CUI Cesar «Ivan the simpleton» (Opera-fairytale)

                    Orchestrated by D. Rogal-Levitsky

                 Text by N. Dolomanova (with changes)

The Tsar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniil Demyanov

Alyona, princess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zoya Muratova

Ivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matvei Matveev

The 1st brother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vassily Yakushenko

The 2nd brother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniil Demyanov

Father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Konstantin Polyaev

Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nina Alexandriyskaya

Pilgrims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniil Demyanov, Vassily Yakushenko

Sivka-Burka, horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The men’s choir group

Narrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikolai Litvinov

                  Choir and orchestra of the All-Union Radio

                              Conductor - Boris Sherman

                                     Recorded in 1949

  1. Narrator

  2. Scene (father, mother, brothers, Ivan)

  3. Scene (father, mother, Ivan, brothers)

  4. Narrator

  5. Scene (father, mother, brothers, Ivan)

  6. Ivan on the mowing

  7. Scene (brothers, Ivan)

  8. Ivan and Sivka-Burka

  9. Narrator

10. In the Tsar’s palace

11. Narrator

12. Scene (Princess, the Tsar, Count servants)

13. Narrator

14. Finale (Princess, brothers, Ivan, choir, the Tsar)

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