Eötvös: Three Sisters

Peter Eötvös (* 1944): Trois Soeurs (Three Sisters, Drei Schwestern)
Opera in 3 sequences
Libretto: Claus C. Henneberg and Peter Eötvös, Russian translation by Krzysztof Wiernicki,
after the play by Anton Tchekov
Deutsche Grammophon (DGG) 459 694-2 (2 CDs)
CD 1 (43'23): Prologue and Sequence 1 (Irina)
CD 2 (78'15): Sequences 2 (Andrej) and 3 (Masha)
(CD 2 also includes a listening guide by the composer in English, German and French)
The Prozorov family
Olga (sister): Alain Aubin (countertenor)
Masha (sister): Vyachslav Kagan-Paley (countertenor)
Irina (sister): Oleg Ryabets (countertenor)
Andrej (their brother): Albert Schagidullin (baritone)
Natasha (Andrej's wife): Gary Boyce (countertenor)
Kulygin (Masha's husband): Nikita Storojev (bass)
Anfisa (aged servant [female rôle]): Jan Alofs (bass)
The officers
Vershinin (new battery commander): Wojtek Drabowicz (baritone)
Baron Tuzenbach (Irina's suitor): Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
Soliony (a further suitor of Irina): Denis Sedov (bass)
The doctor (Ivan R. Chebutykin, medical officer): Peter Hall (tenor)
Fedotik (corporal): Marc Duguay (tenor)
Rodé (corporal): Ivan Matiakh (tenor)
L'Orchestre de l`opéra de Lyon,
Kent Nagano (orchestra in the pit)
Peter Eötvös (off-stage orchstra)
Live recording: March 1998, opéra de Lyon/France