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Composer of the Week: Rimsky-Korsakov

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Rimsky at the Opera
Presented by Piers Burton-Page . Boyarina Vera Sheloga (Overture; final scene)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Stoyan Angelov
Overture: The Tsar's Bride
Russian State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov
Sleep Has Overcome Her (The Tsar's Bride) Sergei Aleksashkin (bass), Philharmonia, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Suite: Tsar Saltan
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Edward Downes
Repeated next Wednesday 12 midnight

Contributors

Presented By:
Piers Burton-Page
Presented By:
Boyarina Vera Sheloga
Conductor:
Stoyan Angelov
Conductor:
Yevgeni Svetlanov
Bass:
Sergei Aleksashkin
Conductor:
Edward Downes
Vera Sheloga:
Stefka Evstatieva(soprano)
Nadezhda:
Alexandrina Micheva(mezzo)
Vlasevna:
Stefka Mineva(contralto)
Boyar Ivan Semyonich Sheloga:
Dimiter Stanchev(bass)
Source: Radio Times

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