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The Story of a Real Man

on BBC Radio 3

Opera by Serge Prokofiev Libretto by THE COMPOSER and M. A. MENDELSON PROKOFIEV (sung in Russian): records
A young pilot fights his way back to confidence after losing his legs in an air crash.
Prokofiev's last opera was not performed until 1960, seven years after his death. It is not yet published, but this performance is of the cut version produced at the Bolshoi.
BOLSHOI THEATRE CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA/MARK ERMLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Serge Prokofiev
Unknown:
M. A. Mendelson
Aleksei:
Evgeny Klbkalo (bass)
Olga:
Glafira Deomidova (sop)
Fedya:
Vladlmar Kurguzov (speaking Role)
Seryonka:
Alexander Suzanov (speaking Role)
Andrey:
Georgy Pankov (bass)
Grandfather Mikhailo:
Georgy Shulpin (tenor)
Varxa:
Margarita Mlglau (sop)
Vasilisa:
Vera Smlrnova(alto)
Petrovna:
Antonina Ivanova (soprano)
VasUi Vasilyevich:
Mark Reshetin (bass)
Commissar:
Artur Eizen (bass)
Klavdiya:
Kira Leonova (mezzo-Soprano)
Kukushkin:
Aleksei Masslennkov (tenor)
Gvozdev:
Vitali Vlasov (tenor)
Mother:
Valentina Petrova(alto)
First surgeon:
Leonid Maslov (bass)
Second surgeon:
Nikolai Kakharov (tenor)
Head physician:
Vladimir Petrov (tenor)
Zinochka:
Maria Zvezdina (sop)
Colonel:
Valeri Yaroslavtsev (bass)

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