Alexander Pushkin
Other operas based on stories or poems by Alexander Pushkin:
Eugene Onegin - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
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)
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