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THE LEGEND OF THE INVISIBLE CITY OF KITEZH

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and of the maiden Fevronya
An opera in four acts
Libretto by V. 1. Byelsky
Music by RIMSKY-KORSAKOV sung in Russian
Recording of a performance broadcast in Russia: made available by courtesy of Sovetskoe Radio
The action takes place in the year 6751 after the creation of the world.
Act 1: A forest glade on the banks of the Volga
ACT 2: The market square in Little Kitezh, a village near Great Kitezh See page 11
A timed synopsis is printed in ' The Listener' dated August 10
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
CAST
Soldiers, guests, townsfolk beggars. Tartars
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ALL-UNION RADIO
Chorus-Master, Klavdi Ptitsa
Conductor, VASILI NEBOLSIN

Contributors

Chorus-Master:
Klavdi Ptitsa
Conductor:
Vasili Nebolsin
Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich (boss):
Ivan Petrov
Prince Vsevolod Yurievich, his son(tenor):
Vladimir Ivanovsky
Fevronya. a peasant maiden (soprano):
Natalia Rozhdestvenskaya
Grishka Kutierma a -drunkard(tenor):
Dimitri Tarkhov
Fyodor Poyarok, a nobleman (baritone):
Ilya Bogdanov
A paste of the Royal Court (mezzo- soprano):
Lidia Metnikova
Two wealthy citizens: (tenor):
Venyamin Shevtsov
Two wealthy citizens:(bass):
Sergei Koltypin
A bard (bass):
Boris Dobrin
A bear-tamer (tenor):
Tikhon Chernyakov
A beggar (baritone):
Mikhail Skazin
Tartar chiefs: Byedai (bass):
Leonid Ktitorov
Burundai (bass):
Gennadi Troitsky
Birds of Paradise: Sirin (soprano):
Maria Zvezdina
Alkonost (contralto):
Mina Kulagina

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