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A Life for the Tsar

01/01/1992

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2hrs 52min

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STORY

Glinka's "patriotic-heroic tragic opera" in four acts 'A Life for the Tsar' or 'Ivan Susanin' (as it was known during the Soviet era), recorded live at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1992, and starring Evgeny Nesterenko, Marina Mescheriakova, Alexander Lomonosov and Elena Zaremba, with the chorus and orchestra of the Bolshoi, conducted by Alexander Lazarev. The historical basis of the plot involves Ivan Susanin, a patriotic hero of the early 17th century who died in the expulsion of the invading Polish army for the newly elected Tsar Michael of Russia, the first of the Romanov dynasty, elected in 1613.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Evgeny Nesterenko
  • Maria Mescheryakova
  • Alexander Lomonosov
  • Elena Zaremba

    INFORMATION

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    LANGUAGES

      Cast

      Evgeny Nesterenko

      Ivan Susanin

      Maria Mescheryakova

      Antonida

      Alexander Lomonosov

      Sobinin

      Elena Zaremba

      Vanja