Pan Voyevoda

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Operas by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Pan Voyevoda (Russian: Пан воевода, transliteration Pan vojevoda; Polish Pan wojewoda -- literally The Gentleman Provincial Governor), is an opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. It is based on a libretto by Il’ya Tyumenev. The work was completed in 1903, was first performed in October of 1904, and has proved to be one of Rimsky-Korsakov's least-successful works.

1 Performance history
2 Roles
- 2.1 Publication history
3 Synopsis
4 Concert excerpts
5 Discography
6 References
7 Sources

[edit] Performance history

The St Petersburg Premiere took place on 16 October (O.S. 3 October) 1904 at the Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Conservatory in St. Petersburg. The conductor was Vyacheslav Suk.

In the following year, the opera was given its Moscow premiere on 27 September 1905 at the Bolshoy Theatre conducted by Sergey Rakhmaninov.

Another notable performance took place on 12 May 1905 in Warsaw.

[edit] Roles

Role	Voice	Premiere cast St. Petersburg 16 October 1904 (Conductor: Vyacheslav Suk)	Premiere cast Moscow 27 September 1905 (Conductor: Sergei Rachmaninoff)
Pan Voyevoda	basso	Aleksandr Antonovsky	V. Petrov
Yadviga Zapolskaya	soprano	Olga Aslanova	Yuzhina
Dzyuba		Varyagin	Tyutyunnik
Olesnitsky		Dobrzhanskaya	Sinitsïna
Chaplinsky		Bolshakov	Barsukov
Poslavsky		Romanov	Borisoglebsky
Mariya Oskolskaya		Insarova	Polozova

[edit] Publication history

1904, piano-vocal score, V. Bessel and Co., St. Petersburg
1904, full score, V. Bessel and Co., St. Petersburg
1955, piano-vocal score, Muzgiz, Moscow
1955, full score, Muzgiz, Moscow

[edit] Synopsis

Maria Oskolsky is in love with Boleslav Chaplinsky, but is coveted by Pan Voyevoda, who disregards her lover's claim. Yadviga, who has designs upon the Voyevoda, obtains from a sorcerer, Dorosha, a poison which during a banquet she pours into Maria's glass; but the Voyevoda, drinking from it in error, expires, and Chaplinsky, who is lying under a sentence of death, is released. ^[1]

[edit] Concert excerpts

Suite from the opera Pan Voyevoda, Op. 59 (1903)
Сюита из оперы Пан воевода, соч. 59

Introduction (Вступление)
Krakowiak (Краковяк)
Nocturne "Moonlight" (Ноктюрн "Лунный свет")
Mazurka (Мазурка)
Polonaise (Полонез)

[edit] Discography

Audio Recordings (Mainly studio recordings)

Source: www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk

1951, Samuil Samosud (conductor), All Union Radio Orchestra and Chorus, Aleksey Korolyov (Pan Voyevoda), K Rachevskaya (Maria Oskolska), Anatoly Orfenov (Boleslav Caplinski), Lyudmila Legostayeva (Olesnicki), Georgi Troitsky (Dorosz), Konstantin Polyayev (Dzjuba), Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya (Jadwiga Zapolska), Guro Tita (Poslavski)