Schedule for Anton Rubinstein. Spiritual opera "Christ" 2022

By Anton Rubinstein
Anton Rubinstein - creator of the first in Russia (St. Petersburg ) Conservatory , one of the greatest pianists of the era, the author of many works of different genres. He wrote 20 operas , but opera "Christ" - a special essay . This last work was the result of Rubinstein spiritual and moral quest composer , which reflected his continuing meditation on the life and person of the eternal and the transient, of loyalty and betrayal . At the end of life, the composer turned to the image of the Savior - one of the most difficult- to musical embodiment and created a giant mural that reflected the themes of the Gospel of the Nativity to the Ascension .
Literary basis of the opera , written in German , was the same name poem by Henry Bulthaupta . First composition was performed in concert in 1894 in Stuttgart by the author , and her stage performance took place in 1895, after the death of Rubinstein. Then, over a hundred years of opera score was considered lost . In the library of the St. Petersburg Conservatory preserved only piano compositions.
Honor of the return of opera in Russia belongs to the violinist and conductor Honored Artist of Russia and Ukraine Anton Georgiyevich Sharoyeva . Enlisting the support of German Cultural Center . I.Gete it in December 2007 found a score of " Christ" in the Berlin library. A year later , December 12, 2008 , in the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre . Tchaikovsky took Russian opera stage premiere spiritual Rubinstein , which the press has called a sensation. A.G.Sharoev became the musical director of the play .