Calendarul muzical al zilei - 27 noiembrie 2015

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1731 S-a născut compozitorul italian Gaetano Pugnani (decedat 15.07.1798) 284 ani 1836 Premiera operei Ivan Susanin de Mihail Ivanovici Glinka 179 ani 1897 S-a născut compozitoarea româncă Florica Racoviţă (decedat 7.02.1983) 118 ani 1916 S-a născut compozitorul român Vinicius Grefiens (decedat 7.07.2000) 99 ani 1935 S-a născut clarinetistul francez Michel Portal 80 ani 1955 Comemorarea compozitorului portughez Luiz de Freitas Branco 60 ani 1955 Comemorarea compozitorului francez de origine elveţiană Arthur Honegger 60 ani 1474 Comemorarea compozitorului belgian Guillaume Dufay 541 ani 1959 Aniversarea violonistei rus Viktoria Mullova 56 ani 2000 Comemorarea mezzosopranei românce Elena Cernei 15 ani 1842 Premiera operei Ruslan şi Ludmila de M. I. Glinka 173 ani 1942 S-a născut chitaristul american Jimmy Hendrix (decedat 18.09.1970) 73 ani 1979 S-a născut violonista americană Hilary Hahn 36 ani

Historians rarely mention that Glinka's masterpiece was inspired by a previous opera, Ivan Susanin, by the Russianized Italian composer Catterino Cavos, staged in St. Petersburg on October 31, 1815. Cavos had a happy ending in which Susanin is saved at the last moment. Glinka let Susanin die, but he kept the outline of the Cavos libretto and the same cast of characters, although he changed their names. The subject was suggested to Glinka by the court poet Zhukovsky, who was to write the libretto but had to abandon the project owing to lack of time. The task was then handed to Baron Rosen, a Baltic German, whose knowledge of Russian, though very thorough, did not include a real understanding of the poetic resources of the language. In the meantime, Glinka went ahead with the composition, and Rosen had to adjust his verses to many melodies already written. In view of these difficulties, he did well. At the very least, he succeeded in writing some memorable lines which have become classics of Russian operatic literature.
Зимой 1613 года уже наречённый Земским собором царь Михаил Романов и его мать, инокиня Марфа, жили в костромской вотчине, в селе Домнино. Зная об этом, польско-литовский отряд ищет дорогу к селу, чтобы захватить юного Романова. Недалеко от Домнина они встретили вотчинного старосту Ивана Сусанина и приказали показать дорогу. Сусанин согласился, но повел недругов в болото, к селу Исупову, а в Домнино послал своего зятя Богдана Сабинина с известием о грозящей опасности. За отказ указать верный путь Сусанин оказался подвергнут смертельным пыткам, но места убежища царя не выдал.