Sadko / music and libretto by Nikolai A. Rimsky-Korsakov, based on a story by Vladimir I. Belesky ; Universal Music ; Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg ; a Caméras Continentales/NHK/Philips Classics Productions/Amaya Distribution coproduction ; stage producer, Alexei Stepaniuk, based on designs by Konstantin Korovin ; producer, Michio Takemori ; director for television, Brian Large.
Opera-bylina in seven tableaux. Vladimir Galusin (Sadko) ; Valentina Tsidipova (Volkhova) ; Marianna Tarassova (Liubava Buslayevna) ; Bulat Minjelkiev (Viking guest) ; Alexander Gergalov (Venetian guest) ; Gegam Grigorian (Indian guest) ; Sergei Alexashkin (Ocean-sea, the Sea Tsar) ; Larissa Diadkova (Nezhata) ; Evgeni Boitsov (Foma Nazarich) ; Gennadi Bezzubenkov (Luka Zinovich) ; Vladimir Ognovenko (Duda) ; Nikolai Gassiev (Sopel) ; Nikolai Putilin (Old pilgrim) ; Chorus, Ballet and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre ; Valery Gergiev, conductor. Filmed at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg in 1994. Picture format 16:9, anamorphic, NTSC. Booklet with program notes and plot synopsis in English, French, German and Italian (8 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
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