Dargomyzhky «Esmeralda» 2CD

Opera in 3 acts (montage)

Libretto by Victor Hugo after novel "Notre-Dame de Paris"

translation in Russian by A.Dargomyzhsky, A.Bashutsky, N.Aksel (Lindforce)

               Cast of characters:

Esmeralda, gypsy, street dancer........................................Galina Sakharova (soprano)

Phoebus de Chatoper, captain of Royal riflemans......................Anatoly Orfenov (tenor)

Claude Frollo, archdeacon of Notre-Dame de Paris..................Vladimir Zakharov (baritone)

Quasimodo, bell-ringer.................................................Konstantin Polyaev (bass)

Fleur-de-Lys.............................................................Alexandra Yakovenko (soprano)

Choir & orchestra of the All-Union Radio. Conducted by Onisim Bron

                                   Recorded in 1950

EXTRAS:

Anatoly Orfenov sings: opera arias from "Couchers on relay" by E.Fomin,

"Mr. Tvardovsky" by A.Verstovsky, "Lesta, Dnieper’s mermaid" by S.Davydov,

"Eurianthe" by K.M.von Weber, "The Jealous Lover" by A.Gretri,

"Treason" by M.Ippolitov-Ivanov, "Les pecheurs de perles" by G.Bizet,

romances & songs by M.Yakovlev, N.Ogarev, V.Andreev, P.Bulakhov, F.Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (-50 minutes)

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