Opera

The Tale of Tsar Tsaltan by Rimsky-Korsakov at La Monnaie, Brussels
Next broadcasts Saturday, July 9 at 20:30 on Mezzo
Casting
- La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
- Alain Altinoglu (Conductor)
- Dmitri Tcherniakov (Stage Direction)
- Ante Jerkunica (Bass) : Tsar Saltan
- Svetlana Aksenova (Soprano) : Tsaritsa Militrisa
- Stine Marie Fischer (Mezzo-soprano) : Tkatchikha
- Bernarda Bobro (Soprano) : Povarikha
- Carole Wilson (Mezzo-soprano) : Babarikha
- Bogdan Volkov (Tenor) : Tsarevitch Gvidon
- Olga Kulchynska (Soprano) : Tsarevna Swan-Bird / Lyebyed
- Vasily Gorshkov (Tenor) : Old man
- Alexander Vassiliev (Bass) : Skomorokh / Shipman
- Nicky Spence (Tenor) : Messenger / Shipman
- Alexander Kravets (Tenor) : Shipman
Program
The Tale of Tsar Tsaltan
Opera in a prologue and four acts by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsavov (1844 - 1908)
Libretto by Nikolay Andreyvich Belsky after Alexander Pushkin
Fist performance in Moscow, Solodovnikov Theatre, 3 November 1900
Recording: June 27 2019 - La Monnaie / De Munt Brussels
Director: Andy Sommer
Duration: 02:37