04 / 05
Gennady Rozhdestvensky’s 85th Anniversary Gala
Государственный академический Большой театр России
7 p.m.
Gennady Rozhdestvensky’s 85th Anniversary Gala
Sergei Prokofiev
“Semyon Kotko”
Concert version of act three ("Fire")
Semyon Kotko, a demobilized soldier— Oleg Dolgov
Frosya, Semyon's sister — Yulia Mazurova
Tkachenko, a former sergeant-major — Vyacheslav Pochapsky
Khivrya, Tkachenko's wife —Svetlana Shilova
Sofya, Tkachenko's daughter — Olga Kulchinskaya
Tsaryov, a sailor — Vasily Ladyuk
Lyubka, Tsaryov's fiancée — Maria Lobanova
Ivasenko, an old man — Alexander Naumenko
Mikola, Ivasenko’s son — Boris Rudak
Workman, the former landowner in the name of Klembovsky — Evgeny Liberman
Von Wierhof, lieutenant in the German army— Oleg Tsybulko
Old man — Alexander Korotky
First women — Oxana Gorchakovskaya
Second women — Evgenia Segenyuk
First Haydamak— Valery Gilmanov
Second Haydamak— Yuri Markelov
First villager— Andrei Grigoriev
Second villager — Vadim Tikhonov
Choir of the State Academic Symphonic Chapel of Russia
Music Director and Chief Conductor: Valery Polyansky