VVCD-00180 ADD 173.22
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) Snegurochka (Snow Maiden). Spring Fairy Tale.
Libretto by N. Rimsky-Korsakov after A.Ostrovsky First performance – January 29 (February 10) 1882 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St.-Petersburg. Âolshoi Theatre Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin Cast Tsar Berendei Sergei Lemeshev Snegurochka Irina Maslennikova Lell (Sheppard) Maria Maxakova Mizgir Alexei Ivanov Spring Nadezhda Obukhova Bobyl-Vakoula V. Shevtsov Bobylikha M.Levina Bermyata S. Krasovsky Ded-Moroz (Father Frost) Maxim Mikhailov Leshy F. Godovkin Maslenitsa M.Skazkin Kupava S.Panova
CD 1: Prologue *Act 1*Total: 74.34 * CD 2: Act 2 * Act 3* Total: 66.31 CD 3: Act 4 * Total: 32.17 Recording: 1952 There are no recordings of the following: 1) Tsar Berendei Cavatina from the Act 3; 2) Scene of Lell, Kupava and Snegurochka; 3) part of the Snegurochka and Mizgir duet from the Act 4. Restoration: Vista Vera, 2008