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The Fiery Angel

The Fiery Angel

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2021

Runtime

2h 13m

Genres

Music

Original Title

The Fiery Angel

Production Companies

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Description

Sergey Prokofiev's operatic tragedy The Fiery Angel was never performed in the composers lifetime the musics brittle energy, drama and eloquent lyrical tenderness would re-emerge in his Third Symphony. The narrative focuses relentlessly on Renata, who is haunted by an angel who turns out to be the devil. Director Emma Dante describes the opera as an explosive mix of fantastical realism and endless confusion of nightmares, madness, sexual impulses and cultural clashes, and this Teatro dellOpera di Roma production was acclaimed as a presentation of Prokofievs masterpiece which sparkles in all its grotesque glory (operawire.com)