This is my most favorite opera and one of most great opera seria or musical archive in history of our humanity. Really Shostakovich is the most excellent compositor since Bach or Beethoven.
@The1976spirit Жыл бұрын
Shostakovich failed to warship Stravinsky as the leading composer. He spoke out in public, while Prokofiev hideously remained silent in this case.
@handznet4 ай бұрын
@@The1976spirit Stravinsky is overrated.
@dsokind Жыл бұрын
5:30
@dragmio10 жыл бұрын
What a mess. A brilliant opera ruined by a tacked on anti Stalin propaganda ending.
@MaggieGraceWebb2 жыл бұрын
I'd suggest you do a bit of research on this opera's history, because this ending was not "tacked on" - it was kind of the whole point of the opera. It was premiered in 1934, and a quick search will tell you that while Katerina was obviously not a good person, "the composer justified the sympathetic portrayal of Katerina in Soviet terms, saying she was a victim of the circumstances of oppressive, pre-revolutionary Russia." For the Communist Party, this opera was the tipping point that caused a nation-wide ban of Shostakovich's music for almost 30 years, and its history of censorship persisted to the end of the 20th century. Stalin indirectly threatened the composer after hearing the work, saying that "bad things could happen" to Shostakovich unless he reformed his compositional ways. So yes, Shostakovich did, in fact, intend for his brilliant opera to have an anti-Stalin ending. And beginning. And middle.
@ESilva-qv1uv Жыл бұрын
@@MaggieGraceWebb Exactly.
@stephenhall3515Ай бұрын
@@MaggieGraceWebb Patiently explained. By now Dragmio will have got the point.