Sergei Taneyev - Oresteia Overture and Oresteia (Musical Trilogy)

Oresteia Overture, Op. 6 (1889), Vladimir Ashkenazy, Helsinki Philarmonic Oresteia (1887 - 1894), Tatiana Kolomizheva, Belorussian State Opera - Act One, Scene One, 16:47 - Act One, Scene Two, 40:00 - Act One, Scene Three, 01:13:19 - Act Two, Scene One, 01:19:30 - Act Two, Scene Two, 01:33:27 - Act Three, Scene One, 02:10:38 - Act Three, Scene Two, 02:21:39 - Act Three, Scene Three, 02:33:22 Agamemnon, bass Clytemnestra, contralto Aegisthus, baritone Cassandra, soprano Elektra, soprano Orestes, tenor Apollo, baritone Pallas Athena, soprano Sentinel (Watchman), bass Judge of the Areopagus, bass Slave, bass Oresteia (opera) Oresteia (Орестея in Cyrillic) is an opera in three parts, eight tableaux, by Sergei Taneyev, composed during 1887-1894. (Strictly speaking, the composer titled the work a "musical trilogy.") The Russian libretto was adapted by A.A. Wenkstern from the The Oresteia of Aeschylus. The opera was premiered on October 29 [O.S. October 17] 1895 at the Mariinsky Theatre. The most well-known excerpt from Oresteia is the entr'acte played before the second tableau of Part III, "The Temple of Apollo at Delphi." This passage, as well as other themes from the opera, figured into one of Taneyev's other works, namely, his orchestral overture entitled Oresteia (1889). This overture -- not included in the printed score of this opera -- constitutes a separate 18-minute-long symphonic poem based on themes from the trilogy. Characters and Setting Part I. Agamemnon Agamemnon, king of Argos: bass Clytemnestra, his wife: alto Aegisthus, his first cousin: baritone Cassandra, a Trojan prisoner: soprano A Guard: bass People, female servants of Clytemnestra, warriors, captives, bodyguards. The action takes place in Argos, before the Atrides palace. Part II. The Libation Bearers Clytemnestra: alto Ghost of Agamemnon Elektra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra: soprano Orestes, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra: tenor A Slave: bass Female servants of Clytemnestra Tableau 1: The interior of the Atrides palace. Tableau 2: An olive grove. Tableau 3: Scenery of Part I. Part III. The Eumenides Orestes: tenor Apollo Loxias: bariton Pallas Athena: soprano Areopagite: bass Libation-Bearer: bass Furies, Athenian people, areopagites participating in the pan-Athenian procession. Tableau 1: A deserted place on the seashore. Tableau 2: Interior of Apollo's temple at Delphi. Tableau 3: Athens.