Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

The Voevoda, Op. 3

Opera in 3 acts

(excerpts - First Recording)

Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya - Marya Vlassievna

Lyudmila Legostaeva - Olena

Anatoly Orfenov - Bastrukov

Aleksey Korolev - Dubrovin

Daniil Demianov - Voevoda

Mikhail Skazin - New voevoda

Piotr Pontriagin - Jester

Konstantin Poliaev - Father of Marya Vlassievna

Z. Sokolovskaya - Mother of Marya Vlassievna

USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Aleksey Kovaliov, Conductor

Side 1:

Overture

Bastriukov's Aria

(Anatoly Orofenov)

Side 2:

Duet for Maria Vlasevna and Bastriukov

Scene and Quartet

(Natalia Rozhdestvenskaya / Anatoly Orofenov /

Z. Sokolovskaya / K. Poliayev / D. Demyanov / Pavel Pontryagin)

Side 3:

Entr'act and Dances of the Chambermaids

Scene and Duet - Maria Vlasevna and Olena

(Natalia Rozhdestvenskaya / Ludmilla Legostayeva)

Side 4:

Scene and Dubrovin's Aria

Finale

(A. Korolev / Anatoly Orofenov / Natalia Rozhdestvenskaya /

Ludmilla Legostayeva / D. Demyanov)

(LP transfer; Melodiya, recorded 1952)