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Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila
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GLINKA: Ruslan and Lyudmila Netrebko, Gorchakova, Diadkova, Bogachova; Ognovenko, Pluzhnikov, Bezzubenkov; Kirov Opera, Gergiev. Libretto & translation. Philips 446746 (3)
Before Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka wrote A Life for the Czar and Ruslan and Lyudmila, there was no truly Russian opera. Ruslan, "a magic opera in five acts," had its premiere in St. Petersburg in 1842. Though following many Italian conventions of the day, it also pointed Glinka's successors toward the use of Russian folk tunes and the exoticism of the East.
Based on a tale by Pushkin, Ruslan is awash in lovely melodies ...
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