Sakùntala

The Resource Sakùntala

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Sakùntala

Statement of responsibility

director, Massimo Gasparon

Language

Summary

To understand La leggenda di Sakuntala means remembering that it is more of a mysterium than an ordinary opera, which is why, after seeing a performance in Bologna, Fritz Reiner pronounced it the Italian Parsifal . Of course, the religious atmosphere pervading Sakuntala is pagan which is hardly surprising, given its setting and its subject is not redemption but the power of love. Alfano used the poem by Kalidasa (5th century BC), also admired by Goethe and Wagner. Those musicologists who claim it is only of modest quality cannot even begin to appreciate the genius it required to combine conciseness with first-rate words and music in a score for orchestra and choir that is a model of its kind. The most impressive aspect of this masterpiece is the way it employs motifs and themes with the same profundity and refinement found in Wagner's own approach and in its development by Strauss. The melodies which the characters sing are almost always slow, somewhere between the ecstatic and the dreamlike, while the atmosphere varies from the solemnly oriental to the ethereal. This release is the first official recording of the work

Cataloging source

CaOWLBI

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Artistic director, Francesco Nicolosi ; stage manager, Carmelo Caruso

Date time place

Recorded live November 2016 at the Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania

Dewey number

792.5/42

Intended audience

Language note

In Italian with English subtitles

PerformerNote

Silvia Dalla Benetta (Sakùntala) ; Kamelia Kader (Priyàmvada) ; Nelya Kravchenko (Anùsuya) ; Enrique Ferrer (Il re) ; Francesco Palmieri (Kanva) ; Alessandro Vargetto (Harìta) ; with supporting soloists ; Orchestra and chorus of the Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, Nikša Bareza, conductor

Runtime

113

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

Context

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