The Tsar's bride [videorecording] : an opera / by Rimsky-Korsakov ; screenplay, A. Donatov, V. Gorikker ; directed [and produced] by Vladimir Gorikker ; a Corinth Video release ; Sovexportfilm presents.
Libretto by I.F. Tiumenev. Based on a drama by L. Mei. Raissa Nedashkovskaya (Martha; sung by Galina Oleĭnichenko) ; Natalya Rudnaya (Libasha; sung by Larisa Avdeyeva) ; Otar Koberidze (Gryaznoi; sung by Yevgeni Kibkalo) ; Pyotr Glebov (Ivan the Terrible) ; Orchestra and Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre ; Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966.
Summary:
The Tsar's Bride was composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1899. It tells the story of a beautiful young girl who is chosen-quite against her will-by Tsar Ivan the Terrible to be his bride.
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