"Actor: Sergei Lemeshev"

• Russian Opera At The Bolshoi - The Vintage Years | DVD | (08/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  This fascinating programme vividly illustrates the glorious history of the Bolshoi Opera: the theatre itself its operatic productions and the world-renowned star singers that it has produced over the years. The programme reveals many jewels in the Russian archives from the Twenties to the Seventies with stills audio recordings and archive footage featuring early scenes of Fyodor Chaliapin Ivan Kozlovsky Mark Reizen and Sergei Lemeshev right through to more recent stars such as Vl

• The Great Singers of Russia - Vol 1 | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £21.15   |  Saving you £3.84 (15.40%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A video series of epic proportions documenting Russia's illustrious vocal tradition over the course of the 20th century. Hosted by soprano Ljuba Kazarnovskaya the videos feature interviews with Ivan Petrov Irina Arkhipova and Joan Dornemann and extensive performance segments including:FEODOR CHALIAPIN Don Quixote (Ibert)ALEXANDER PIROGOV Boris Godunov; Prince IgorVALERIA BARSOVA Russian Song; Ivan SusaninIVAN KOZLOVSKY Rigoletto; Boris Godunov; Russian Songs (including duets with Paul Robeson and Nadezhda Obukhova)SERGEI LEMESHEV Russian Songs; Werther; La Boheme; Eugene OneginMAXIM MIKHAILOV Ivan SusaninNATALIA SHPILLER I Wait For You (Rachmaninoff)PAVEL LISITSIAN La TraviataGEORGY NELEPP Boris GodunovMARK REIZEN Aleko; Eugene Onegin (at 90 years of age!)