Mikis Theodorakis - La United Fruit Co. (Canto General Chile, 23.04.1993)

Описание: Mikis Theodorakis conducts La United Fruit Co. (Canto General) in Chile

Chilean premiere of the oratorio "Canto General" at the Teatro Monumental in Santiago on April 23, 1993, twenty years after the originally planned premiere, which did not take place due to the military coup in Chile on September 11, 1973.

Pablo Neruda was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971 for his poem "Canto General". Mikis Theodorakis composed the first seven parts of Canto General, including United Fruit Company, in France in 1973, after selecting the poems with Pablo Neruda in Paris and Salvador Allende in Santiago.

Canto General
La United Fruit Co.

Music by Mikis Theodorakis
Lyrics by Pablo Neruda
Petros Pandis (baritone)
Coro Ars Viva Santiago & Coro Sinfonico de la Universidad de Chile (Choir conductors: Waldo Aranguiz & Guido Minoletti)
Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile & Orquesta Filarmonica de Santiago
Conducted by Mikis Theodorakis

Co-Produced by Asteris Kutulas/Asti Music
Published by Schott Music

Bei diesem Fernseh-Mitschnitt handelt es sich um die chilenische Premiere des Oratoriums «Canto General» vom 23.4.1993 im Teatro Monumental von Santiago, zwanzig Jahre nach der ursprünglich geplanten Uraufführung, die aufgrund des Militärputsches am 11.9.1973 nicht stattfinden konnte.

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