SERGEI PROKOFIEV

 

The Gambler

 

           

Singers / Soloists: Ognovenko, Opolais, Didyk, Toczyska, Rügamer, Rud,

Cast: De La Muela

Stage Director: Dmitri Tcherniakov

 

Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim

 

This production from 2009 is staged by young up-and-coming director Dmitri Tcherniakov, who worked at Bolshoi, Mariinsky, Opera de Bastille, La Scala, and various opera houses in Germany.

The opera is based on the famous novel “The Gambler” by Dostoyevsky Press Quotes

 

“The evening past entertainingly, yet leaves its traces in the listeners mind: a stroke of genius like Prokofiev´s opera itself.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“A work that is nothing less than a discovery” Süddeutsche Zeitung

 

Format  NTSC

Running Time - Opera: 135 minutes

Picture  16:9, HD

Sound   DVD/BD: DTS 5.1, PCM Stereo

Subtitles            English, German, French

Packaging: NTSC: Amaray, Blue Ray box

Booklet English, German, French

 

Note:  This Blu-ray disc is not compatible with standard DVD players

 

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