THREE SISTERS as opera
PETER EÖTVÖS TRI SESTRY Live from FRANKFURT
Oper Frankfurt
Opera Frankfurt Orchestra
Dennis Russell Davies Conductor
Nikolai Petersen Conductor
Ray Chenez Irina
David DQ Lee Mascha
Dmitry Egorov Olga
Mikolaj Trabka Andrei
Eric Jurenas Natascha
Mark Milhofer Doktor
Krešimir Stražanac Tusenbach
Barnaby Rea Soljony
Thomas Faulkner Kulygin
Iain MacNeil Werschinin
Alfred Reiter Anfisa
Issac Lee Rodé
Michael McCown Fedotik
Peter Eötvös (b. 1944) is one of the most renowned
Hungarian composers and conductors of our times. The
libretto for his Tri sestry (‘Three Sisters’) was written
by Claus H. Henneberg, together with the composer,
and the opera is based on Chekhov’s 1901 play of the
same name. The production is directed by conductor
Dennis Russell Davies and his co-conductor, Frankfurt
Kapellmeister Nikolai Petersen. Oper Frankfurt followed
the composer’s original intentions for the three sisters,
casting internationally successful countertenors in the
roles: American Ray Chenez as Irina, Canadian David
D.Q. Lee as Mascha, and the Russian Dmitry Egorov
as Olga.