Name: Dimitrij
Start: 2016-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2016-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Location: NEC Jordan Hall

Organization

Tenor

Aleš Briscein

Dimitrij

Soprano

Dana Burešová

Marina

Olga Jelínková

Xenie

Baritone

Mark S. Doss

Prince Vasilij Sujsky

Bass

Christopher Job

Basmanov

Pawel Izdebski

Jove

James Demler

Neborsky

Singer

Seth Grondin

Bucinsky

Conductor

Gil Rose

Contralto

Irina Mishura

Marfa

Odyssey Opera

Czech

Boston

United States

NEC Jordan Hall

Dimitrij Dvořák,A

Public

English

Approved

Take a peek inside orchestra rehearsals for Dimitrij and hear why Artistic Director Gil Rose thinks Dvorak's music is effortless.

Odyssey Opera presents the Boston premiere of this rarely seen master work on September 16, 2016 at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall

Dvořák’s only grand opera picks up where Mussorgsky left off. After the death of Tsar Boris Godunov, Russia is gripped by uncertainty – who will assume the throne? Boris’s children Fyodor and Xenie, or the one who proclaims himself as Dimitrij, the son of Boris’s predecessor, Ivan the Terrible?

Dimitrij is Dvořák’s most solemn work of the Meyerbeer-esque type of grand opera. The composer conceived his opera as an epic historical tableau unfolding in a spirit of solemn pathos and monumentality. The work was therefore not compatible with the requirement for a “simple, national style”, nor was it sufficiently modern in a Wagnerian sense. Today we regard Dimitrij in all its versions as an important example of Dvořák’s mature compositional mastery and it is also unquestionably one of the most significant works produced for the Czech operatic stage of the post-Smetana era. It boasts a wealth of melodic ideas, a wonderful evocation of local and period atmosphere in the extensive choral scenes, and remarkable instrumentation.

Dimitrij by Dvořák, From (2016/2016), Conductor Gil Rose, NEC Jordan Hall, Boston, United States

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