Prokofiev: Betrothal In A Monastery - Anna Netrebko, Larissa Diadkova, Nikolai Gassiev, Sergei Aleksashkin, Kirov Opera & Ballet, Valery Gergiev / Philips DVD Video CD 2005 UPC 044007430767 NTSC DVD Region Code: 123456 Duration: 157 mins Menu Screens: English Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese Betrothal in a Monastery (Russian title Обручение в монастыре) is an opera in nine scenes (four acts) by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer and Mira Mendelson after Sheridan's The Duenna. Prokofiev began the work in 1940, and it was in rehearsal that year, but World War II halted production of the opera. The composer revised the score in Almaty in 1943. The first performance did not occur until 3 November 1946 at the Kirov Theatre with Boris Khaikin conducting. The producer was I. Shlepianov. Commentators have noted that, given the context of its creation in the 1940s in the Soviet Union, this opera lacks any particular political or social comment, except perhaps for a scene involving drunken monks. Label: Philips – 074 3076 Format: DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC, DTS Country: Europe Released: Aug 1, 2005 Genre: Classical Style: Opera Tracklist: Betrothal In A Monastery, Op.86 1 Titles 1:26 2 Prelude 1:55 Act 1 - Tableau 1 3 Scene 1: "But That Is Just Fantasy!" 3:18 4 Scene 2: "Plain. Round-shouldered" 4:08 5 Scene 3: "She has shaken your hand" 4:18 6 Scene 4: "The Moon Looks In At Your Window" 3:59 7 Scene 5: "Stop That Mewing" 2:13 8 Scene 6: Masker's Dance 3:22 9 Scene 7: " I had better get her married her off" 3:21 10 Scene 8: "Friends, Depart" 3:14 Act 2 - Tableau 2 11 Scene 1: It Will Work, Nanny, Won't It?" 4:50 12 Scene 2: "Splendid, Señor, splendid" 2:52 13 Scene 3: "Will You Cherish Me In My Old Age?" 4:08 14 Scene 4: "Give It Back!" 2:37 15 Scene 5: "If You Have A Daughter" 1:16 16 Scene 6: "It Looks Like The First Act" 1:52 Act 2 - Tableau 3 17 Scene 1: "Buy Some Fish" 2:11 18 Scene 2: "Rosina...Rosina..." 2:49 19 Scene 3: "Ferdinand Alone Is Dearer" 3:10 20 Scene 4: "If I Had Known" 1:36 21 Scene 5: "My Beard?" 6:05 22 Scene 6: "There Is No Greater Happiness" 2:27 Act 2 - Tableau 4 23 Scene 1: "Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes!" 3:37 24 Scene 2: "My Pretty...My Pretty..." 4:21 25 Scene 3: "When The Cheerful Fop Starts Hanging Around" 5:02 26 Scene 4: "Well?" 2:32 Act 3 - Tableau 5 27 Scene 1: "Ah, Time Does Not Want To Move On At All" 2:51 28 Scene 2: "Come In, Come In, Antonio" 2:10 29 Scene 3: "Should We Take A Sly Look" 2:59 30 Scene 4: "It's Bad To Peep" 3:23 31 Scene 5: "How My Soul Is Beaming!" 3:52 Act 3 - Tableau 6 32 Scene 1: "You Are Not Playing In Tune" 2:59 33 Scene 2: "My Respectful Greetings To The Señor" 2:42 34 Scene 3: "Please, Let Us Continue" 3:57 35 Scene 4: "Lopez!" 2:12 Act 3 - Tableau 7 36 Scene 1: "Here I Am, A Nun" 6:54 37 Scene 2: "They Have Gone Gladdened" 4:20 38 Scene 3: "It Must Be Here..." 3:31 Act 4 - Tableau 8 39 Scene 1: "The Bottle Is The Sun Of Our Lives" 2:18 40 Scene 2: "To The Pretty Nun" 2:10 41 Scene 3: "They're Bring More Wine!" 5:53 42 Scene 4: "Take Care, Antonio!" 2:45 43 Scene 5: "Straight Down To Business Now" 2:07 Act 4 - Tableau 9 44 Scene 1: "I Can't Understand It" 1:33 45 Scene 2: "Aha, Here's Mendoza At Last" 2:20 46 Scene 3: "What Is This?" 2:37 47 Scene 4: "Son! At Last" 2:54 48 Scene 5: "Don Jerome, Don Jerome!" 7:50 Baritone Vocals [Don Carlos] – Yuri Shkliar Baritone Vocals [Don Ferdinand] – Aleksander Gergalov Baritone Vocals [Padre Chartreuse / Pedro / 2nd Mask] – Georgy Zastvany Bass Vocals [Isaac Mendoza] – Sergei Aleksashkin Bass Vocals [Padre Augustine] – Vladimir Vaneev Ba
