The Enchanted Wanderer (opera)

The Enchanted Wanderer (Очарованный странник) is a 2002 Russian-language 'concert opera' by Rodion Shchedrin based on the novel The Enchanted Wanderer by Nikolai Leskov.[1] It was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for Lorin Maazel and first performed on 19 December 2002 in New York by the New York Philharmonic, New York Choral Artists, and Lorin Maazel.

Recordings
  • Sergei Aleksashkin, Kristina Kapustinskaya & Evgeny Akimov Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev 2008
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References
  1. Opera - Volume 59, Issues 8-12 - Page 1231 2008 "My only real complaint is Shchedrin's labelling of it as a 'concert opera'. The Enchanted Wanderer is not an opera at all. It's a musical narrative punctuated with dramatic dialogues a la Mussorgsky."


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