Moses (Rubinstein)

Moses
Moses
Sacred opera by Anton Rubinstein
	The composer
Librettist	Salomon Hermann Mosenthal
Language	German
Premiere	20 February 1894 (concert performance); Riga

Moses is an 1892 sacred

St. Petersburg, Bonn, Amsterdam, Cologne and Vienna.^[5] There is no firm evidence that the entire opera was ever performed on the stage in its entirety.^[6] The opera was revived 15 October 2017 in Warsaw, in what may have been the first complete performance.^[7]

Tableaux

The action follows the story of Moses from being taken from the river Nile by Pharaoh's daughter, named as Asnath by Mosenthal, through to the eighth tableau on the hills of Jordan after the incident of the golden calf where a chorus of night spirits and celestials comment on the events.^[8]

Recording

Moses - Stanisław Kuflyuk (Moses), Torsten Kerl (Pharaoh), Evelina Dobraceva (Asnath), Małgorzata Walewska (Johebet). Polish Orchestra Sinfonia Iuventus,
Warsaw Philharmonic and Choir, Artos Children’s Choir, cond. Michail Jurowski
Warner 2018

References

^ Philip S. Taylor Anton Rubinstein: A Life in Music 0253116759 - 2007 p212
^ Ralf Georg Czapla, Ulrike Rembold Gotteswort und Menschenrede: die Bibel im Dialog mit Wissenschafte 3039107674 - 2006 Das Textbuch für den Moses lieferte ihm Salomon Hermann Ritter von Mosenthal (1821-1877), der bereits zwei Libretti für Rubinstein verfaßt hatte."....
^ Theodore Ziolkowski Uses and Abuses of Moses: Literary Representations 0268098557 - 2016 "The generalization above does not apply to the “spiritual opera” Moses (1887–89) by Anton Rubinstein with a libretto by Heinrich Mosenthal.37 Mosenthal (actually Salomon Hermann von Mosenthal, 1821–77) was a prolific writer with a pronounced interest in Jewish themes: notably his highly popular drama Deborah (1848) and his libretto for Rubinstein's better-known opera Die Makkabäer (1872–74) ....
^ The Art of Music: A Comprehensive Library of Information for Music Daniel Gregory Mason - 1917 "Riga, d. there; organist, founder of the Bach Society, Cathedral Choir, etc., in Riga. Through his influence Rubinstein's “Moses' was first produced in 1894"
^ Op.cit Czapla "Tatsächlich mußte die geplante Uraufführung des Moses in Prag 1892 abgesagt werden. ... In den folgenden drei Jahren konnte Rubinstein dann zwar acht Aufführungen in Leipzig, St. Petersburg, Riga, Bonn, Amsterdam, Köln und Wien verzeichnen"
^ Sinfonia Iuventus
Warsaw Philharmonic: Anton Rubinstein - Moses, Op. 112

^ Taylor op.cit. "The eight tableaux follow the traditional biblical events" .. "A place set with vines; a laughing landscape. A chorus of night spirits and celestials interprets the events" p223

External links

Moses (Rubinstein): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

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Operas

Dmitry Donskoy (1852)

Fomka the Fool (1853)

Die Kinder der Heide (1861)

Feramors (1863)

Der Thurm zu Babel (1870)

The Demon (1871)

Die Maccabäer (1875)

Néron (1879)

The Merchant Kalashnikov (1880)

Moses (1892)

Christus (1895)

Symphonies

Symphony No. 1 in F major, Op. 40 (1849 or 1850)

Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 42 (1851, rev. 1863, 1880)

Symphony No. 3 in A major, Op. 56 (1854-55)

Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 95 (1874)

Symphony No. 5 in G minor, Op. 107 (1880)

Symphony No. 6 in A minor, Op. 111 (1886)

Concertante
Piano

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 25 (1850)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 35 (1851)

Piano Concerto No. 3 in G major, Op. 45 (1853-4)

Piano Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 70 (1864)

Fantasy in C major, Op. 84 (orig. for pf solo, 1869; arr. pf and orch, 1880)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 94 (1874)

Caprice Russe, in C minor, Op. 102 (1878?)

Konzertstück in A flat major, Op. 113 (1889)

Violin

Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 46

Romance et caprice, Op. 86

Cello

Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 65

Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 96

Related

Nikolai Rubinstein (brother)

Saint Petersburg Conservatory

Russian Musical Society

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[1] Philip S. Taylor Anton Rubinstein: A Life in Music 0253116759 - 2007 p212

[2] Ralf Georg Czapla, Ulrike Rembold Gotteswort und Menschenrede: die Bibel im Dialog mit Wissenschafte 3039107674 - 2006 Das Textbuch für den Moses lieferte ihm Salomon Hermann Ritter von Mosenthal (1821-1877), der bereits zwei Libretti für Rubinstein verfaßt hatte."....

[3] Theodore Ziolkowski Uses and Abuses of Moses: Literary Representations 0268098557 - 2016 "The generalization above does not apply to the “spiritual opera” Moses (1887–89) by Anton Rubinstein with a libretto by Heinrich Mosenthal.37 Mosenthal (actually Salomon Hermann von Mosenthal, 1821–77) was a prolific writer with a pronounced interest in Jewish themes: notably his highly popular drama Deborah (1848) and his libretto for Rubinstein's better-known opera Die Makkabäer (1872–74) ....

[4] The Art of Music: A Comprehensive Library of Information for Music Daniel Gregory Mason - 1917 "Riga, d. there; organist, founder of the Bach Society, Cathedral Choir, etc., in Riga. Through his influence Rubinstein's “Moses' was first produced in 1894"

[5] Op.cit Czapla "Tatsächlich mußte die geplante Uraufführung des Moses in Prag 1892 abgesagt werden. ... In den folgenden drei Jahren konnte Rubinstein dann zwar acht Aufführungen in Leipzig, St. Petersburg, Riga, Bonn, Amsterdam, Köln und Wien verzeichnen"

[6] Sinfonia Iuventus

[7] Warsaw Philharmonic: Anton Rubinstein - Moses, Op. 112

[8] Taylor op.cit. "The eight tableaux follow the traditional biblical events" .. "A place set with vines; a laughing landscape. A chorus of night spirits and celestials interprets the events" p223

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