Saturday Night at the Opera playlist for 09/08/2012

Program: 
Saturday Night at the Opera
  • Alexander Borodin
-
On the Steppes of Central Asia
from
  • Camarata/Kingsway Symphony Orchestra
(
  • London
)
  • Alexander Borodin
-
Prince Igor
from
  • Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater, with Mark Ermler, director
(
  • Melodiya
)
  • Alexander Pushkin
-
Selections from "The Captive of the Caucasus," translated by Katya Hokanson
from
  • Writing at Russia’s Borders
(
  • University of Toronto Press
)
An exploration of 19th Century Russian artistic identity. Looking at the creations of Borodin and Pushkin, we examined questions of foreignness, Russianness, exoticism, and nationalistic hostility, all the while comparing the composer's opera, Prince Igor, to the author's extended poem, "The Captive of the Caucasus." Personnel for the opera: Ivan Petrov as Igor Svyatoslavich, Tatyana Tugarinova as Yaroslavna, Vladimir Atlantov as Vladimir Igoryevich, Artur Eisen as Vladimir Galitsky, Alexander Vedernikov as Konchak, and Yelena Obraztsova as Konchakovna.
Department: 
Classical