Tchaikovsky "Iolanta" - Introduction and Finale

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Channel: adam28xx · 2011 · Music

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Tchaikovsky's last opera concerns Princess Iolanta who has been blind from birth. The Introduction to the opera is scored for woodwinds alone and in the final scene, when Iolanta has been cured of her blindness, she and the whole ensemble sing a Hymn of Praise to Light. (From the 1978 Melodya LP set.)

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