Wikipedia
Time: The historical figure Sadko lived in the 12th century.
Place: The action takes place in Novgorod and in the legendary realm of the Sea-King.
The opera tells the story of Sadko, a gusli player (guslar), who leaves his wife, Lubava, and home in Novgorod and eventually returns a wealthy man. During his years of travel he amasses a fortune, weds the daughter of the King and Queen of the Ocean and has other adventures. Upon his return, the city and Lubava rejoice.
Scene 1 – The rich mansion of a guild in Novgorod
The wealthy Novgorod merchants congratulate themselves on their prosperity. Nezhata, a gusli player from Kiev, sings an heroic song. In reply, Sadko also sings, but the merchants laugh at him when he suggests that Novgorod would be more prosperous if a river joined Lake Ilmen to the ocean.
Scene 2 – The shores of Lake Ilmen
Sadko wanders unhappily by the lakeside. His singing attracts some swans, one of which changes into Volkhova, the Sea Princess, who wishes to marry a mortal. She explains to Sadko how to catch three golden fish which will lead to his fortune after a long voyage. The Princess promises to him to wait patiently for his return. At dawn, from the lake the voice of the Sea-King is heard. He calls his daughters home into the depths. The girls once again turn into white swans and swim away into the distance.
Scene 3 – An attic in Sadko’s home (in Novgorod)
Sadko’s wife, Lubava, is missing her husband. She is happy when he comes home at last, but distressed when he announces his intention to leave immediately in order to seek his fortune.
Scene 4 – A pier in Novgorod (on the banks of Lake Ilmen)
“The Song of the Indian Guest”
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1929 recording of transcription for violin and piano, featuring violinist Váša Příhoda
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Merchants assemble at the quayside and Nezhata sings another gusli song. The merchants deride Sadko when he explains how he will win his fortune by catching three golden fish. Sadko bets them that he can do this, and, after he is successful in catching the fish, he wins their ships to take on his voyage. He sets about gathering a crew for his voyage. Three visiting merchants, a Viking, an Indian and a Venetian, sing in turn of their homelands. Sadko decides to set sail for Venice.
Scene 5 – A peaceful expanse of the ocean
Sadko’s fleet of ships is returning home, laden with treasure, but becomes becalmed. Sadko’s crew throw treasure over the side to propitiate the Sea-King, but no wind appears. Sadko is left behind, clinging to a log, when the wind suddenly picks up while he is overboard.
Scene 6 – In the depths of the sea
The scene shifts to the realm of the sea-king, where Sadko sings to the king and queen, winning the hand of their daughter, Volkhova. The wedding celebrations become so boisterous that a storm springs up, sinking ships on the surface of the sea, and the realm of the Sea-King is destroyed. The end of the reign of the pagan king is heralded by an apparition of a Christian pilgrim (actually St Nicholas of Mozhaysk).[12] Sadko and Volkhova escape the destruction on a sea-shell.
Scene 7 – Novogrod, a green meadow on the shores of Lake Ilmen
Sadko is asleep by the lakeside. Volkhova watches over him and sings a lullaby. Before he wakes, she bids him farewell and then disappears, becoming changed into the River Volkhova that now links Lake Ilmen with the sea. Lubava finds her husband asleep and wakes him: he believes that his voyage was nothing but a dream, but the sight of the new river and his fleet of ships convinces him that he really is now a very wealthy man.