Sadko | Aida Garifullina sings "Volkhova's Lullaby" | Bolshoi Theater 2020 (DVD/Blu-ray excerpt)

A marvellous opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov staged by Dmitri Tcherniakov at the Bolshoi Theater of Moscow, multi-awarded at the Golden Masks (Russian National Theatre Award). With Aida Garifullina and Ekaterina Semenchuk. Check out online : https://geni.us/SadkoDVD Watch now on VOD: https://geni.us/SadkoVOD In the 13th century, the rich merchants of Novgorod mock the dreams of far-away journeys and of commercial conquests brought forth by Sadko, a musician and singer. But Volkhova, the Sea King’s daughter, is enchanted by Sadko’s voice, and promises to help him fulfill his dreams... Sadko is a decisive work in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s aesthetic evolution. As in many operas, the composer draws his artistic material from Russian folk and fairytales, but also from old musical and poetic forms. The result is a prodigious opera, whose modernity - both dramatic and musical - erupts from the fabulous resources of traditional Russian epics, but also from the wonders of the marine universe, close to his former navigator self’s heart. A subtle analyst of the slavic soul, stage director Dmitri Tcherniakov comes back to the great stage of the Bolshoi Theater and devises a surprising production that perfectly underlines the ambiguities of this paradoxical opera, between past and present, fantasy and reality. He surrounds himself with magnificent Russian soprano Aida Garifullina, but also some of his favorite singers : Mikhail Petrenko, Ekaterina Semenchuk... In the pit and at the head of the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra, young Russian conductor Timur Zangiev breathes in this little-know masterpiece all the energy, all the poetry, and all the passion it requires. ************************************************ Opera in seven scenes sung in Russian Libretto Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov With the assistance of Vladimir Belsky Based on Russian Bylinas Sadko Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov Volkhova Aida Garifullina Lubava Buslaevna Ekaterina Semenchuk Nezhata Yuri Minenko Ocean-Sea, The Sea Tsar Stanislav Trofimov Whistle Mikhail Petrenko Fife Maxim Paster Varangian Merchant Dmitry Ulianov Indian Merchant Alexey Nekludov Venetian Merchant Andrey Zhilikhovsky Vision Of The Old Mighty Warrior In The Guise Of A Pilgrim Sergey Murzaev Foma Nazaryich Roman Muravitsky His wife Alexandra Durseneva Luka Zinovyich Vladimir Komovich His wife Irina Rubtsova Tsarine Hydraqua Irina Parfyonova Wise men Alexander Eremeyev, Oles Paritsky Blind beggars German Golubev, Konstantin Dronov, Yuri Zalessky, Alexander Mashnin, Vladimir Tarasov, Igor Uvarov State Academic Bolshoi Theatre Of Russia Orchestra And Chorus Conductor Timur Zangiev Chorus master Valery Borisov Stage direction and sets Dmitri Tcherniakov Costumes Elena Zaitseva Lighting designs Gleb Filshtinsky Sketches from Appollinary Vasnetsov, Konstantin Korovin, Ivan Bilibin, Vladimir Egorov, Nikolai Roerich, Fyodor Fedorowsky were used in the scenography