Hey! Am just starting to listen classical music. How to imagine the story here? Should I just listen with the flow and let my imagination do the rest?

@@voyagetoart3115 hey there you could start by reading a quick summary of the plot of the original poem by the Russian author Pushkin in Wikipedia. Then you would listen to the operate self not worrying about the details but having an overall idea. If you really like the Opera and are interested in the story then you could find a translation of the poem. It's exactly the same name as the Opera. Let me know if this works or how you decided to go about this. Take care, a fellow Voyager to beautiful music;)

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@@voyagetoart3115 yes your idea is right if your just starting out listen to Lang Lang he doesn't do Oprah though his skill for classic music the playing of the piano is brilliant enjoy.

​@@voyagetoart3115 You may just listen to the music and enjoy it without knowing the libretto but your joy would double or triple if you learn that the emotional highs and lows of different characters are reflected in the melody and orchestration. I suggest to study the libretto while listening to the music by buying or borrowing a CD from the library that has a separate booklet for the libretto. There are some on youtube with closed captioning as well. You would then appreciate the genius of Tchaikovsky's music and his orchestration even more and remember by heart what each section of music is all about.

HOY LA ESCUCHO POR PRIMERA VEZ.

The music is great, but I'm sorry to say the plot is tedious imo - your average Romantic moralistic 19th century dishwater.

@@bathtubbarracuda2581 Come again?

@@shrekislove1509 Ummm no? You probably could about most of the ones from the 19th century. Classical operas, at least those that weren't comedies or similar romantic tragedies, had excellent plots when they were already based on good source material, e.g. Don Giovanni. But the 20th century, especially if you look at e.g. Berg's or Stravinsky's operas, is where it gets interesting!

@@shrekislove1509 Granted, even though I'm not a MASSIVE fan of Wagner, the majority of operas before Tristan (with a few famous exceptions like Don Giovanni, L'Orfeo, etc.) didn't focus on character development at all.

@@bathtubbarracuda2581 You did not get the plot. It's far from being moralistic. It's nihilistic. Way before Nietzsche (Eugen Onegin by Pushkin was written between 1823 and 1830)

РострОпович!

Нам есть чем гордиться

I agree absolutely!!!! Expecially TEMPI are so good and naturally!

@@viennaroom6338 yes, it's slowly conducted which suits the opera so well

@Sasha D которая Белов-Лемешев-Вишневская?

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О, нет! Это сонное исполнение, замедленное. Лучшая версия 1956 года - там и голос Вишневской юный, страстный. А какой там Лемешев-Ленский! И Онегин-Белов очень органичен тексту Пушкина. Здесь же, бесспорно, у всех бельканто, но... Спектакль, сюжет размылся. Версия для тонких ценителей звука голоса. Мне маловато эмоций

Heard it on Dutch radio. I had to hear it again! And I found it here...... spasiba! Greetings from a cold Holland.

I love it, but to say it’s the best part of the opera is an original take!

Qué increíble! Qué privilegio!

А моя любимая Ольга - Елена Заремба❤

They’ve died already

You're most welcome, VS. Glad you enjoyed this. Yes, Rosty is a bit slow, but for me, he is hardly boring. Probably more ruminative than what Tchaikovsky intended, but I love the way he delves into the score and relishes the complex emotions.

Have you heard the 1957 Pique Dame with Uzunov?

Yes. I think you posted it, didn't you. Very good. The Aquarius label is doing wonderful stuff, a real treasure trove of Russian opera, Bolshoi performances and singers.

Actually, that was a 1955 performance. This one, from 1957, is with Khaikin. The Aquarius label is a treasure.

Ah! Then no, I don't know it. Have you posted it?

learning or hearing?

1:33:22 1:40:23

25:00

8:27

Which part is at 52:48?

No hablo español, lo siento

Hola

me hablo, un poco

Yo hablo español, catalán, inglés y música. Aunque me gustaría aprender francés, ruso, alemán, italiano, bueno, muchos idiomas, jajaja, sobretodo alemán y francés, que son los dos idiomas en que se han escrito mis obras literarias favoritas, la mayoría de ellas...

Yo si.

Stefan Müller Tutto errato.

I don't know... Wasn't Pjotr more interested in other men than in religion?

@Thomas Rosøy However he preferred ballets, operas and symphonies to compose, that are all quite profane forms. I find Shostakovich more religious than him, he for instance followed the path of Bach when composed his own WTK, 24 preludes and fugues, that means rigorous counrerpoint. Tsaikovsky didn't understand Bach.

@Thomas Rosøy If you know Max Weber, he said that sociology tries to give answers to the religious problems in modern era. Sociology kind of substitutes theology. In Shostakovich's music the main theme is oppression. Tsaikovsky's world is more aristocratic/bourgeois world of fables and fantasies.

Особенно с учётом того, что срастраповичем поёт Тамара Синявская. Извините их.

растратоповичь ещё и поёт? какой ужас.

Спойте лучше, если можете, все пути открыты для вас.

Сам то лучше смурлычишь?

Вишневская мимо?!! В бреду Вы, что ли, это писали? Одна из лучших исполнительниц партии Татьяны, если вообще ни лучшая!