Myortviye dushi (Dead Souls)

Composer: Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich

Librettist/Text Author: Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich

Conductor: Gergiev, Valery

Orchestra: Mariinsky Opera Orchestra

Chorus: Mariinsky Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Rylov, Konstantin

Korobochka: Diadkova, Larissa

Lizanka Manilova: Chepurnova, Karina

Manilov: Timchenko, Alexander

Nozdryov: Semishkur, Sergey

Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov: Romanov, Sergei

Plyushkin: Volkova, Svetlana

Selifan: Zorin, Andrei

Sobakevich: Aleksashkin, Sergei

Set Designer: Margolin, Zinovy

Costume Designer: Danilova, Maria

Lighting Designer: Ismagilov, Damir

Stage Director: Barkhatov, Vasily

Television Director: Kasten, Henning

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Date of Production: 2012

Venue: Mariinsky Concert Hall, St. Peterbusg

Playing Time: 02:30:07

Catalogue Number: EuroArts5904

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St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre has staged the opera Dead Souls to the music by Rodion Shchedrin, who turns 80 in 2012. One of the indisputable operatic masterpieces of the 20th century will appear in the brand new, bright, expressive staged version, more than 30 years later, again at the Mariinsky Theatre. The premiere of the production took place on March 18. It is the first Russian production since its 1977 premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre.