TCHAIKOVSKY

- Iolanta

Iolanta: GALINA GORCHAKOVA
King René: SERGEI ALEXASHIN
Robert: DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY
Vaudémont: GEGAM GRIGORIAN
Ebn-Hakia: NIKOLAI PUTILIN
Almeric: NIKOLAI GASSIEV
Bertrand: GENNADY BEZZUBENKOV
Martha: LARISSA DIADKOVA
Brigitte: TATIANA KRAVTSOVA
Laura: OLGA KORZHENSKAYA
KIROV CHORUS · KIROV ORCHESTRA, ST PETERSBURG
conducted by VALERY GERGIEV

CD 442 796-2 (2 CD set)
PHILIPS

- After Prokofiev's Fiery Angel, the Kirov Opera and Valery Gergiev turn next to Tchaikovsky's Iolanta. For the first time, baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky joins the Kirov Opera for a recording that also stars soprano Galina Gorchakova and tenor Gegam Grigorian.