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unusual facts about Russian opera


The Tale of Igor's Campaign

The Tale of Igor's Campaign was adapted by Alexander Borodin as an opera and became one of the great classics of Russian theatre.



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Darryl Way

In November 1996 his own opera, The Russian Opera, was premiered at The Place Theatre in London, and his song writing work includes music settings to lyrics by Steven Berkoff.

Eline Flipse

Eline already has plans for her next film: Galina will be a portrait of the Russian opera diva Galina Vishnevskaya, wife of the world famous cellist Rostropovich.

Irina Bogachova

:For the Russian opera singer see Irina Bogacheva

Maksakov

Maria Maksakova, Jr. (born 1977), a Russian opera singer (mezzo-soprano), Lyudmila Maksakova's daughter.

Maxim Mikhailov

In addition to Susanin, Mikhailov was a renowned interpreter of other bass and basso profundo roles in Russian opera: Pimen in Boris Godunov, the miller in Dargomyzhsky's Rusalka, Khan Konchak in Prince Igor, the Viking merchant in Sadko, Gremin in Eugene Onegin.

Sobinov

Leonid Sobinov (1872–1934), Russian opera singer, father of Boris Sobinov

Tingaliin

The sketch was set in Moscow, where the characters Pål Potter, (performed by the actor Rikard Ulvshammar) and music director Rolf Pihlman, wearing a fur hat (performed by Henrik Dorsin) contact the Russian "Schlager mafia" and the Russian opera singer Olga Pratilova to get her to perform Tingeling, resulting in a stage appearance with a remix partly in Russian, called "Tingaliin (Russian Bass-Lovers Remix)".

Vrubel

Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (1868–1913), Russian opera singer, wife of Mikhail Vrubel