Smirnov/Popova Comic Duet From William Walton's The Bear, With Monica Sinclair & John Shaw.

[vburm]

Brilliant, really well sung and interpreted.

[EdmundStAustell]

@vburm Thank you very much. I really appreciate the comment!

[younglemeshevist]

Thanks a lot for the recording, it's really unusual. I didn't know that such a vaudeville exists and was staged in the West!

[SuperLuckydream]

Dear Edmund, you are a real treasure hunter ! I enjoy every post of yours. Thank you very much!

[EdmundStAustell]

@SuperLuckydream On the contrary, my friend, spacibo VAM! This is a very unusual little comic opera. Chekov referred to it as a "vaudeville." Simple as the original "play" was, it was very favorably received in Moscow in 1888, when it premiered. At that time, the "vaudevilles" that were imported into Russia from France were largely musical farces, or skits, so this one was ripe for exploitation, so to speak, as a musical operatic skit.