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OPD 7058 Prokofiev-The Gambler: Russian-English Libretto (Opera d'Oro Grand Tier)
Author(s): Alexei Prokofiev (Author)
- Publisher: Opera d'Oro
- Publication Date: 14 April 2009
- Edition: First edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 135 pages
- ISBN-10: B0026IC9ZS
Book Description
PROKOFIEV: The Gambler (complete opera) Newly translated libretto, program notes, and synopsis. Links to audio tracks.
The Gambler was Prokofiev’s first opera to gain a public performance, and the first opera ever based on a story by Dostoyevsky. It’s funny, ironic, challenging, and wonderfully original. This recording is of the first stage production in the Soviet Union, in 1974, as broadcast on Radio Russia.
Alexei Maslennikov, Makvala Kasrashvili, Alexander Ognivtsiev:
vocal soloists
Bolshoi Theater Orchestra & Chorus
Alexander Lazarev: conductor
“Characterful performances by Alexei Maslennikov as Alexei and Alexander
Ognivtsev as the General.” — Opera News
Ilustration © Rafal Olbinski,
Courtesy of Patinae Inc.
