With Boris Godunov Mussorgsky sets the stage, managing to embody Mother Russia in his monumental tale of Nation and Tsar at an eventful turn in history. Two more texts by Pushkin see achingly lyrical realizations by Tchaik... more »ovsky, who first tells of the callous, young Eugene Onegin and his tragic story of illusion, disaffection and frustrated love, and then, inPique Dame, of the soldier Hermann, who is obsessed with the aristocratic Lisa and with coaxing a winning secret from her gambling grandmother, the Queen of Spades. In Rimsky-Korsakov's The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, his finest work for the stage, the master orchestrator spins a supernatural tale with the mystical flavor and steady unfolding of a legend of redemption, while Shostakovich runs the gamut of love, lust, power and oppression in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, a drama exploring the shadowy boundaries between victim and perpetrator. Orlin Anastassov, Bo Skovhus, Ewa Podle and Eva-Maria Westbroek shine in the title roles, as does Svetlana Ignatovich as the forest maiden Fevronia, in vivid, opulent productions from De Nederlanse Opera and Barcelona's Liceu.« less
Actor:Various Director:Andrei Konchalovsky Studio:Opus Arte Format:Blu-ray - Widescreen DVD Release Date: 03/25/2016 Release Year: 2016 Run Time: 15hr 19min Screens: Widescreen Number of Discs: 6 SwapaDVD Credits: 12 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 4 Edition: Box set Languages:Russian Subtitles:English, French, German