FULL Historia von Johann Fausten (Schnittke) Moscow 1983 Raisa Kotova, Nikolai Kurpe, Erik Kurmangaliev, Anatoly Safiulin
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Historia von Johann Fausten
- Composer: Schnittke Alfred
- Libretto: Jorg Morgener and Alfred Schnittke after the book by Johann Spies
- Venue & Opera Company: Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow, Russia
- Recorded: 1983
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Raisa Kotova, Nikolai Kurpe, Erik Kurmangaliev, Anatoly Safiulin
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: State Symphony Orchestra of the Ministry of Culture
- Chorus: State Chamber Choir
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Soviet Television, GOSTELERADIOFUND
- Date Published: 1983
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Historia von D. Johann Fausten is an opera by the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998) in three acts, with introduction and epilogue to the German libretto by Jörg Morgener (Jürgen Köchel) and Alfred Schnittke after the anonymous prose book of the same name (published by Johannes Spies in 1587).
Schnittke worked on this opera for twelve years (1983–94). The work was twice interrupted by his work on another opera Life with an Idiot (1990) and by his second stroke in 1991. His Faust Cantata (1983), famous for its tango sung through the microphone by the Devil with the mocking comments on the cruel death of Faust, became the third act of the opera. When premiered in 1995, the opera was performed in an abridged version; it has never been performed or recorded complete.
Premiered in Hamburg, 22 June 1995. Director: John Dew, Hamburg State Opera, Conductor: Gerd Albrecht