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Alexander Pushkin

Other operas based on stories or poems by Alexander Pushkin:

Eugene Onegin - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

Aleko - Sergei Rachmaninov

The Miserly Knight - Sergei Rachmaninov

Boris Godounov (Boris Godounoff, Boris Godunov) - Modest Mussorgsky

The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame) - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

The Golden Cockerel (Zolotoy petushok, Le Coq d'Or) - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Dimitrij - Antonín Dvorák

Information about the opera Dimitrij by Antonín Dvorák, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.

Carries on the story of Boris Godunov after the Tsar's death.

Recommended recordings on CD

Albrecht/Vodicka/Drobková (Supraphon SU37932)

SU37932

The only complete recording of this opera, now back in the catalogue.

Prague Radio Chorus, Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gerd Albrecht.

Cast: Leo Marian Vodicka (Dimitri Ivanovich), Drahomíra Drobková (Marfa), Magdaléna Hajóssyová (Marina), Lívia Ághová (Xenia Borisnova).

Supraphon SU37932

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