Shaliapin sings Glinka

This is the great Russian bass Fedor Shaliapin singing Ivan Susanin’s 4th-act aria from Glinka’s opera (sound very creaky – it’s a historic recording…)

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Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances

Here’s an excellent staging of Borodin’s Dances, from his Opera Prince Igor:     Here’s the summary from the YouTube page: Mikhail Fokine’s choreography for the Polovtsian Dances by Borodin, as performed by the Kirov Opera and Ballet under Valery Gergiev. From PRINCE IGOR, available on DVD from Philips. A basic sketch of Prince Igor [...]

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