The read
It runs long at 3h 31m.
Synopsis
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka's magical masterpiece in its entirety, inspired by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's poem of a Russian tale. An evil sorcerer Chernomor casts a spell over wedding celebrations for Ruslan and Lyudmila at the court of Svetozar, the Prince of Kiev. Lyudmila vanishes and her father promises her hand and half his kingdom to the knight who rescues her. Ruslan on this quest of rescue encounters the knights Ratmir and Farlaf, the wise wizard Finn, the slave of Ratmir, Gorislava and sorceress Naina before confronting Chernomor in his magic garden. After all the challenges for Ruslan, true love prevails.
Ratings
IMDb8.4/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Hans HulscherDirector
Cast
- Vladimir OgnovenkoRuslan
- Anna NetrebkoLyudmila
- Mikhail KitSvetozar
- Larissa DiadkovaRatmir
- Gennady BezzubenkovFarlaf
- Galina GorchakovaGorislava
- Konstantin PluzhnikovFinn
- Irina BogachovaNaina
- Yuri MarusinBayan
- Valery GergievCast
- Mariinsky OrchestraCast
Themes
opera