Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	24th August 2015
To	24th August 2015
When	19:30
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

Date of change: 4 Jun 15 - T2094467781

Prom 53 - Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin; Shostakovich - Orango

Work:: Prom 53 (S5984)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin; Shostakovich - Orango (T2094467781)

Shostakovich's Orango - an incomplete opera whose manuscript came to light only in 2004 - is a glossy fusion of wit and political venom. The 'Orango' of the title is half man, half ape - a symbol of the decadent West. It's a work matched for vivid colouring by Bartok's violent and sexually charged ballet-pantomime The Miraculous Mandarin. French pianist David Fray returns following his Proms debut in 2011 to play Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 - written at the height of the composer's fame in Vienna as a performer of his own works. Finish time approx. 21:50

Performer	David Fray (piano)
Performer	Natalia Pavlova (Susanna)
Performer	Natalia Yakimova (Renee)
Performer	Alexander Shagun (Armand Fleury)
Performer	Alexander Trofimov (Paul Mache)
Performer	Vladimir Babokin (Foreigner 1)
Performer	Oleg Losev (Foreigner 2)
Performer	Dmitry Koleushko (Zoologist)
Performer	Ivan Novoselov (Orango)
Performer	Leo Elhardt (Voice from the Crowd)
Performer	Denis Beganski (Master of Ceremonies)
Performer	Yuri Yevchuk (Veselchak)
Company	Philharmonia Voices
Company	Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor	Esa-Pekka Salonen
Director	Irina Brown

Listing:: L0372239276

Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin; Shostakovich - Orango

Shostakovich's Orango - an incomplete opera whose manuscript came to light only in 2004 - is a glossy fusion of wit and political venom. The 'Orango' of the title is half man, half ape - a symbol of the decadent West. It's a work matched for vivid colouring by Bartok's violent and sexually charged ballet-pantomime The Miraculous Mandarin. French pianist David Fray returns following his Proms debut in 2011 to play Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 - written at the height of the composer's fame in Vienna as a performer of his own works. Finish time approx. 21:50

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

CORONAVIRUS: All venues in the UK were shut down on March 16, 2020, and the restrictions were finally lifted on July 19, 2021. It is important to mention that the UK Theatre Web archive listings (iUKTDb) from March 2020 to July 2021 might not be accurate due to the lack of information regarding rescheduled and cancelled shows.