Marking the 70th anniversary of Great Victory
Epic Alexander Borodin's opera in four acts with a prologue
Libretto on the ancient epic ?The Lay of Igor?s Host? by the composer.
The first performance: October 23, 1890
at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg
Performed with one interval in Russian
Edited by the Astrakhan Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Igor Svyatoslavich, Prince of Novgorod-Seversky | Dmitry Kondratyev Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of international contests Peter Migunov (Capella, St. Petersburg,the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow) Laureate of international and national competitions Ruslan Sigbatulin | |
Yaroslavna, his wife by his second marriage | Tatiana Balasanova The winner of the international competition Alena Diyanova Laureate of international competitions Elena Razgulyaeva | |
Vladimir Igorevich, Igor?s son from his first marriage | Laureate of internationaland national competitions Alexander Diyanov Alexander Malyshko The winner of the international competition Ivan Mikhailov | |
Vladimir Yaroslavovich, Prince Galitsky, brother of Princess Yaroslavna | The winner of the international competition Andrei Valenty (the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Belarus Republic, Minsk) Dmitry Kondratyev The winner of the international competition Andrew Pujalin | |
Konchak, Polovtsian Khan | Laureate of international and national competitions Maxim Paly Vadim Shishkin | |
Konchakovna, Khan Konchak?s daughter | Laureate of international competitions Natalia Vorobieva Laureate of international competitions Olga Voinova Laureate of international competitions Zinaida Dujova | |
Ovlur, a Christian Polovtsian | Laureate of international and national competitions Alexander Diyanov Alexander Malyshko Alexey Mikhailov | |
Skula, a gudok-player | Laureate of international and national competitions Maxim Paly The winner of the international competition Alexey Frolov | |
Eroshka, a gudok-player | Michael Kuharev Alexei Mikhailov Mintien Odzhaev | |
Yaroslavna?s nurse | Laureate of international competitions Olga Voinova Elena Malysheva Laureate of international competitions Ekaterina Chernishova | |
a Polovtsian maiden | Laureate of international and national competitions Oksana Voronina Laureate of international and national competitions Eugene Startseva Laureate of international and national competitions Albina Shakirova | |
Polovtsian Dances | Ballet dancers of the theater Soloists: Anna Nikonova Xenia Saulevich the State Prize Winner of Mari El Alexander Zverev Honored Artist of the Udmurtia Republic Maxim Melnikov |
Russian princes and princesses, boyars and boyarynas, elders, Russian warriors,maidens, people, Polovtsian khans, Konchakovna girlfriends, Khan Konchak?s slaves (fungus), Russian prisoners, Polovtsian sentries, Polovtsi - the theatre choir, ballet and mime ensemble artists
THE THEATRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The action takes place in the Russian town of Putivl and Polovtsian camp in 1185.