Dmitri Shostakovich filmed during opera rehearsals in 1975

[indioadagio]

Yes, please, add the subs.

Thanks shavkatikk

[abqcleve]

Shostakovich's grins at 5:45 - 6:00 are priceless.

[trammina]

se capissi qualcosa...

[ViewerNotes]

please add subtitles. Thanks!

[freddydiamant]

The conductor is Rozhdestvensky, I think!

[cgoodwill]

am looking to source some music for this film and I cant really find anything on the web. I am looking for Underground soviet era folk music that was revolutionary against the soviets. I understand that there was a suppression of this type of music by the soviets, but I was hoping that someone may know about some underground music. I am particularly interested in this Russian saying I am seeing on the web "To Keep a Fig in your pocket"

[EVWriter07]

Anyone who speaks/understands Russian know what he's talking about in this video?

[Phusics]

At the beginning he explains that the performance was excellent, excepting the beginning and the end of the piece where Shosta made some remarks concerning tempo/dynamics. At the end (6:39) he talks about the heroic performance of his 7th Symphony during the siege of Leningrad. It was a great performance although the musicans had to play in a horrible situation and it was an unforgettable moment for him which impresses the Leningrader people and whole nation.

[skarupo]

@Phusics Shosta?

[S2HVU]

I'm going to see this at the Met in March and I absolutely can't wait! I just wish I knew what they were saying...

[kimwgunning]

I hope you enjoyed the production, and could easily read all of the translations (on the back of the seats, the front edge of the stage AND often in the big projections!).

[otoevst]

He looks like a very nervous person.

Probably because the time during the Stalin-period.

[Gustavian]

@otoevst No, my friend! Stalin died in 1953!!! This is the year 1975... is nervous like any artist in a rehearsal... (sorry for my english).

[otoevst]

No, he actually did have problems with Stalin during the 30's and the 40's.

[japanesesweet]

Shostakovich at his anarchic best-there`s more than a hint of Stravinsky's `Les Noces`-

He`s so frail in his last year-can barely stand up. Very sad.

[TVorNotTeeVee]

Absolutely wonderful to see him up close after being moved by his music for so many years. Thanks.

[Curetiamhices]

Russian?! Hey dude, He had more polish Blood then Russian, check your History....

A maestro of the Art

[Phusics]

I think only his paternal grandfather was polish and (if I remember rightly) married a russian woman. And his maternal ancestors (including his mother herself) were all native Russians / Siberians.

So i think he definitely had more Russian blood :-)

[chrisrosenkavalier]

He was definitely Russian, brother, though he did indeed have Polish-Lithuanian heritage. His parents and grandparents were all Russian and/or Siberian.

[karoloandria]

he looks like my granpa

[xempress]

the year he died.

[PapagenoJuan]

Russian genius

[bowshred]

What great works he brought to the world. Thank you for delivering these clips. Fantastic.

[ishsings]

Opera Boston is presenting this opera in February.  It's going to be a wild ride. I am excited to be a part of a fantastic cast.

[ThaSchwab]

Ahh, the man himself.

[earthatic]

Thank you so much for posting. I have always wanted to see Shostakovich in motion!

[MrCosio]

So Chaotic....So Beautiful

[kzd444]

english please

[gnolti]

Great stuff, with great glimpses of the man. Thank you for posting.