Ruslan and Lyudmila

Composer: Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich

Librettist/Text Author: Shirkov, V.F.

Conductor: Jurowski, Vladimir

Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Chorus: Bolshoi Theatre Chorus

Chorus Master: Borisov, Valery

Farlaf: Svilpa, Almas

Finn / Bayan: Workman, Charles

Gorislava: Pendatchanska, Alexandrina

Lyudmila: Shagimuratova, Albina

Naina: Zaremba, Elena

Ratmir: Mynenko, Yuriy

Ruslan: Petrenko, Mikhail

Svetosar: Ognovenko, Vladimir

The Head: Polkovnikov, Alexander

Set Designer: Tcherniakov, Dmitri

Costume Designer: Zaytseva, Elena

Lighting Designer: Filshtinsky, Gleb

Stage Director: Tcherniakov, Dmitri

Television Director: Sommer, Andy

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Venue: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

Playing Time: 03:52:50

Catalogue Number: BAC120

UPC: 3760115301207

Synopsis

Ruslan and Lyudmila

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The reopening show of the historical stage of the Bolshoi Theatre by Jurowski and Tcherniakov.

Ruslan and Lyudmila, the fable of Mikhail Glinka (from a poem of Pushkin), and symbolic Russian opera in itself, was an apposite choice to open the 2011-2012 of the majestic Moscow opera, after its long renovation.

Tcherniakov transposes Glinka's opera into the 21st century exposing the protagonists exposing the protagonists to contemporary forms of temptations: a harem for Ruslan, and a Thai massage for Lyudmila.

Vladimir Jurowski conducts The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra and a magnificent and soloists Albina Shagimuratova, Mikhail Petrenko, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Charles Workman and Elena Zaremba in this production acclaimed for its musical quality and its staging.