Opera in 4 acts with a prologue
Libretto: Alexander Borodin
First performance: November 4, 1890, St.Petersburg
Recorded: Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
Evgeny Akimov (Vocalist, Vladimir Igorievich)
Sergei Aleksashkin (Bass, Prince Galitsky)
Olga Borodina (Mezzo-Soprano, Konchakovna)
Nikolai Gassiev (Vocalist, Skula)
Galina Gorchakova (Soprano, Yaroslavna)
Grigory Karasev (Bass, Yeroshka)
Valery Lebed (Vocalist, Ovlur)
Olga Markova-Mikhailenko (Vocalist, Yaroslavna's Nurse)
Tatiana Pavlovskaya (Vocalist, A Polovtsian Maiden)
Nikolai Putilin (Baritone, Prince Igor)
Vladimir Vaneev (Vocalist, Konchak, Polovtsian)
Valery Gergiev directs the Kirov Opera & Ballet in this magnificent 1998 production of Borodin's "Prince Igor", presented in a new Mariinsky Thearte performing edition and featuring Mikhail Fokine's original choreography in the famous Polovtsian Dances. It tells of the struggle between the Russian and the Polovtsian nomads, of Prince Igor's capture and escape from his noble opponent, Khan Konchak, and of the love between Igor's son, Vladimir, and Konchak's daughter, Konchakovna. |
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