Noch' pered Rozhdestvom (Christmas Eve)
Sebastian Weigle, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Georgy Vasiliev (Tenor), Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh (Soprano), Enkelejda Shkosa (Mezzo-soprano), Alexey Tikhomirov (Bass), Andrei Popov (Tenor), Anthony Robin Schneider (Bass), Sebastian Geyer (Baritone), Peter Marsh (Tenor), Bianca Andrew (Mezzo-soprano), Thomas Faulkner (Bass), Barbara Zechmeister (Soprano)
2021 - 2022, Frankfurt am Main, Oper Frankfurt
Act I
- 03:171. Introduction 'Christmas Eve'
- 06:002. 'Urodilas' Kolyada nakanune Rozhdestva…' (Kolyada was born on the night before Christmas) (Solokha, Devil)
- 04:223. 'Ege! Chtob mne pusto bylo, yesli ne sam syn vrazhiy satana…' (I'll be damned, if not the Devil himself) (Panas, Chub)
- 08:174. 'Ona odna' (She's alone) (Vakula, Chub)
- 07:485. 'Chto lyudyam vzdumalos' rasslavit', chto khorosha ya?' (Why do people say I’m pretty?) (Oksana's Aria) (Oksana)
- 04:486. 'Ay! Ay! Zachem prishyol syuda?' (What do you want?) (Oksana, Vakula)
- 06:337. 'Na lugu krasna kalina stoit' (On the heath stands a beautiful viburnum bush) (Oksana, Vakula, Chorus)
Act II
- 04:261. 'Urodilas' Kolyada nakanune Rozhdestva' (Kolyada was born on the night before Christmas) (Solokha, Devil)
- 02:292. 'Solokha, zdravstvuy!' (Hello, dear Solokha!) (Solokha, Mayor, Deacon)
- 07:263. 'Divnaya, velikolepnaya Solokha, zdrav'ya zhelaem vam!' (Wonderful, fantastic Solokha, I wish you good health!) (Solokha, Deacon, Chub)
- 02:084. 'Solokha, zdravstvuy!' (Hello, dear Solokha!) (Chub, Solokha)
- 05:185. 'Gey, chumache!' (Hey, Chumache!) (Song of Chub and Solokha) (Chub, Solokha, Vakula)
- 01:596. 'Zachem stoyat eti meshki?' (What are these sacks doing here?) (Vakula, Solokha)
- 03:537. 'Gde ty, sila moya molodetskaya?' (Where are you, my fearless strength?) (Vakula's Song) (Vakula)
- 19:008. 'Kolyaduyu, kolyaduyu, kovbasu chuyu' (I'm singing carols) (Vakula, Oksana, Panas, Two Women, Deacon, Chub, Mayor, Chorus)
Act III
- 06:401. 'Vareniki-to sami skachut v rot!…' (The vareniki are just jumping into his mouth) (Vakula, Patsyuk, Devil)
- 02:322. Introduction
- 05:383. Games and Dances of the Stars
- 05:514. 'Sobiraytesya, kolduny, veduny' (Assemble, witches and sorcerers!) (Diabolic Kolyada) (Patsyuk, Solokha, Vakula, Chorus)
- 04:595. Polonaise 'Slav', truba, timpan, tsevnitsa…' (Praise our Zsarina!) (Chorus)
- 07:156. 'Svetleyshiy obeshchal menya segodnya' (His Highness promised) (Tsarina, Vakula, Devil, Chorus)
- 08:017. 'Vperyod, vperyod, moy kon'!' (Onwards, my steed!) (Vakula, Chorus)
Act IV
- 01:281. Introduction
- 02:072. 'Zdorovo, kum Korniy!' (Greetings, friend Chub!) (Two Women, Chub, Oksana)
- 06:303. 'Propal kuznets' (The blacksmith's disappeared) (Oksana)
- 04:164. 'Akh! Vakula!… Eto on!' (Vakula! It's him!) (Oksana, Chub, Vakula, Chorus)
- 01:085. 'Kuznets vernulsya zhiv i zdrav!' (The blacksmith's back alive) (Chorus)
- 02:416. Epilogue 'In memory of Gogol'. 'Byl il' ne byl u tsaritsy – ne skazhu ya vam, devitsy' (I won't say if I met the Tsarina or not) (Vakula, Oksana, Chub, Panas, Mayor, Deacon, Chorus)
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