Congratulations! | |
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Opera by Mieczysław Weinberg | |
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Librettist | Weinberg |
Language | Russian |
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Mazel Tov by Sholem Aleichem |
Pozdravlyayem! (Russian: «Поздравляем!» Congratulations!, Op. 111) is a 1975 opera by Mieczysław Weinberg to his own Russian libretto after the Yiddish play Mazel Tov by Sholem Aleichem. [1] [2] [3] The plot follows closely the text of Aleichem's play, but emphasising the class conflict to placate the Soviet censor, for whom otherwise a Jewish topic may have proved problematic. [4] The opera premiered in Moscow in 1983. Present at the premiere was Vladimir Stoupel who conducted the premiere outside Russia at the Konzerthaus Berlin in 2012.
Wir gratulieren! - in German, version for chamber ensemble by Henry Koch, Katia Guedes, Anna Gütter, Olivia Saragosa, Jeff Martin, Robert Elibay-Hartong, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Vladimir Stoupel. Oehms, live from the Konzerthaus Berlin 2012, released 2020.