Mikhail GLINKA - "Ruslan And Lyudmila" (December 12, 1961) - Choir and orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre - B. Khaikin

ID: AQVR382-2 (EAN: 4607123631478)  | 2 CD | ADD
Released in: 2017

LABEL:

AQUARIUS classic

Collection:

Opera Collection

Subcollection:

Voices and Orchestra

Composers:

GLINKA, Mikhail Ivanovich

Interprets:

GELEVA, Alexei (bass) | MITYUKOVA, Maria (contralto) | NECHIPAILO, Victor (bass) | OLEINICHENKO, Galina (soprano) | PETROV, Vladimir (tenor) | RESHETIN, Mark (bass) | SMIRNOVA, Vera (mezzo-soprano) | SMOLENSKAYA, Evgenia (soprano) | TIMCHENKO, Nikolai (tenor)

Ensembles:

Choir and the Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre

Conductors:

KHAIKIN, Boris

Other info:

Opera in 5 acts. Libretto by V. Shirkov, K. Bakhturin and M. Glinka
with the assistance of N. Markevich, N. Kukolnik and M. Gedeonov,
based on A.Pushkin's poem of the same name

Ruslan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor Nechipailo
Lyudmila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Galina Oleinichenko
Svetozar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Reshetin
Gorislava . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenia Smolenskaya
Ratmir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria Mityukova
Farlaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexei Geleva
Finn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vladimir Petrov
Naina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vera Smirnova
Bayan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikolai Timchenko

Choir and orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre
Conductor - Boris Khaikin
Recorded live at the Bolshoi theatre on December 20th, 1961

This premiere release of Glinka's «Ruslan and Lyudmila» is from one of the best productions of this opera. It was first performed for the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre in 1948 with direction by R. Zakharov, conducted by A. Melik-Pashaev and designed by the artist V.Dmitriev. In this radio broadcast from 1961, we have the opportunity of hearing some of the soloists who joined the Bolshoi Theatre during the 1950's - the dramatic baritone Victor Nechipailo, Galina Oleinichenko, Alexei Geleva, and Maria Mityukova. In addition, this recording also features one of the Bolshoi Theatre's best dramatic sopranos, Eugenia Smolenskaya, who performed on that stage from 1947. Due to staging constraints, this production of the opera was performed in an abridged version (for example the first scene from Act V was omitted).