Sergei Leiferkus
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Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]
Birthday: April 04, 1946
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Gender: Other
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Samson et Dalila
Overview: Elijah Moshinsky's production of Saint-Saëns's "Samson et Dalila", recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera 28 September 1998. Plácido Domingo and Olga Borodina star as Samson and Dalila with Sergei Leiferkus as Grand-prêtre de Dagon, Richard Paul Fink as Abimélech, and René Pape as Un vieillard hébreu. James Levine conducts.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-28
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Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
Overview: The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 (Russian: Пиковая дама, Pikovaya dama, French: Pique Dame) is an opera in 3 acts (7 scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, but the plot was very changed. The premiere took place in 1890 in St. Petersburg (at the Mariinsky Theatre), Russia.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-05
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Otello
Overview: The complete version of Verdi's Otello performed by Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Gala Performance in honour of Sir Georg Solti's 80th birthday.. 27 October 1992. BBC 2 Television live relay.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1992-10-27
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The Miserly Knight
Overview: An impoverished knight is at odds with his rich but miserly father
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-19
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The Tsarina's Slippers
Overview: Live from ROH 2009, TV relay 1/12/2009.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2009-01-19
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Pique Dame
Overview: Filmed at the 1992 Glyndebourne Festival in Lewes, England, this production won unanimous critical acclaim for its innovative interpretation of Tchaikovsky's opera "Pique Dame" ("Queen of Spades"). Although sung in Russian, the production features English sopranos Felicity Palmer as the old countess and Nancy Gustafson as Lisa. Russian tenors Dimitri Kharitonov, Sergei Leiferkus and Yuri Marusin co-star.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1992-06-29
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Казначейша
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Genres: Drama Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1980-08-06
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Boris Godunov
Overview: This is the Andrei Tarkovsky production of the famous Pushkin/Mussorgsky opera, performed in 1990. Modest Mussorgsky's opera in prologue and four acts is performed by the Kirov Opera with performances from Olga Borodina, Alexei Steblianko and Sergei Leiferkust. Boris Godunov has obtained the throne of Russia by murdering the rightful heir Dmitry. An old monk, Pimen, witnessed this, and convinces his apprentice Grigory to avenge Dmitry's death. In the following years Grigory poses as Dmitry, raising an army against Boris, who is now convinced that he is being punished for the murder. Filmed in Russia during the collapse of the Soviet Union, this particular production of Mussorgsky's 1872 tale of political upheaval is considered a highly unique and historical moment in opera. Robert Lloyd stars in the title role of Boris Godunov.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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The Fiery Angel
Overview: Serge Prokofiev's enigmatic work, this is a tale of the supernatural, religious hysteria and demonic possession which is set in Germany at the time of The Inquisition.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1993-12-24
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Carmen
Overview: Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 25 March 1997.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-03-25
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Carmen
Overview: This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Levine, who brings out all the surging emotion and gripping drama in Bizet’s score. At the center of the story is Agnes Baltsa, whose smoky mezzo is tailor-made for the gypsy Carmen, an independent woman who glories in obeying only her own rules, but who is haunted by fate. Superstar tenor José Carreras is Don José, the solider from a small town who catches Carmen’s eye and is destroyed by his growing obsession with her. Samuel Ramey is the charismatic matador Escamillo, who lures Carmen away from Don José with tragic result. Leona Mitchell is Micaëla, the simple girl from Don José’s hometown who cannot save him. March 21, 1987 Matinee Broadcast.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-12-12
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Overview: The tale of a quick-witted fox and her escape from confinement for a life in the forest.
Genres: Music
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2012-06-15
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Prince Igor
Overview: TV movie version of the famous Prince Igor opera
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Sergej Prokofjew: Krieg und Frieden (Woina i mir)
Overview: Sergei S. Prokofiev's monumental setting of Leo N. Tolstoy's epic novel, War and Peace. The composer and his wife Mira compressed the plot, set during Napoleon's Russian campaign, into a powerful sequence of scenes in which the love story between Natasha Rostova and Andrei Bolkonsky and the description of the Russian army's fight against the French invasion alternate in rich contrast, and at the same time are closely interwoven. All is related by the music in its fullness of splendid themes and touchingly quiet moments. Prokofiev's musical-dramatic masterpiece combines social drama and historical chronicle in its 13 scenes to form an exuberant panorama. In this production by Dmitri Tcherniakov, the opera is performed in in Munich for the first time ever.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2023-03-05
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Operetta Festival
Overview: A musical TV show dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Hungarian composer Imre Kalman. The performance is based on excerpts from the operettas "Silva", "Maritza", "Circus Princess", "Ball".
Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1982-06-28
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