Interpreti:
Albina Shagimuratova, Choir and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Elena Zaremba, Mikhail Petrenko, Vladimir Jurowski
Vydavateľ:
Bel Air Classiques
Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila
cast:
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra & Chorus
Vladimir Jurowski
Albina Shagimuratova (Lyudmila), Mikhail Petrenko (Ruslan), Yuri Minenko (Ratmir), Almas Svilpa (Farlaf), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Gorislava), Charles Workman (Finn / Bayan), Elena Zaremba (Naina), Vladimir Ognovenko (Svetosar) & Alexandre Polkovnikov (The Head)
Stage direction & scenography: Dmitri Tcherniakov
Costume design Elena Zaytseva
Lighting design: Gleb Filshtinsky
Chorus master: Valery Borisov
HD recording: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, November 2011
Produced by François Duplat
Directed for TV & video by Andy Sommer
Bonus: Interview with Dmitri Tcherniakov
Ruslan and Lyudmila, the fable of Mikhail Glinka (from a poem by Pushkin), and a symbolic Russian opera in itself, was an apposite choice to open the 2011-2012 season of the majestic Moscow opera, after its long renovation.
Director Dmitri Tcherniakov transposes Glinka’s opera into the 21st century, exposing the protagonists to contemporary forms of temptations: a ‘harem for Ruslan, and a Thai massage for Lyudmila…
Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and magnificent soloists Albina Shagimuratova, Mikhail Petrenko, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Charles Workman and Elena Zaremba, in this production acclaimed for its musical quality and its staging.