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AQVR 333-2
Choir & orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
conducted by Simeon Sakharov
Recorded in 1947
opera in 3 acts (6 tableaux), with prologue «The Boyar’s Wife Vera Sheloga»
Libretto by N. Rimsky-Korsakov after L. Mei
Cast of characters:
Boyar Sheloga Vladimir Gavryushov
Vera Sheloga Sofia Panova
Nadezhada Elena Gribova
Tsar Ivan the Terrible Alexander Pirogov
Tokmakov Nikolai Tschegolkov
Matuta Alexander Peregudov
Vjazemsky Mikhail Solovyev
Bomelius Ivan Man’shavin
Mikhailo Tucha George Nelepp
Olga Elena Shumilova
Stepanida Natalia Sokolova
Perfilyevna Margarita Shervinskaya
Vlasyevna Maria Levina
Yushko Velebin Ivan
Skobtsov
CD1
Prologue «the Boyar's wife Vera Sheloga»
1. Scene (Vlasyevna, Nadezhda, Vera)
2. Vera's Tale
3. The final scene (Vera, Nadezhda, boyar Sheloga)
«The Maid of Pskov»
4. Overture
The first Act. The first tableau.
5. A scene in a princely garden (Olga, Perfilyevna, Vlasyevna, Stepanida, maiden)
6. The fairytale of Tsarevna Lada (Vlasyevna, Perfilyevna, maiden)
7. Mikhail Tucha's song («Let me hear your call, my sweet cuckoo...»)
8. Tucha and Olga's duet («Princess, don't be anxious...»)
9. Intermezzo
The first Act. The second tableau.
10. A scene in the market place in Pskov
(The people, Yushko Velebin, Tokmakov, Matuta, Mikhail Tucha)
11. Tucha's song (with choir)
(«People of Pskov, gather in the court yard. Hoi!...)
CD2
The second Act. The first tableau.
1. Introduction and people’s chorus («Our terrible Tsar rides.»)
2. Olga's arietta («Ah, Nanny, Nanny, there is no joy in my life now!.»)
3. Chorus (a meeting with the Tsar) («The Tsar, our Sovereign...»)
The second Act. The second tableau.
4. Intermezzo
5. Scene («Should I Enter, or not ?...»)
(Ivan the Terrible, Tokmakov, Matuta, Vyazemsky, Olga, Stepanida)
6. Chorus (glorification of the Tsar) («From under a hillock...»)
The third Act. The first tableau.
7. Wood, imperial hunting, a thunder-storm (a musical tableau)
8. Maiden's Chorus («Ah, you dear, leafiest oak forest oak grove...»)
9. Olga's arioso («Alone in the forest...»)
10. Olga and Mikhail’s duet («Olga!. I’m here, my friend!.»)
11. Scene («Oh, here! Here she is!.»)
(Lackeys of boyar Matuta, Olga, Mikhail, Matuta)
The third Act. The second tableau
12. A scene in the Imperial camp («So,I have pardoned Pskov...»)
(Ivan The Terrible, Vyazemsky, Matuta, oprichniks, Olga)
13. Olga's recitative and arioso («The Maiden tears and the maiden grief...»)
14. Tsar's arioso («tell me honestly...»)
15. A scene (Olga, Ivan The Terrible, Vyazemsky, Mikhail Tucha, freemen and outlaws, oprichniks)
16. Final chorus (Bomelius, the people)
(«The Lord only revives the dead...»)
(«It is the will of God that great Pskov has fallen...»)