Saturday Night at the Opera playlist for 02/24/2013

Program: 
Saturday Night at the Opera
  • Mikhail Glinka
-
Ruslan and Lyudmila
from
  • Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow; Yuri Simonov, conductor
(
  • Melodiya 74321 29348 2
)
Mikhail Glinka's "Ruslan and Lyudmila," 1842 - the work that marked the birth of Russian national opera. Libretto by the composer and Valeryan Shirkov after the poem by Alexander Pushkin. Recording: Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre, 1978/79. Performers: Grand Prince Svetozar - Valery Yaroslavtsev, bass Lyudmila, Svetozr's daughter - Bela Rudenko, soprano Ruslan, Kievan knight - Yevgeny Nesterenko, bass Ratmir, Khazar prince - Tamara Sinyavskaya, mezzo-soprano Farlaf, Varangian knight - Boris Morozov, bass Gorislava, Ratmir's slave - Nina Fomina, soprano
Department: 
Classical