Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel - Teatro dell’Opera di Roma (2019) [Blu-ray]

"Огненный ангел", op. 37 — опера в пяти действиях русского композитора Сергея Прокофьева на собственное либретто по одноименному роману Валерия Брюсова. Сценическое воплощение оперы столкнулось с рядом сложностей жо 50-х годов театры не отваживались на постановку пронизанного страстью и оккультизмом "Огненного ангела".

Sergey Prokofievs operatic tragedy The Fiery Angel was never performed in the composers lifetime the musics brittle energy, drama and eloquent lyrical tenderness would re-emerge in his Third Symphony. The narrative focuses relentlessly on Renata, who is haunted by an angel who turns out to be the devil. Director Emma Dante describes the opera as an explosive mix of fantastical realism and endless confusion of nightmares, madness, sexual impulses and cultural clashes, and this Teatro dellOpera di Roma production was acclaimed as a presentation of Prokofievs masterpiece which sparkles in all its grotesque glory (operawire.com).

First performed as a concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris on 25 November 1954

New production 2019
sung in original language with italian and english surtitles