RUSSIAN OPERA CLASSICS
(5-Blu-ray Disc Box Set)

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
BORIS GODUNOV
production based on the original 1869 version, with final scene of revised 1872 version

Boris Godunov - Orlin Anastassov
Xenia - Alessandra Marianelli
Fyodor - Pavel Zubov
Grigory - Ian Storey
Pimen - Vladimir Vaneev
Prince Shuisky - Peter Bronder
Andrey Shchelkalov - Vasily Ladjuk
Varlaam - Vladimir Matorin
Missail - Luca Casalin
Innkeeper - Nadezhda Serdjuk
Holy Fool - Evgeny Akimov
Nurse - Elena Sommer
Nikitich - John Paul Huckle
Mityukha - Oliviero Giorgiutti
Boyar-in-attendance - Matthias Stier
Khrushchyov - Alessandro Dimasi
Lewicki - Bruno Pestarino
Czernikowski - Riccardo Ferrari

Children’s Chorus of the Teatro Regio and the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Torino
(chorus master: Claudio Fenoglio)
Torino Teatro Regio Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Roberto Gabbiani)
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Andrei Konchalovsky, stage director and lighting designer
Graziano Gregori, set designer
Carla Teti, costume designer

Recorded live from the Teatro Regio, Turin, 7, 10 and 13 October 2010

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN

Eugene Onegin - Bo Skovhus
Lensky - Andrej Dunaev
Prince Gremin - Mikhail Petrenko
Tatyana - Krassimira Stoyanova
Olga - Elena Maximova
Larina - Olga Savova
Filipyevna - Nina Romanova
A Company Comander - Peter Arink
Zaretsky - Roger Smeets
Triquet - Guy de Mey
Zapevalo - Richard Prada

Netherlands Opera Chorus
(chorus master: Martin Wright)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor

Stefan Herheim, stage director
Philip Fürhofer, setdesigner
Gesine Völlm, costume designer
Olaf Freese, lighting designer
André de Jong, choreographer

Recorded live at De Nederlandse Opera, June 2011

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
PIQUE DAME

Hermann - Misha Didyk
Count Tomsky / Zlatogor - Lado Ataneli
Prince Yeletsky - Ludovic Tézier
Countess - Ewa Podleś
Liza - Emily Magee
Pauline / Milovzor - Elena Zaremba
Chekalinsky - Francisco Vas
Chaplitsky - Mikhaïl Vekua
Narumov - Kurt Gysen
Master of Ceremonies - Jon Plazaola
Governess - Stefania Toczyska
Masha - Claudia Schneider
Prilepa - Michelle Marie Cook

Escolania de Montserrat
(chorus master: Bernat Vivancos)
Intermezzo Choir
Liceu Grand Theatre Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: José Luis Basso)
Michael Boder, conductor

Gilbert Deflo, stage director
William Orlandi, set and costume designer
Albert Faura, lighting designer
Nadejda L. Loujine, choreographer

Recorded live from the Gran Teatre del Liceu, 1 July 2010

Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
THE LEGEND OF THE INVISIBLE CITY OF KITEZH

Fevroniya - Svetlana Ignatovitch
Grishka Kuterma - John Daszak
Prince Yuriy Vsevolodovich - Vladimir Vaneev
Prince Vsevolod Yuryevich - Maxim Aksenov
Bedyay - Ante Jerkunica
Burunday - Vladimir Ognovenko
Fyodor Poyarok - Alexey Markov
Page - Mayram Sokolova

Netherlands Opera Chorus
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Marc Albrecht, conductor

Dmitri Tcherniakov, stage director

Recorded live at the De Nederlandse Opera, February 2012

Dmitry Shostakovich
LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK

Katerina Lvovna Ismailova - Eva-Maria Westbroek
Sergey - Christopher Ventris
Boris Timofeyevich Ismailov - Vladimir Vaneev
Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov - Ludovít Ludha
Aksinya - Carole Wilson
Shabby Peasant - Alexandre Kravets
Sonyetka - Lani Poulson

Netherlands Opera Chorus
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mariss Jansons, conductor

Martin Kušej, stage director
Martin Zehetgruber, set designer
Heide Kastler, costume designer
Reinhard Traub, lighting designer

Recorded live at the Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 25 and 28 June 2006

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Bonus:
- Documentary films (Eugene Onegin, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk)
- Interview with cast and creatives (Boris Godunov, The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk)
- Illustrated synopsis (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk)
- Cast galleries

Picture format: 1080i High Definition
Sound format: LPCM 2.0 / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Menu language: English
Subtitles: English, French, German (all) /+ Spanish (all except The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh) /+ Italian (Boris Godunov, Eugene Onegin, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk) /+ Dutch (Boris Godunov, The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk) /+ Japanese, Korean (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh) / + Catalan (Pique Dame)
Running time: 15 hrs 19 mins (opera) + 50 mins (bonus)
No. of Discs: 6 (BD 50)

Note: This Blu-ray Disc is playable only on Blu-ray Disc players, and not compatible with standard DVD players.