Congratulations! (, Op. 111) is a 1975 opera by Mieczysław Weinberg to his own Russian libretto after the Yiddish play Mazel Tov by Sholem Aleichem. 1986 - Page 99 1977 op. 111 (1975; 13. Sept 1983 ebd.) The plot, closely following the text of Sholem Aleichem's play, emphasises the class conflict to placate Soviet censors, for whom otherwise a Jewish topic may have proved problematic.On Russian Music p 378 The opera premiered in Moscow in 1983. Present at the premiere was Vladimir Stoupel, who conducted the premiere outside Russia at the Konzerthaus Berlin in 2012.
Recording - in German, version for chamber ensemble by Henry Koch, Katia Guedes, Anna Gütter, Olivia Saragosa, Jeff Martin, Robert Elibay-Hartong, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Vladimir Stoupel. Oehms, live from the Konzerthaus Berlin 2012, released 2020.
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