The Greatest Rachmaninov Opera

Started by AlberichUndHagen, October 31, 2019, 09:51:45 AM

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The greatest Rachmaninov opera is:

Aleko
0 (0%)
The Miserly Knight
4 (80%)
Francesca da Rimini
1 (20%)

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AlberichUndHagen

Rachmaninov's operas are not as well-known as his piano music but they are still of a very high quality. I included in my poll only the operas that he finished. I have no doubt that The Miserly Knight is the greatest one. It's greatly atmospheric and one of Russian opera's hidden gems.

Cato

Quote from: AlberichUndHagen on October 31, 2019, 09:51:45 AM
Rachmaninov's operas are not as well-known as his piano music but they are still of a very high quality. I included in my poll only the operas that he finished. I have no doubt that The Miserly Knight is the greatest one. It's greatly atmospheric and one of Russian opera's hidden gems.


Yes!  It deserves to be performed much more often!  I used to have this recording from Melodiya:

"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

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I haven't heard any of them in such a long time, but I remember The Miserly Knight being the one that impressed me the most.