Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4826944
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 2nd November 2018
Contents
Artists
Mira VercevicValerija Heybal
Biserka Cvejic
Melanija Bugarinovic
Dusan Popovic
Drago Starc
Miroslav Cangalovic
Stepan Andrashevich
Aleksandar Veselinovic
Ilija Gligorijevic
Chorus and Orchestra of the National Theatre, Belgrade
Conductor
Oskar DanonWorks
Eugene Onegin, op.24Artists
Mira VercevicValerija Heybal
Biserka Cvejic
Melanija Bugarinovic
Dusan Popovic
Drago Starc
Miroslav Cangalovic
Stepan Andrashevich
Aleksandar Veselinovic
Ilija Gligorijevic
Chorus and Orchestra of the National Theatre, Belgrade
Conductor
Oskar DanonAbout
With this and six companion issues, Eloquence makes available for the first time on CD the seven complete Russian operas recorded in 1955 by Decca with the company of the Belgrade Opera. Fresh from a successful tour of Boris Godunov in Switzerland the previous year, the Belgrade Opera in 1955 was keen to make an impression on an international public. At the same time, the Decca company perceived a cost-effective but artistically assured opportunity to expand both its small but rapidly growing stereo catalogue (launched the previous year with Ansermet and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande) and its opera discography with classics of the Russian opera repertoire which it had previously not been possible to record in the original language.
This Onegin was welcomed with open arms as the first widely available recording in the original Russian, but it was also valued for the idiomatic singing, informed by the company’s tradition of Russian opera performance which had been established in the 1930s. Special praise was reserved for the authentically youthful and sympathetically sung portrayal of Tatiana by Valeria Heybalova.
Recorded in both mono and stereo but originally issued only in mono, the stereo versions were finally released in Europe in the 1960s, by which time the Belgrade Opera had acquired an international reputation for excellence. The original stereo tapes are demonstration-quality examples of the renowned early Decca sound. The booklet for this newly remastered release prints both a synopsis and an essay by Peter Quantrill giving full historical context to the Belgrade opera recordings.
‘It is a vivid and feeling account of the work and I enjoyed it enormously.’ – Gramophone, March 1956
‘This spirited performance, well recorded, completely outdistances the now ancient [Bolshoi 1937] version.’ – High Fidelity, November 1956
‘This is a lovable performance ... The intimate Chekovian atmosphere of the opening scenes is keenly felt with the voices well balanced as a team.’ – Opera, February 1979
Cast:
- Larina: Mira Verčević
- Tatyana: Valerija Heybal
- Olga: Biserka Cvejić
- Filipyevna: Melanija Bugarinović
- Eugene Onegin: Dušan Popović
- Lensky: Drago Starc
- Prince Gremin: Miroslav Čangalović
- Triquet: Stepan Andrashevich
- Captain Trifon Petrovich: Aleksandar Veselinović
- Zaretsky: Ilija Gligorijević
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