Kirov Opera: Sergei Prokofiev – Betrothal in a Monastery / Обручение в монастыре, Op. 86
From the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia (1998)
Kirov Opera Company, Kirov Chorus & Kirov BalletAvailable subtitles: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian
Valery Gergiev – conductor
Vladislav Pazi – stage direction
Soloists:
Nikolai Gassiev – Don Jerome, a nobleman of Seville
Aleksander Gergalov – Don Ferdinand, his son
Anna Netrebko – Luisa, his daughter
Larissa Diadkova – Duenna, Luisa’s governess
Yevgeny Akimov – Don Antonio d’Almanza
Marianna Tarassova – Clara d’Almanza
Sergei Aleksashkin – Isaac Mendoza, a wealthy fisherman
Yuri Shkliar – Don Carlos, an impoverished nobleman, comrade of Mendoza
Vladimir Vaneev – Padre Augustine, father-superior of the monastery
Sergei Liadov – Padre Elustaf/Pablo/1st Mask
Georgy Zastavny – Padre Chartreuse/Pedro/2nd Mask
Fiodor Kuznetsov – Padre Benedictine/Miguel/3rd Mask
Liudmila Kasianenko – Lauretta, Luisa’s servant-maid
Liubov Sokolova – Rosina, Clara’s servant-maid
Vladimir Zhivopistsev – Lopez, Ferdinand’s servantSergei Prokofiev – Betrohal in a Monastery (The Duenna)
Lyric-Comic Opera in four acts, nine scenes
Libretto by Sergei Prokofiev and Mira Mendelson, after the play “The Duenna” by R.B. Sheridan
