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Rimsky-Korsakov: Ivan il Terribile
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Artist
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Boris Christoff, Radmila Bakocevic, Lajos Kozma & others. Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste. Samo Hubad, conductor.
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Label
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Gala Music
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Format
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2 CDs
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Runtime/Release Date
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72'14,67'08/2003
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Label Number
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100739
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Daedalus Item Code
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27572
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This item is not available.
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Description
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Pskovitanka, also known as Ivan the Terrible, was Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's first opera. In any language you care to express it, Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich IV was a bad guy. This 1968, Italian-language production from Trieste stars one of the most famed Russian basses of all time, Boris Christoff. "The role of the mature Ivan isn't very long…. But like Boris Godunov, it offers a chance for a major singer to make the most of a few powerful scenes."—Opera News "The opera depicts the turmoil attending Ivan's attempt to win Pskov. He, terrible and ruthless, finds there his daughter, whose mother he deserted (though he loved her) for reasons of state. The girl is killed when trying to preserve the life of her lover, whom Ivan seeks to destroy."—Gramophone
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