Olga Borodina Movies
- 2000
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Daniela Dessi plays the title role, widely regarded as one of the great vehicles for female sopranos, in this glossy production of Francesco Cilea's most celebrated opera. Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur tells the tale of an emotionally overwrought actress who must fight for the affections of the Count of Saxony; this production was recorded at the Teatro Alla Scalla in Milan in early 2000, with Sergei Larin and Olga Borodina playing the other two thirds of the romantic triangle. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- 1999
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Hosted by Russian soprano Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, the second volume in the Great Singers of Russia, like its predecessor, features performances from some of the country's most acclaimed vocalists, including Ivan Petrov, Olga Borodina, and Yuri Mazurok, among others. The production also includes a comprehensive interview segment in which current and former stars of Russian opera discuss the history and influence of their much-vaunted vocal traditions. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
Enjoy Tchaikovsky's "Pique Dame" as performed by the Kirov Orchestra, Opera Chorus and Ballet with Gegam Grigorian, Maria Gulegina, Olga Borodina and Alexander Gergalov as conducted by Valery Gergiev. ~ Rovi
Inspired by the outbreak of the Second World War, Soviet composer Sergei Prokofiev crafted his 1942 opera War and Peace - an opus based on Tolstoy's timeless novel - with his second wife, Mira Mendelson-Prokoviev), penning the libretto. Divided into two halves (comprising an epigraph and thirteen scenes) the work follows the basic narrative thrust of Tolstoy's roman, with its tale of aristocratic evolution over the course of the Napoleonic Wars. This release, War and Peace, features a film of a live onstage performance of Prokoviev's titular opera, mounted in Paris in 2000 by The Chorus and Orchestra of the Kirov Opera. Nicolai Othotnikov portrays Field Marshal Prince Mikhail Kutuzov, Alexander Gergalov plays (%Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, Yelena Prochina performs as Natalya Rostova (AKA Natasha), and Vasilli Gerrelo appears as Napoleon Bonaparte. Graham Vick handles the stage direction. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
