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THE LEGEND OF THE INVISIBLE CITY OF KITEZH

on Third Programme

and of the maiden Fevronya
An opera in four acts by RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Libretto by V. I. Byelsky sung in Russian
(bass)(tenor)(soprano)(tenor)
(baritone)
(mezzo-soprano)
(tenor) (bass)
(bass)
(baritone)
(bass)
(soprano)
(contralto)
Soldiers, guests, townsfolk, beggars. Tartars, etc.
Chorus and Orchestra of the ALL-UNION RADIO
Chorus-Master, Klavdi Ptitsa Conductor, VASILI NEBOLSIN
This recording of a performance broadcast in Russia has been made available by courtesy of Sovetskoe Radio
The action takes place in the year 67S1 after the creation of the world.
ACT I : A forest glade on the banks of the Volga
ACT 2: The market square in Little Kitezh, a village near Great Kitezh
Recorded broadcast of August 13, 1961

Contributors

Unknown:
V. I. Byelsky
Chorus-Master:
Klavdi Ptitsa
Conductor:
Vasili Nebolsin
PRINCE YURI VSEVOLODOVICH:
Ivan Petrov
PRINCE VSEVOLOD YURIEVICH. his son:
Vladimir Ivanovsky
FEVRONYA. a peasant maiden:
Natalia Rozhdestvenskaya
GRISHKA KUTIERMA, a drunkard:
Dimitri Tarkhov
FYODOR POYAROK. a nobleman:
Llya Bogdanov
A PAGE of the Royal Court:
Lidia Melnikova
TWO WEALTHY CITIZENS::
Venyamin Shevtsov
TWO WEALTHY CITIZENS::
Sergei Koltypin
A BARD:
Boris Dobrin
A BEAR-TAMER:
Tikhon Chernyakov (tenor)
A BEGGAR:
Mikhail Skazin
Tartar chiefs:BYEDAI:
Leonid Ktitorov
Tartar chiefs:BURUNDAI Gennadi:
Troitsky (bass)
Birds of Paradise:SIRIN:
Maria Zvezdina
ALKONOST:
Mina Kulagina

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