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Trois Sœurs / Drei Schwestern / Three Sisters

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Három nővér
Foreign language / English title
Trois Sœurs / Drei Schwestern / Three Sisters
Subtitle
Opera in three sequences (in Russian)
Year of composition
1997
Type
Opera
Instrumentation
4 Ct. (2 S., Ms., A.), 3 T., 3 Bar., 3 B. solo

1st orchestra: fl. (anche fl.a.), ob. (anche c.ing.), cl., cl.b. (anche cl.cb.), fg., sax.s. - 2 cor., tr. (anche flic.), trb. - perc. (2 esec.) - acc., el. pf. - vl., vla., vlc., cb.

2nd orchestra: 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - perc. (2 esec.) - el. pf. - CD player - 8 vl. 1, 8 vl. 2, 6 vla., 6 vlc., 4 cb.
Duration
100 min
Movements, parts
1. Prologue
2. First sequence: Irina
3. Second sequence: Andrei
4. Third Sequence: Masha
Text
CHEKHOV, Anton Pavlovich; HENNEBERG, Claus H.; EÖTVÖS, Péter
Language
Russian
Commissioned by
Opera National de Lyon
Premiere information
13 March 1998, Opera de Lyon; Kent Nagano, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
Directed by Ushio Amagatsu
Publisher / Source
Edition Ricordi Berlin, SY 3374-08
Available here!
Recordings
CD: DGG 459 694-2, 1999 - Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano (cond.), Péter Eötvös (cond. off-stage orchestra)
BMC CD 190, 2012 - Alain Aubin, Vyatcheslav Kagan-Paley, Oleg Riabets, Albert Schagidullin, Nikita Storojev, Wojtek Drabowicz, Dietrich henschel, Denis Sedov, peter Hall, Marc Duguay, Ivan Matiakh, Jan Alofs, Orchestra of L´Opera de Lyon, Kent Nagano (cond.), Peter Eötvös (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 1. Muzika igrayet tak bodro
2 2. Boze moy! Kuda vsyo uslo?
3 3. Ona khodit tak kak budto sama podozgla
4 4. Molodci! Molodci! Zolotoy narod!
5 5. Davayte mirit sya
6 6. Ya ne lyublyu i boyus etogo vasego Solyonogo
7 7. Ya lyublyu, ya lyublyu, beskonecno lyublyu
8 8. Vi toze zdes?
9 9. V sadu (Pervoye proscaniye): Spasibo za vsyo!
10 10. V sadu: Ivan Romanic vi vcera bili na bulvare
11 11. V sadu (Vtoroye proscaniye): Milaya ya seycas pridu
12 12. V sadu: Mi s baronom zavtra vencayemsya
13 13. Andrey! / Kak vidokhsya i postarel on
14 14. Ona khodit tak kak budto sama podozgla
15 15. Gde Olga? Kakoy gromadniy pozar...
16 16. Tak mnogo narodu doma
17 17. Yesli bi ne soldat
18 18. Mozet bit... vasey mami
19 19. Recitativ: Miliy ded, kak stranno prokhodit zizn
20 20. Monolog Andreya: O, gde ono, kuda uslo moyo prosloye
21 21. Eto ti? Andryusa?
22 22. Zabil skazat, segodnya u vas v gostyakh
23 23. Ya... ostayus / Dorogaya sestra!
24 24. Cayu khocetsya...
25 25. Pokayus vam, uz bol se nikomu
26 26. V sadu (Tret e pros caniye): Olga Sergeyevna, ya vam zelayu
Remarks, other info
Libretto by C.H. Henneberg and Peter Eötvös, adapted from Tchechov

Cast:
Irina (Ct. - S.)
Mascha (Ct. - Ms.)
Olga (Ct. - A.)
Natasha (Ct. - S.)
Doctor (T.)
Rodé (T.)
Fedotik (T.)
Andrei (Bar.)
Vershinin (Bar.)
Tusenbach (Bar.)
Soljonij (B.)
Kulygin (B.)
Anfisa (B.)
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Eötvös, Péter: Three Sisters Deutsche Grammophon
Péter Eötvös: Three Sisters BMC Records