FULL When the fern blooms (Stankovich) Lviv 2017
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: When the fern blooms (Ukrainian: Коли цвіте папороть)
- Composer: Stankovich Yevhen
- Libretto: Oleksandr Stelmashenko, inspired by the works of Nikolai Gogol, national traditions and folklore, folk ceremonies, and epic poems Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Lviv Opera, Ukraine
- Recorded: December 17, 2017
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Nina Matviienko, Mykhailo Malafii, Olena Romaniv, Iryna Chikel, Liliia Sobchyshyn
- Conductor: Volodymyr Sirenko
- Orchestra: Orchestra of Lviv national academic opera and ballet theatre named Solomiya Krushelnytska
- Chorus: Chorus of Lviv national academic opera and ballet theatre named Solomiya Krushelnytska
- Chorus Master: Vasyl Koval, Iryna Koval
- Ballet: Ballet of Lviv national academic opera and ballet theatre named Solomiya Krushelnytska
- Choreographer: Sergyj Naenko, Artem Shoshyin
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Lviv Opera
- Date Published: 2017
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, othersubs
- Video Recording from: mail.ru FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Folk opera ballet “When the Fern Blossoms” by Yevhen Stankovych is a phenomenon in music, unique both in genre and in stage history. The work was written in 1977, but never had a complete stage performance. Our theater ventured to implement this incredibly beautiful art canvas in bright and exciting way, canvas made of folk motifs, presented in modern musical language. In this pioneering performance there is no traditional plot that is inherent for opera arias and duets. In act I we will take a look at the colorful Pagan times, when the ancient culture of the Ukrainian people was formed in the union of man and nature; in act II we will feel our dark days with an echo of war, with a heroism inspired by memories of the freedom-loving Cossacks, with anxiety about the threat of a possible future disaster.