Kirov Opera: Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor / Князь Игорь (Part 1)

From the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia (1998) Kirov Opera Company & Kirov Ballet Valery Gergiev - conductor Yevgeny Sokovnin, Irkin Sabitov - stage direction Soloists: Nikolai Putilin - Igor Sviatoslavich, Prince of Severesk (Prince Igor) Galina Gorchakova - Yaroslavna (his second wife) Jevgenij Akimov - Vladimir Igorievich (his son by his first marriage) Sergei Aleksashkin - Vladimir Yaroslavich Nikolai Gassiev & Grigory Karasev - Skula & Yeroshka (two gudlock players) Vladimir Vaneev - Konchak (Polovtsian Khan) Olga Borodina - Konchakovna (daugther of Khan Konchak) Valery Lebed - Ovlur (a Christian Polovtsian) Tatiana Pavlovskaya - A Polovtsian Maiden Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin - Prince Igor Opera in four acts with prologue Libretto by Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin, based on “The Song of Igor’s Campaign“ 1:50 Overture - The cathedral square in the ancient city of Putivl 12:01 Prologue 32:39 Act I