The Queen of Spades: The Classic Motion Picture With The Bolshoi Opera
As artistic a film as it is an opera.
New York Times
This beautiful motion picture of Peter Tchaikovsky s endearing opera is now available to enjoy on DVD for the first time. Using the sights and sounds of old St. Petersburg, director Roman Tikhomirov opened up the opera and filmed it in the Russian countryside, using actors, singers and musicians from the Bolshoi Theatre and Opera.
CAST
Tatiana: Ariadna Shengelaya (Sung by Galina Vishnevskaya)
Onegin: Vadim Medvedev (Sung by Yevgeni Kibkalo)
Olga: Svetlana Nemoliayeva (Sung by Larisa Avdeyeva)
Lensky: Igor Ozerov (Sung by Anton Grigoriev)
Gremin: Ivan Petrov (Sung by Ivan Petrov)
CREDITS
Director Roman Tikhomirov
creenplay by Alexander Ivanovsky and Roman Tikhomirov
Based on the Poem by Alexander Pushkin
Music Peter Tchaikovsky
hotography by Yevgeny Shapiro
Sets by Nikolai Suvorov
Conductor: Boris Khaikin
With Soloists, Chorus, Corps de Ballet and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre
This program has been digitally encoded from the best source materials available. Best efforts have been made to restore all audio and video imperfections for DVD. But due to the age of the production, this DVD may still contain some of the imperfections inherent in the original master tapes. The historic value of preserving this program on DVD far outweighs those minor technical imperfections that could not be digitally corrected
Country | USA |
Brand | UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP |
Manufacturer | Kultur Video |
Binding | DVD |
ItemPartNumber | D1285 |
Model | D1285 |
ReleaseDate | 2007-08-28 |
UnitCount | 1 |
Format | Multiple Formats |
UPCs | 032031128590 |
EANs | 0032031128590 |