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Ruslan and Lyudmila | Stage Door Society

Ruslan and Lyudmila

Opera·Premiered 1842·Libretto by Valerian Shirkov and others·romantic · russian · fairy-tale

Synopsis

A knight must rescue his bride from an evil sorcerer with the help of a good fairy in this foundational Russian fairy-tale opera based on Pushkin.

Signature Interpreters

Performers most associated with this work.

Farlaf

Almas Svilpa
2 recordings

Finn/bayan

Charles Workman
2 recordings

Gorislava

Alex Penda (a.k.a. Alexandrina Pendatchanska)
2 recordings

Lyudmila

Albina Shagimuratova
2 recordings

Naina

Elena Zaremba
2 recordings

Recorded Performances

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