UNITEL Edition
The Idiot
$45.99
Details
- Composer
- Mieczyslaw Weinberg
- Artist
- Ausrine Stundyte, Bogdan Volkov, Iurii Samoilov, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Krzyszto
- Format
- Blu-Ray
- Label
- UNITEL Edition
- Released
- Oct 10, 2025
- Catalog #
- 811504
- UPC
- 810116910946
About
Weinberg's final opera, based on Dostoevsky's novel, condenses the plot without losing it's psychological depth. Prince Myshkin, mentally ill yet believing in goodness, meets merchant Rogozhin on a train, sparking a tale of dependence, madness, and murder. The opera, rediscovered in the last decade, presents the composer Weinberg as Shostakovich's equal. The Idiot, composed in 1986-1989, now staged in Salzburg, directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski and conducted by Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, brings the world of literature to the opera stage. The excellent cast of singers contributes to make the production a great success. Bogdan Volkov "expressive lyrical tenor touches intimately in the piano and yet remains able to cope with all orchestral storms" (BR Klassik).
Tracklist 1 track
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1 The Idiot, Op. 144 (Salzburg Festival, 2024) (Blu-ray, HD) 03:16:00
- Track
- 1
- Title
- The Idiot, Op. 144 (Salzburg Festival, 2024) (Blu-ray, HD)
- Duration
- 03:16:00
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Performer
- Bogdan Volkov, Ausrine Stundyte, Vladislav Sulimsky, Xenia Puskarz Thomas, Iurii Samoilov, Clive Bayley, Margarita Nekrasova, Jessica Niles, Pavol Breslik, Daria Strulia, Jerzy Butryn, Alexandre Kravets, Jutta Bayer
- Ensemble
- male section Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic
- Conductor
- Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla