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FULL The Gadfly (Spadavecchia) St.Petersburg Melikhov Pavlova Sergeyeva
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: The Gadfly or Russian: Овод
- Composer: Spadavecchia Antonio
- Libretto: Iosif Keller after the eponymous novel by Ethel Voynich
- Venue & Opera Company: Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Recorded: 2014
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Artem Melikhov, Pavlova, Sergeyeva
- Conductor: Andrei Petrenko
- Orchestra: The Mariinsky Orchestra
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Mariinsky tv
- Date Published: 2014
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The Gadfly (Russian: Овод) is a 1958 Russian-language opera by the Soviet composer of Italian descent Antonio Spadavecchia based on the novel The Gadfly. An earlier opera based on the book, also called The Gadfly, had been composed by Mikhail Zhukov in 1928.
It is set in Italy in 1834–48, one of the few Russian revolutionary operas to take a plot overseas, another being Kirill Molchanov’s 1960 opera Del Corno Street following Vasco Pratolini’s anti-fascist story set in Mussolini’s Italy.