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Anna Karenina
An Opera by David Carlson
Libretto by Colin Graham

World Premiere Recording
 
 
Opera Theatre of St Louis
St Louis Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Stewart Robertson
- 2 CD Set -


“…there is a lot to admire in this dramatic, expressive score"

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Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is a masterwork of 19th Century literature; a parable on the struggle for personal freedom against the conventions of a hostile society, played out in a tragic love-story. With a libretto by the distinguished director Colin Graham after the novel by Leo Tolstoy, David Carlson's opera vividly captures the drama and message of the original work. This double-disc set is a world premiere recording of the opera, with commanding performances from members of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stewart Robertson.

 
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Release date: 30th March 2009
Order code: SIGCD154
Barcode: 635212015421
 
CD1
ACT I
1 Prologue   The Station, Moscow, Winter 1874
2. Part 1 Scene 1: A sitting room in Stiva's house. That day.
3.   Scene 2: A ball at Princess Betsy Tverskoya's house.
4.   Scene 3: Karenin;s house, St Petersburg. That night.
5. Part 2 Scene 1: Stiva's house. A few days later
6.   Scene 2: Lenin's house in the country
7.   Scene 3: Karenin's country house outside St. Petersburg. Spring
8. Part 3 Scene 1: A box at the races. Tsarskoe Selo. That afternoon.
9.   Scene 2: Karenin's study, some days later. Night.
CD2
ACT II
1. Part 4 Scene 1: The Admiralty Gardens, St Petersburg. Early autumn.
2.   Scene 2: A supper party at Oblonskys'.
3.   Scene 3: Anna's bedroom, that night.
4. Interlude
5. Part 5 Scene 1: Levin's house. Six months later
6.   Scene 2: Anna, writing.
7.   Scene 3: Seriosha's bedroom. Early morning on his birthday.
8. Interlude
9. Part 6 Scene 1: Anna's apartments at an hotel. That evening.
10.   Scene 2: The Station Platform.
11.   Scene 3: (Epilogue). The garden of Levin's country estate. Months later.