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The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky) Düsseldorf 2023 Maria Kataeva, Sami Luttinen, Aleksandr Nesterenko
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: The Maid of Orleans russ. Orleanskaja deva
- Composer: Tchaikovsky Piotr Ilyich
- Libretto: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Recorded: August 30, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Maria Kataeva, Sami Luttinen, Aleksandr Nesterenko, Sergej Khomov, Luiza Fatyol, Thorsten Grümbel, Evez Abdulla, Richard Šveda, Beniamin Pop, Johannes Preißinger, Žilvinas Miškinis, Mara Guseynova
- Conductor: Vitali Alekseenok
- Orchestra: Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
- Chorus: Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
- Chorus Master: Gerhard Michalski
- Stage Director: Elisabeth Stöppler
- Stage Designer: Annika Haller
- Costume Designer: Su Sigmund
- Lighting Designer: Volker Weinhart
Information about the Recording
- Published by: OperaVision
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, desubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The Maid of Orleans (Russian: Орлеанская дева, romanized: Orleanskaja deva, lit. ’Virgin of Orleans’ listenⓘ) is an opera in 4 acts, 6 scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It was composed during 1878–1879 to a Russian libretto by the composer, based on several sources: Friedrich Schiller’s The Maid of Orleans as translated by Vasily Zhukovsky; Jules Barbier’s Jeanne d’Arc; Auguste Mermet’s libretto for his own 1876 opera; and Henri Wallon’s biography of Joan of Arc. Dedicated to conductor Eduard Nápravník, this work represents the composer’s closest approach to French grand opera, albeit in the Russian language, notably with its inclusion of a ballet in act 2.
Performance history
The world premiere was given on 25 February 1881 (13 February O.S.) at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, conducted by Eduard Nápravník. Notable subsequent performances were given on 28 July 1882 in Prague under Adolf Čech, the first production of any Tchaikovsky opera outside Russia; in 1899 in Moscow by the Private Opera Society, conducted by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov; and in 1907 in Moscow by the Zimin Opera, conducted by Palitsīn.
Quoted from Wikipedia