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The Tsar's Bride - Rimsky-Korsakov
Brilliant filmic opera of Rimsky-Korsakov's Tsar's Bride Царская невеста (Tsarskaya Nevesta)
Yevgeni Svetlanov conductor and music director Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and Chorus Larisa Avdeyeva/Natalya Rudnaya
P. Chekin/Vladimir Zeldin
Yevgeni Kibkalo/Otar Koberidze
Ye. Raikov/Viktor Nuzhny
Galina Oleynichenko/Raisa Nedashkovskaya
Aleksandr Vedernikov/Nikolai Timofeyev
Pyotr Gleb as Tsar Ivan
Gorgeous b&w photography, sumptuous costumes, beautiful actors lip-synching believably to the singing of great Bolshoi stars. Pyotr Gleb, in the silent role of a terrifying Tsar Ivan, steals each scene he's in. Filmic opera is a different genre from staged opera. More like Wagner's conception of Gesamtkunstwerk, it integrates opera, cinematography, acting, set design into a complete whole.