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«Кофейная кантата» И.С. Бах / "Kaffeekantate" J.S. Bach

Cantata Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211 (Coffee Cantata) [36:12]
Semi-staged version of the Helikon Opera Theater

Harpsichord & Conductor: Mikhail Egiazaryan [Михаил Егиазарьян]

Chamber ensemble of the Helikon-Opera Theater [камерный ансамбль театра «Геликон-опера»]

Cast: Soprano [Lieschen]: Elena Semenova [Елена Семенова]; Tenor [Narrator]: Mikhail Seryshev [Михаил Серышев]; Bass [Schlendrian]: Dmitry Skorikov [Дмитрий Скориков]

YouTube

Apr-Dec 2019

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Recorded & filmed at Helikon Opera Theatre, Moscow, Russia. Broadcast by the TV channel Theater, 2019 [Запись телеканала «Театр», 2019 год]. Streamed live on May 19, 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic it is unlikely that the actual performance took place on this date. The work was performed on Apr 17, May 15, Jun 5 & 26, Oct 2, 16, 25 & 30, Nov 20 & 27, Dec 4, 2019. It is not known on which of those dates it was filmed & recorded.
Stage Director: Oleg Ilin [Олег Ильин]; Musical Director: Valery Kritskov [Валерий Крицков]; Stage Director: Alexander Borodovsky [Александр Бородовский]; Stage Designers: Igor Nezhny [Игорь Нежный] & Tatyana Tulubyeva [Татьяна Тулубьева]; Lighting Designer: Denis Enyukov [Денис Енюков]. Sponsor of the performance is the leading supplier of coffee and tea premium “Julius Meinl”.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 211: Complete Cantata [40:45]

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (July 2020)

Mikhail Egiazaryan: Short Biography | Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works