Greatest Voices of Bolshoi

Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), opera, Op. 68 Scene 3: Yeletsky's aria (I love you dear, beyond all measure)
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
with Pavel Lisitsian
Conducted by Alexander Melik-Pashaev
Christmas Eve (Noch' pered rozhdestvom), opera in 4 acts Scene 2: Oksana's aria (How can people imagine that I am beautiful)
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Vera Firssova
Conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov
Iolanta, opera, Op. 69 King René's aria (What will he say? O Lord, it is for my sins)
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Ivan Petrov
Conducted by Vasili Nebolsin
La forza del destino, opera Act IV: Leonora's aria (Pace, pace, mio Dio)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Galina Vishnievskaya
Conducted by Boris Khaikin
Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), opera, Op. 68 Scene I: Herman's aria (I don't know her name)
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Zurab Andzhaparidze
Conducted by Boris Khaikin
The Sorceress (The Enchantress), opera Act IV: the Sorceress, Juma's aria (Where are you, my beloved?)
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Tamara Milashkina
Conducted by Mark Ermler
Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov) Act II: Vladimir Igoryevich's recitative and cavatina (Daylight is fading)
Composed by Alexander Borodin
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Vladimir Atlantov
Conducted by Mark Ermler
Lakmé, opera Act II: Scene & Legend (Bell Song) (Where does the young Indian girl go, daughter of the pariahs
Composed by Leo Delibes
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Bela Rudenko
Conducted by Oleg Ryabov
Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47 Act II: Dalila's aria (My heart opens to your voice)
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Irina Arkhipova, Vladislav Pyavko
Conducted by Mark Ermel
Mazeppa, opera Act II: Mazeppa's aria (O Maria! in the Winter of my life)
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Yuri Mazurok
Conducted by Mark Ermler
Boris Godunov, opera (Rimsky-Korsakov edition) Act III: Marina's aria (Marina is bored. Oh, how bored!)
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Yelena Obraztsova
Conducted by Mark Ermler
A Life for the Tsar (Ivan Susanin; Zhizn' za tsarya), opera in 4 acts with and epilogue, G. xii Act IV: Susanin's aria & scene (They guess the truth)
Composed by Mikhail Glinka
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Evgeny Nesterenko
Conducted by Mark Ermler
The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) (ii), opera ("springtime tale") in 4 acts with a prologue Snogourotchka's aria, Prologue (To go gathering berries )
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Valeriya Barssova
Conducted by Vasili Nebolsin
Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov) Act I: Galitsky's Recitative & Song (I hate a dreary life)
Composed by Alexander Borodin
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Alexander Pirogov
Conducted by Alexander Melik-Pashaev
Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), opera, Op. 68 Scene 6: Lisa's scene & arua (It will be soon be midnight)
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Xenia Derzhinskaya, Nikander Khanayev
Conducted by Samuel Samosud
Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov) Act II: Konchak's aria (How goes it, Prince?)
Composed by Alexander Borodin
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Maxim Mikhailov
Conducted by Vasili Nebolsin
Askold's Tomb, opera Act III: Toropka's song (How blows the breeze already)
Composed by Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky
Performed by USSR Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
with Georgei Nelepp
Conducted by Victor Smirnov
Boris Godunov, opera (Rimsky-Korsakov edition) Act I: Pimen's monologue (Just one final story)
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Mark Reizen
Conducted by Vasili Nebolsin
Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24 Act II: Lenski's aria (Where have you gone)
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Sergei Lemeshev
Conducted by Sergei Sakharov
Sadko, opera in 3 (or 5) acts Scene IV: Song of the Indian Guest (Inumerable are the pearls in the southern seas)
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Sergei Lemeshev
Conducted by Vasili Nebolsin
Iolanta, opera, Op. 69 Iolantha's aria (Why until now have I never known anguish sorow or tears)
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Natalia Speiller
Conducted by Sergei Sakharov
Boris Godunov, opera (Rimsky-Korsakov edition) Act IV: Simpleton's scene (Ah! Borus!)
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Vladimir Politkovsky, Ivan Kozlovsky
Conducted by Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov
The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) (ii), opera ("springtime tale") in 4 acts with a prologue Act III: Cavatina of Tsar Berendei (Our day of merrymaking in drawing to a close)
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
with Ivan Kozlovsky
Conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov
A Life for the Tsar (Ivan Susanin; Zhizn' za tsarya), opera in 4 acts with and epilogue, G. xii Act III: Antonida's romance (No, that is not my sorow)
Composed by Mikhail Glinka
Performed by Gramophone Company Orchestra
with Antonina Nezhdanova
Conducted by I. P. Arkadiev
Askold's Tomb, opera Act I: Aria of the Unknown (In olden days there lived merry people)
Composed by Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky
Performed by Pathe Company Orchestra
with Grigori Pirogov
Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Act III: Lohenrin's farewell (Beloved Swan!)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Gramophone Company Orchestra
with Leonid Sobinov
Conducted by Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Don Quichotte, comic opera in 5 acts Act V: Death Scene (O master, Listen my friend)
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Orchestra, Olive Kline (Dulcine) Orchestra
with Feodor Chaliapin
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov) Act II: Konchakovna's cavatina (Daylight fades)
Composed by Alexander Borodin
Performed by Bolshoi Theater Chorus & Orchestra
with Nadezhda Obukhova
Conducted by Alexander Melik-Pashaev

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