Aleko

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Sergei Rachmaninov. Aleko. Opera in One Act Libretto by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko based on Alexander Pushkin's poem “The Gypsies” Artur Eisen (Aleko), Lyudmila Sergienko (Zemfira), Gleb Nikolsky (Old Man), Gegam Grigoryan (Young Gypsy), Anna Volkova (Gypsy Woman), Vasily Lanovoy (narrator) USSR Academic Grand Chorus of Radio & TV, USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra USSR Academic Grand Chorus of Radio & TV Artistic Director – Lyudmila Yermakova USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra Conductor – Evgeny Svetlanov Recorded in 1990. Vasily Lanovoy, narrator Aleko – Artur Eisen, baritone Zemfira – Lyudmila Sergienko, soprano Old Man, Zemfira’s father – Gleb Nikolsky, bass Young Gypsy – Gegam Grigoryan, tenor Old Gypsy Woman – Anna Volkova, mezzo-soprano Gypsies – chorus