The glory of Russia : The sights and sounds of St. Petersburg / directed by Brian Large.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Fleming, Renée., Performer.

Hvorostovsky, Dmitri., Performer.

Orbelian, Constantine., Conductor, Producer.

Fleischer, Bernhard., Producer.

Sankt-Peterburg Kamerata., Performer.

C Major Entertainment GmbH.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operas--Excerpts.

Operas.

Music--Russia.

Music.

Genre:

Concert films.

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (92 min.).

Contained In:

Glory of Russia: The Sights and Sounds of St. Petersburg

Place of Publication:

Berlin : C Major Entertainment, 2009.

Language Note:

Spoken in English, sung primarily in Russian and Italian.

Summary:

Renée Fleming, America's Queen of Opera, performing with the internationally acclaimed Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, in the Palaces of the Czars in Saint Petersburg. Fleming and Hvorostovsky lead the audience through Saint Petersburg performing in the Gold Ballroom of Peterhof Palace, the White Column Room and the extraordinary baroque Theater of the Yusupov Palace.

Contents:

Il Trovatore. Act IV. Duet / Giuseppe Verdi

Simon Boccanegra. Act I. Duet / Verdi

At the Ball / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

In the Silence of the Night / Sergei Rachmaninov

The Winter Evening / Nikolas Medtner

Don't Sing to Me Fair Maiden / Sergei Rachmaninov

Don Juan's Serenade / Tchaikovsky

Pique Dame. Yeletzki's Aria / Tchaikovsky

Opritchnik. Natasha's Aria / Tchaikovsky

Eugene Onegin. Act III. Final Scene / Tchaikovsky.

Participant:

Renée Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, vocalists ; Constantine Orbelian, conductor ; The State Hermitage Orchestra/St. Petersburg Camerata.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Jul. 25, 2014).

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

Contains:

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Operas. Selections.

OCLC:

891105651