Prince Igor: Kirov Ballet

The read

It runs long at 3h 14m.

Synopsis

The sweeping saga of Alexander Borodin's "Prince Igor" springs to life with the talents of the Kirov Opera and Ballet in this memorable 1998 staging recorded live at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. Nikolai Putilin assumes the role of the titular 12th-century royal, who is captured by the Polovtsian nomad Khan Konchak (Vladimir Vaneev) and later escapes, only to see his son fall in love with Konchak's daughter.

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Cast

• Valery GergievConductor
• Nikolai PutilinPrince Igor
• Galina GorchakovaYaroslavna
• Jevgenij AkimovVladimir Igorievich
• Sergei AleksashkinVladimir Yaroslavich
• Nikolai GassievSkula
• Grigory KarasevYeroshka
• Vladimir VaneevKonchak (Polovtsian Khan)
• Olga BorodinaKonchakovna (daugther of Khan Konchak)
• Valery LebedOvlur
• Tatiana PavlovskayaA Polovtsian Maiden

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