The Fiery Angel

The opera The Fiery Angel after the eponymous novel by Valery Bryusov was written between 1919 and 1927. At the time of writing The Fiery Angel, Prokofiev had his own experience of demons of the kind that pursued poor Renata. His acquaintance, the outstanding singer Nina Koshetz, was drawn by the spiritualism and, like Renata, heard the “strange knocking”. Just how seriously the composer took his is a mystery. In any case, he was surprised to note that the romances, apparently dictated to by a spirit during séances, were strikingly different to other experiences of composition. Stage Director David Freeman has forced the demons to materialise.

• GENREGÉNERORelay of: Opera, on location
• STATUSESTATUS DEL PROGRAMAcompleted
• Co-Production CompanyProductora coproducciónMariinsky Theatre (Russia)
• Co-Production CompanyProductora coproducciónTelmondis (France)
• Stage DirectorDirectorDavid Freeman
• TV DirectorTV DirectorLouise Narboni
• SetsSetsDavid Roger
• Light DesignIluminaciónSteve Whitson
• Light DesignIluminaciónVladimir Lukasevich
• PRODUCTION YEARAÑO DE PRODUCCIÓN2021
• RECORDEDGRABACIÓNMariinsky Theatre – St Petersburg, 29 and 31 March 2021
• ComposerCompositorSergei Prokofiev
• Orchestra / BandOrquesta / bandaOrchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre
• ConductorDirectorValery Gergiev
• Stage DirectorDirector escénicoDavid Freeman
• LibrettoLibretoSergei Prokofiev
• Original TextTexto originalValery Briusov
• SoloistSolistaElena Stikhina
• SoloistSolistaYevgeny Akimov
• SoloistSolistaMikhail Petrenko
• DURATIONDURACIÓN125
• SOURCE VIDEO/AUDIOFORMATO VÍDEO/AUDIOHD recording / Dolby surround 5.1
• ASPECT RATIORELACIÓN DIMENSIONAL1 : 1.78 (16:9)
• RECORDING MEDIUMMEDIO DE GRABACIÓNOB-van internal recording (EVS)
• RECORDING COMPRESSIONCOMPRESIÓNApple ProRes (specify flavour)