Rodion K. Shchedrin (1932-)
Information about the composer Rodion K. Shchedrin and his operas.
A Russian composer.
Operas:
The Enchanted Wanderer
Based on a novella by the 19th-century Russian author Nikolai Leskov.
Synopsis
The opera tells the story of a wanderer who falls in love with a beautiful gypsy, but discovers she is also loved by the prince who employs him.
Recommended recordings on CD
Gergiev (MAR 0504)
Reviewed by Andrew Clements in the Guardian as having "vacuous arias and doomy choral writing, quasi-liturgical kitsch and sanitised folk effects."
Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, conducted by Valery Gergiev.
MAR 0504