Great Moments in Russian Opera (DVD)

Highlights from masterpieces of the Russian opera repertoire. Includes scenes from Boris Godunov, Golden Cockerel, Iolanta, overture to The Tsar’s Bride, Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, and more. Color, Mono/Stereo, (Playable all regions), 82 minutes.

BORIS GODUNOV (Mussorgsky)
1. Coronation Scene • Alexander Pirogov; Bolshoi/ Nebolsin – 1954

THE TSAR’S BRIDE (Rimsky-Korsakov)
2. Overture • Bolshoi/ Simonov – 1983

SADKO (Rimsky-Korsakov)
3. Song of the Indian Guest • Lev Kuznetsov; Bolshoi/ Simonov – 1980
4. Song of the Venetian Guest • Alexander Voroshilo; Bolshoi/ Simonov – 1980
5. Act III Trio – Goj-yesi, kupyets • Vladimir Atlantov, Tamara Milashkina, Boris Morozov; Bolshoi/ Simonov – 1980

MAY NIGHT (Rimsky-Korsakov)
6. Levko’s Aria – Kak tikho… Spi, moja krasavica • Oleg Polpudin; Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre/ Korobov – 2008

PRINCE IGOR (Borodin)
7. Polovtsian Dances (excerpt) • Bolshoi/ Ermler – 1981

THE GOLDEN COCKEREL (Rimsky-Korsakov)
8. Act I: The Princes and the General Advise the Tsar • Grigor Gondjian, Ruben Kubelian, Haroutun Karadjian, Sergey Shushardjia, Yerevan Alexander Spendiaryan State Academic Theatre/ Katanian – 1986

THE NOSE (Shostakovich)
9. Act I - Kolyakov in Search of his Missing Nose (montage) • Eduard Akimov, Valery Belykh; Moscow Chamber Opera/ Roszhdestvensky – 1979

ALEKO (Rachmaninoff)
10. Aleko’s Cavatina • Evgeny Nesterenko; Moscow State Symphony/ Kitayenko – 1986

MOZART AND SALIERI (Rimsky-Korsakov)
11. Mozart Plays his Requiem for Salieri • Alexei Maslennikov, Artur Eisen; Bolshoi/ Vartanyan – 1981

KASHCHEY THE IMMORTAL (Rimsky-Korsakov)
12. Duet: the Prince and Princess • Valeriy Lebed, Alla Oding (voice of Sofia Yalysheva), Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony Orchestra of Leningrad/ Trifonov – 1987

THE STONE GUEST (Dargomyzhsky)
13. Laura’s Song – Ya zdes, Inezilia • Tamara Sinyavskaya; Bolshoi/ Ermler – 1979

THE ENCHANTRESS (Tchaikovsky)
14. Act III finale – Duet: Kuma and Yuriy - Ya pravdu tebye • Larissa Zyryanova, Vadim Valyuta; Nizhegorodsky State Academic Theatre/ Reznikov – 1984

IOLANTA (Tchaikovsky)
15. Iolanta’s Aria – Atchevo eto prezhde ne znala • Galina Kalinina; Bolshoi/ Vartanyan – 1982
16. Duet: Iolanta and Vaudémont - Ditja, o net, ne nado slez • Galina Kalinina, Lev Kuznetsov; Bolshoi/ Vartanyan – 1982