Monday, June 25, 2018

Borodin, Prince Igor (1981), 6

Legendary bass Evgeny Nesterenko sings the title role in this live 1981 Bolshoi Opera production. Though this operatic masterpiece is rarely performed outside of Russia, its Polovtsian Dances" ballet sequence is one of the most famous in all of opera, and the popular tenor and bass arias are well known to opera lovers. With Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Mark Ermler.

Starring: Evgeny Nesterenko, Elena Kurovskaya, Vladimir Sherbakov, Bolshoi Opera
Runtime: 2 hours, 49 minutes

Can't find this title in IMDb. Here is the dvd link for more info/reviews: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00342AO3O/

My review on Amazon:
Poor quality video (streamed via Prime): blurry.
Mediocre quality recording, with microphones visually evident and picking up audio that you probably wouldn't hear in the theatre. It was almost as if the cast would bump into a mic occasionally.
Liked the ballet (Polovtsian dances), although not always the way it was filmed.
Good to give you an idea of the opera, but not a production I'd treasure for my collection.
live opera, cond. Ermler; 6