Alexander Pushkin
Other operas based on stories or poems by Alexander Pushkin:
Eugene Onegin - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
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
The Miserly Knight - Sergei Rachmaninov
Information about the opera The Miserly Knight by Sergei Rachmaninov, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.
After one of the 'Little Tragedies' by Alexander Pushkin.
Recommended recordings on CD
Järvi/Aleksashkin/Larin (Deutsche Grammophon 453 454-2)
Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Neeme Järvi, 1996.
Cast: Sergei Aleksashkin (The Baron), Sergei Larin (Albert), Vladimir Chernov (The Duke).
Deutsche Grammophon 453 454-2 (mono)
Also included in the boxed set:
Rachmaninov: Complete Operas
Recommended recordings on DVD
Jurowski/Leiferkus/Berkeley-Steele (Opus Arte OA 0919 D)
Recorded at a production in Glyndebourne, July 2004, where it was paired with Gianni Schicchi.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, 2004.
Cast: Sergei Leiferkus (The Baron), Richard Berkeley-Steele (Albert), Albert Schagidullin (The Duke).
Opus Arte OA 0919 D