作曲：Prokofiev 演出：Galuzin, Kazarnovskaya, Alexashkin, Obraztsova, Kirov Opera & Orchestra 指挥：Valery Gergiev 专辑介绍： 前苏联作曲家普罗科菲耶夫的歌剧《赌徒》的脚本是他根据陀思妥耶夫斯基的同名小说自己撰写的。早在1914年，他即有创作这部歌剧的打算，这一计划得到着名的马林斯基歌剧院的鼓励，后者还做出在该院首演的允诺。这是这位作曲家的第二部歌剧，但却是他首部大型戏剧作品。 1915年十一月至1916年一月，普罗科菲耶夫已写就该剧音乐的钢琴草稿，并于1917年完成其配器。由于当时正值俄国十月革命，演出未能实现。它的首演于1929年在布鲁塞尔举行。 1975年，莫斯科大剧院在纽约大都会歌剧院上演了该作，并获得巨大成功。 本碟由著名俄国指挥家捷杰耶夫指挥的俄国与前苏联着名歌剧系列之一，这一得到众多好评的系列是这类作品的经典演绎。 特别值得提到的是，该版本的演出阵容强大，指挥演绎、演唱与录音均相当出色。 Prokofiev: The Gambler Year: 2008 Genre: opera Director: Karina Fibich Conductor: Daniel Barenboim Cast and Crew: General (Vladimir Ognovenko), Polina (Kristine Opolais), Aleksey (Misha Didyk), Babulenka (Stefania Toczyska), Marquis (Stephan Rügamer), Mr. Astley (Viktor Rud), Blanche (Silvia De La Mulea), Prince Nilsky (Gian-Luca Pasolini), Baron Wurmerhelm (Alessandro Paliaga), Potapych (Plamen Kumpikov), Casino Director (Gleb Nikolsky) Description: Blame it on the Russian Revolution: it took Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) only a few months to write his early opera "The Gambler" between October 1915 and March 1916, but problems arose during rehearsals in January 1917, and the premiere in St. Petersburg (then Petrograd) had to be cancelled when the first revolution broke out in February. This first version of the work was never heard, since the composer revised the tempestuous score eleven years later, reducing it and eliminating what he considered "padding." The work was premiered in this version in Brussels in 1929. Based on Dostoyevsky's novel of the same name, "The Gambler" is a dark study of human failings and the corruptive power of money. In this work, everyone gambles: the hero Alexey, the General and even the wealthy aunt Babulenka gamble with money; Blanche, the Marquis and Polina - who loves Alexey - gamble with their fellow human beings. The results are humiliation, ruin and self-delusion. But when the Staatskapelle Berlin under world-famous conductor Daniel Barenboim provide the orchestral sound to the full, lustrous voices of Vladimir Ognovenko, Kristine Opolais, Misha Didyk, Stefania Toczyska and their colleagues, there is nothing even remotely dismal about the opera or its production. [C Major] Recorded live at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 13-15 March 2008. Production: France | C Major Runtime: 02:16:46