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Prokofiev’s last opera, Betrothal in a Monastery, launched the Glyndebourne label in 2008. According to Shostakovich it was ‘one of Prokofiev’s most radiant and buoyant works’. It has been unavailable for several months and back in stock, repackaged in line with the more recent Glyndebourne releases.
Luxury 256-page hard-bound book.
Essay by Harlow Robinson, world authority on Soviet and Russian cultural history.
Includes full libretto in Cyrillic with English, French and German translations.
“The music is always engaging, Vladimir Jurowski tackles it with real zest, and the top-notch, largely Russian cast makes every effort to exploit its definition of character and incident. But, as in so many comedies, the listener needs the visual element to help focus on the fast-moving libretto.” The Daily Telegraph
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