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Mazeppa

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Opera in three acts
Music by Tchaikovsky Libretto by VIKTOR PETROVICH
BURENIN and THE COMPOSER after PUSHKIN'S poem Poltava.
Presented by David Brown The action takes place in the Ukraine in the early 18th century. (Soprano) (tenor) (baritone) (bass) (mezzo-soprano) (tenor) (baritone) (tenor)
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF
THE BOLSHOI THEATRE. MOSCOW conducted by ALGIS ZHURAITIS (Soviet Radio recording from the Russian Winter Arts Festival)

Contributors

Music By:
Tchaikovsky Libretto
Unknown:
Viktor Petrovich
Presented By:
David Brown
Conducted By:
Algis Zhuraitis
Maria, daughter of Kochubey:
Tamara Milashkina
Andrey, a young man in love with Maria:
Vladimir Atlantov
Mazeppa, Chief (Hetman) of the Ukrainian Cossacks:
Yuri Mazurok
Vasily Leontevich Kochubey, a rich Ukrainian landowner:
Artur Eizen
Lyubov, his wife:
Irina Arkhipova
Iskra, colonel of the Ukrainian troops, a friend of Kochubey:
Vladimir Kousryashov
Orlik, Mazeppa's secret agent:
Vladislav Pochapski
Drunken Cossack:
Oleg Biktimirov
Source: Radio Times

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