KOUKOURGI
Luigi Cherubini
Luigi Cherubini
KOUKOURGI
2010
Soloists:
Daniel Prohaska, Çiğdem Soyarslan, Johannes Chum
Orchestra, Chorus:
Kärntner Sinfonieorchester, Chor und Extrachor des Stadttheaters Klagenfurt
Conductor:
Peter Marschik
Director:
Josef E. Köpplinger
Thanks to the new Cherubini Edition, the composer’s unknown comic opera “Koukourgi” was staged for the first time in celebration of his 250th anniversary 2010. The premiere production of Luigi Cherubini‘s opera “Koukourgi” at the Klagenfurt Stadttheater revealed a work that combines a tale from ancient China with the sensibility of the French Revolutionary times of its composition. The three act opera sees a young Chinese man battling for the hand of his sweetheart against the Tartar mandarin Koukourgi, the not unlikeable anti-hero described as a large pumpkin. The turmoil in Paris led to Cherubini’s librettist Honoré-Nicolas-Marie Duveyrier being imprisoned in the Bastille and fleeing to Denmark.The opera was left with the finale incomplete and has remained unperformed for over two centuries. Koukourgi’s finale was completed by Heiko Cullman and the new performing edition has allowed the opera to reclaim its rightful place on the stage.
Label:
Arthaus Musik
Genre:
Oper
Running Time:
115
Picture Format:
16:9
Sound Format:
PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1
Number of Discs:
1
Region:
0
Languages:
FR
Subtitle Languages:
GB, DE, FR, IT, ES, Korean
EAN:
0807280163896
UPC:
807280163896
Cole Porter
Brush up your Shakespeare - November sees the long-awaited release on DVD of the London production of Cole Porter‘s Kiss Me Kate, revived for Broadway in 2001. It‘s one of Porter‘s best-known musicals showcasing some of his greatest songs („Too Darn Hot“, „So In Love“, „Why Can‘t You Behave“, „Wunderbar“,(...)
Gaetano Donizetti
Slowly the camera roams through the narrow streets of Macerata, past the cathedral, the monuments, the library and the university, until it reaches the Arena Sferisterio. In the 1820s this was a competition venue for a handball game popular at that time. At the beginning of the twentieth century the ‘neo-classical monster’, as the(...)