An operatic double bill featuring two rarely-performed works of the Russian repertoire, performed by leading stars of the Bolshoi Opera.

Rimsky-Korsakov held Dargomyzhsky’s opera in high esteem, admiring especially his setting of recitative; after Dargomyzhsky’s death, it was Rimsky-Korsakov who completed the orchestration of The Stone Guest.

Rimsky-Korsakov’s own opera Mozart and Salieri is a brilliant exploration of the rivalry between those two composers which later provided the inspiration for Peter Shaffer’s play 'Amadeus'. The texts for both operas are taken almost verbatim from works of Alexander Pushkin, without an intervening librettist.

Dargomyzhsky: Stone Guest
Cast:
- Don Juan: Vladimir Atlantov
- Donna Anna: Tamara Milashkina
- Leoporello: Alexander Vedernikov
- Laura: Tamara Sinyavskaya
- Don Carlos: Vladimir Valaitis
- A Monk / Statue of the Commander: Vladimir Filippov
- Laura’s Guests: Andrei Sokolov, Petr Glubokiy
Orchestra and Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre / Mark Ermler

Rimsky-Korsakov: Mozart and Salieri, Op.48
Cast:
- Mozart: Alexei Maslennikov
- Salieri: Artur Eizen
- Violinist: L. Novikov
Orchestra and Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre / Ruben Vartanian

With optional subtitles in English, French, and Russian.
All regions.