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Tchaikovsky: Cherevichki (The Slippers)

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Opera in four acts
Libretto by Yakov Polonsky, based on Gogol's story 'Christmas Eve'
(Sung in Russian)
(records)

Act 1

2.55* Interval Reading

3.0* Cherevichki Act 2

3.45* Interval Reading

3.50* Cherevichki Acts 3 and 4

Contributors

Librettist:
Yakov Polonsky
Musicians:
Moscow Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Vladimir Fedoseyev
Solokha, Vakula's mother (a witch):
Ludmila Simonova (mezzo-sop)
Devil:
Oleg Klenov (baritone)
Chub, an old Cossack:
Alexei Krivchenya (bass)
Panas, Chub's friend:
Ivan Kartavenko (tenor)
Oxana, Chub's daughter:
Nina Fomina (soprano)
Vakula, the blacksmith:
Konstantin Lisovsky (tenor)
Mayor:
Gennadi Troitsky (bass)
Schoolmaster:
Vladimir Makhov (tenor)
Wood-Goblin:
Ivan Budrin (baritone)
Old Zaporozhets, a Cossack:
V. Godunov (bass)
Attendant:
V. Rybin (tenor)
Master of Ceremonies:
Viktor Selivanov (bass)
Count Potyomkin:
Alexander Polyakov (baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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