Rodion Shchedrin: Dead Souls - Opera in three acts (HD 1080p)

From the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg (2012) Subscribe to EuroArts: Orchestra and Choir of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev - musical director and conductor Vasily Barkhatov - stage director Sergei Romanov - Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov Sergei Semishkur - Nozdryov Larisa Diadkova - Korobochka Sergei Aleksashkin - Sobakevich Svetlana Volkova - Plyushkin Alexander Timchenko - Manilov Karina Chepurnova - Lizanka Manilova Andrei Popov - Selifan Andrei Serov - Mizhuev Tatiana Kravtsova - Anna Griegorievna Varvara Solovyova - Sofia Ivanovna Vladimir Felyauer - Governor Lyudmila Kanunnikova - The Governor’s wife Yekaterina Devitchinskaya - The Governor’s daughter Alexander Gerasimov - Procurator Yvgeny Ulanov - Chief of Police Vitaly Ishutin - Postmaster Dmitry Koleushko - President oft he Court Nikita Gribanov - Priest Nikolai Kamensky - Captain Ispravnik Dmitry Turchaninov - Porfiry Oleg Losev - Pavlushka Rodion Shchedrin: Dead Souls - Opera in three acts after a novel by Nikolai Gogol Music and libretto by Rodion Shchedrin 01:37 First Act 54:06 Second Act 1:38:57 Third Act St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre has staged the opera Dead Souls to the music by Rodion Shchedrin, who turns 80 in 2012. One of the indisputable operatic masterpieces of the 20th century will appear in the brand new, bright, expressive staged version, more than 30 years later, again at the Mariinsky Theatre. The premiere of the production took place on March 18. It is the first Russian production since its 1977 premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre. Zinovy Margolin - set designer Maria Danilova - costume designer Damir Ismagilov - lighting designer Marina Mishuk - musical preperation Andrei Petrenko - principal chorus master