The glory of Russia - sound and sights of Saint Petersburg : Renée Fleming with Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the Palaces of the Czars / written by Katrine Woolsey Ames ; producer and creative concept, Constantine Orbelian ; a Gorky Studio production for Bernhard Fleisher Moving Images/Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Inc. ; produced by Bernhard Fleischer ; directed by Brian Large.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Large, Brian, film director.

Orbelian, Constantine, film producer, conductor.

Fleischer, Bernhard, film producer.

Ames, Katrine Woolsey, screenwriter.

Fleming, Renée, singer.

Hvorostovsky, Dmitri, singer.

Kern, Olʹga, 1975- instrumentalist.

Ilʹi︠a︡, Ivari, instrumentalist.

Gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ kamernyĭ orkestr Rossii, instrumentalist, production company.

Sankt-Peterburg Kamerata, instrumentalist.

T︠S︡entralʹnai︠a︡ kinostudii︠a︡ detskikh i i︠u︡nosheskikh filʹmov imeni M. Gorʹkogo, production company.

Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images (Firm), production company.

Language:

English

Italian

Russian

Subjects (All):

Operas--Excerpts.

Operas.

Music--Russia.

Music.

Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Description and travel.

Saint Petersburg (Russia).

Travel.

Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg.

Russia.

Genre:

Concert films.

Internet videos

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 31 min., 16 sec.)) : sound, color

Other Title:

Screen title: The: Glory of Russia : the sights and sounds of Saint Petersburg

Place of Publication:

[Moscow] : Moscow Chamber Orchestra ; [France] : BFMI, 2009.

Language Note:

Spoken in English, sung primarily in Russian and Italian.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Renée Fleming - America's Queen of Opera performs in the Palaces of the Czars with internationally acclaimed Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities of the world. In this program, Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky explore the most spectacular corners of the city that was born in the remarkable mind of Peter the Great. Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky have often performed in St. Petersburg. On this occasion, they sing operatic duets and arias by Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Ambroise Thomas and Bellini. They are accompanied by Constantine Orbelian and the State Hermitage Orchestra. They lead us through the city and perform in the Gold Ballroom of Peterhof Palace, as well as the White Column Room and extraordinary baroque Theater of the Yusupov Palace where they will also sing romances by Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky in the baroque jewel of the theatre, where they will be accompanied by the pianists Olga Kern and Ivary Ilya.

Contents:

Il Trovatore. Act IV. Duet / Giuseppe Verdi

Simon Boccanegra. Act I. Duet / Giuseppe Verdi

At the Ball / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

In the Silence of the Night / Sergei Rachmaninov

The Winter Evening / Nikolai Medtner

Don't Sing to Me Fair Maiden / Sergei Rachmaninov

Spring Waters / Sergei Rachmaninov

Don Juan's Serenade / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Queen of Spades, Op. 68. Yeletsky's aria (I Love You) / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Oprichnik. Natasha's Aria / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Participant:

Renée Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, vocalists ; Olga Kern, Ivari Ilja, pianists ; Constantine Orbelian, conductor ; The State Hermitage Orchestra ; St. Petersburg Camerata.

Credits:

Director of photography, Henning Brümmer ; editor, Robert Hentschel.

Notes:

Title from publisher's Web site.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

This is a combination of a concert and a light documentary on Russian music culture through the years.

Resource, viewed March 23, 2021.

Contains:

Container of: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Trovatore. Selections

Container of: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Simon Boccanegra. Orfanella il tetto umile

Container of: Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Romansy, op. 38. Sredʹ shumnogo bala

Container of: Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Romansy, op. 4. V molchanʹi nochi taĭnoĭ

Container of: Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich, 1880-1951. Romansy, op. 13. Zimniĭ vecher

Container of: Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Romansy, op. 4. Ne poĭ, krasavit︠s︡a, pri mne

Container of: Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Romansy, op. 14. Vesennie vody

Container of: Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Romansy, op. 38. Serenada Don Zhuana

Container of: Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Pikovai︠a︡ dama. I︠A︡ vas li︠u︡bli︠u︡.

Container of: Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Oprichnik. Ariozo Natalʹi

OCLC:

1190903256

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