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Glinka - Ruslan and Lyudmila

02/02/2012

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Katie Derham presents part of Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila, from the Bolshoi Theatre.

Katie Derham presents a performance given at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow of Glinka's opera Ruslan and Lyudmila - the first full opera staging in the newly renovated theatre.

Opera matinee - Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila from the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow.
Katie Derham presents the first full opera staging in this iconic theatre after its four hundred million pound renovation. Vladimir Jurowski conducts a fairy tale opera which lies at the very heart of Russian operatic culture 

Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila, opera in five acts (eight tableaux), 

Svetozar Great Prince of Kiev ..... Vladimir Ognovenko (bass), 
Lyudmila his daughter ..... Albina Shagimuratova (soprano), 
Ruslan a Kievan knight Lyudmila's betrothed ..... Mikhail Petrenko (bass), 
Ratmir a Khazar prince ..... Yuri Minenko (counter tenor), 
Farlaf a Varangian knight ..... Almas Shvilpa (bass), 
Gorislava a captive of Ratmir ..... Alexandrina Pendachanska (soprano), 
Finn a good sorcerer ..... Charles Workman (tenor), 
Naina an evil sorceress ..... Elena Zaremba (mezzo-soprano), 
Bayan a bard ..... Charles Workman (tenor), 
Staging, sets and costumes .....Dmitri Cherniakov 
Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)

continued tomorrow at 2pm.

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