TITLE : Rimsky-Korsakov/Kashchey the Immortal
CATALOGUE NUMBER : 446 704-2
INTERNATIONAL RELEASE DATE : August 1999
 
WORKS
Kashchey the Immortal
 
ARTISTS
Konstantin Pluzhnikov
Marina Shaguch
Alexander Gergalov
Larissa Diadkova
Alexander Morozov
Kirov Opera and Orchestra
Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
Conducted by Valery Gergiev
 
COMPOSER
Rimsky-Korsakov
 
RECORDING INFORMATION
Parable in one act, loosely based on a group of Russian folk tales concerning Kashchey (tenor), an evil sorcerer who keeps captive the Princess Unearthly - beauty (soprano) until she is rescued by Prince Ivan (baritone). The opera had its first performance in Moscow in December 1902.

In March 1905, students from the St. Petersburg Conservatory organised a performance under Glazunov's direction as a tribute to Rimsky-Korsakov who had been dismissed from his professorship for supporting a strike. The opera thus gained a revolutionary aura.

Notable stars featuring in major roles include Maria Shaguch as the Tsarina and Larissa Diadkova as the daughter of Kashchey.
 
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