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
Information about the opera The Golden Cockerel by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.
Based on Alexander Pushkin's 1834 poem The Tale of the Golden Cockerel, it wasn't performed until after the composer's death.
Recommended recordings on CD
Manolov/Stoilov/Bodourov (Capriccio 10760/61)
Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Sofia National Opera Chorus, conducted by Dimiter Manolov.
Cast: Nikolai Stoilov (Tsar Dodon), Ljubomir Bodourov (Prince Guidon), Emil Ugrinov (Afron), Kosta Videv (Polkan), Lyubomir Diakowki (Astrologer).
Capriccio 10760/61
Recommended recordings on DVD
Nagano/Schagidullin/Levinsky (Arthaus Musik 107 387)
Filmed at the Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet in 2002, this production revives the Kabuki actor Ennosuke Ichikawa's staging of the opera, first seen at the San Francisco Opera in 1984. A stunning production, with superb sound.
Orchestre de Paris, Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, conducted by Kent Nagano, 2002.
Cast: Albert Schagidullin (Tsar Dodon), Ilya Levinsky (Prince Guidon), Andrei Breus (Afron), Ilya Bannik (Polkan), Barry Banks (Astrologer).
Arthaus Musik 107 387