Voices Behind the Iron Curtain - Stalin Era Soviet Singers

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Performers

• Maksim Mikhailov
• Pavel Lisitsian (Baritone)
• Mark Reizen (Bass)
• David Gamrekeli
• Ivan Patorshinsky
• Tiit Kuusik
• Nicolai Pechkovsky
• Sergei Shaposhnikov
• David Badridse
• Vladimir Ivanovsky (Tenor)
• Vitaly Kiltchevsky
• Aleksei Krivchenia
• Alexander Pirogov (Voice)
• Mike Fisher
• Andrei Ivanov (Baritone)
• Artur Frinberg
• Dmitri Tarkhov (Tenor)
• Mikhail Aleksandrovich (Cantor)
• Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya (Voice)
• Irina Masliennikova (Voice)
• Ivan Kozlovsky (Tenor)
• Leocadia Maslennicova (Voice)
• Ivan Skobtsov (Bass Baritone)
• Veronika Borisenko (Mezzo Soprano)
• Panteleimon Nortzov (Baritone)
• Zara Dolukhanova (Soprano)
• Bronislava Slatogorova
• Vera Firssova (Voice)
• Mikhail Grishko
• Evgeniya Smolenskaya (Voice)
• Sergei Lemeshev (Voice)
• Aleksandr Ognivtsev
• Nikolai Ozerov (Voice)
• Georg Ots
• Maria Maksakova (Mezzo-soprano)
• Ivan Petrov (Bass)
• Boris Gmyrya (Bass)
• Goar Gasparian
• G. Bolshakov (Tenor)
• Irina Arkhipova (Mezzo Soprano)
• Nadezhda Obukhova (Mezzo Soprano)
• Alexander Baturin (Voice)
• Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
• Kipras Petrauskas
• Alexei Ivanov (Baritone)
• Rimantis Siparis
• Mikhail Romensky
• Georgei Nelepp (Voice)
• Yuri Kiporenko-Domansky
• Sofia Preobrazenskaja (Voice)
• Sergei Migai
• Nikolai Schhegolkov (Voice)
• Elena Katulskaya (Voice)
• Yelisaveta Shumskaya (Soprano)
• Nikhander Khanaev (Voice)
• V. Davidova (Mezzo Soprano)
• Aleksandr Peregudov
• Solomon Khromchenko
• Valeriya Barssova (Voice)
• Yelena Kruglikova (Voice)
• Niko Kumsiashvili
• Anatoli Orfionov
• Vladimir Politkovsky (Baritone)
• Georgei Vinogradov (Voice)
• Ivan Burlak (Bass)
• Natalia Shpiller

Composers

• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782 - 1871)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896)
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
• Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin (Composer) (1887 - 1966)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Zakhari Paliashvili (1871 - 1933)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky (1799 - 1862)
• Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
• Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomizhsky (1813 - 1869)
• Eugen d'Albert (1864 - 1932)
• Mikhail Glinka (1804 - 1857)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Fromental Halévy (1799 - 1862)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
• Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

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Works Details

Saint-Saëns, Camille : Samson et Dalila, Op. 47 :: Printemps qui commence

• Performer: Nadezhda Obukhova (Mezzo Soprano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859-1877

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée

• Performer: Kipras Petrauskas
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1873-1874

Mussorgsky, Modest : Boris Godunov :: A humble monk

• Performer: Mikhail Romensky
• Running Time: 5 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896-1908

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Tu? Indietro! fuggi!

• Performer: Yuri Kiporenko-Domansky
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Iolanta, Op. 69 :: Who can compare with my own darling Mathilde

• Performer: Sergei Migai
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1891

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Deh vieni, non tardar

• Performer: Elena Katulskaya (Voice)
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Wagner, Richard : Siegfried :: Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert!

• Performers: Nikhander Khanaev (Voice); Aleksandr Peregudov
• Running Time: 9 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1871

Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit : Fra Diavolo :: Oui, c'est demain

• Performer: Valeriya Barssova (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1830

Paliashvili, Zakhari : Daisi, opera :: Malkhaz' Arioso

• Performer: Niko Kumsiashvili
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1923

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Queen of Spades, Op. 68 :: If darling girls could fly like birds

• Performer: Vladimir Politkovsky (Baritone)
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1890

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Avant de quitter ces lieux

• Performer: Ivan Burlak (Bass)
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1859

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: O Isis und Osiris

• Performer: Maksim Mikhailov
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Verdi, Giuseppe : Simon Boccanegra :: Il lacerato spirito

• Performer: Mark Reizen (Bass)
• Running Time: 5 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1857

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: La calunnia

• Performer: Ivan Patorshinsky
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Queen of Spades, Op. 68 :: Forgive me, celestial creatures

• Performer: Nicolai Pechkovsky
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1890

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Salut, demeure chaste et pure

• Performer: David Badridse
• Running Time: 6 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1859

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Iolanta, Op. 69 :: No, the charming attentions of a spirited beauty

• Performer: Vitaly Kiltchevsky
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1891

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Vous qui faites l'endormie

• Performer: Alexander Pirogov (Voice)
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1859

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Scintille diamant

• Performer: Andrei Ivanov (Baritone)
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Halévy, Jacques : La juive :: Rachel, quand du Seigneur

• Performer: Dmitri Tarkhov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 8 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

Puccini, Giacomo : Manon Lescaut :: Sola, perduta abbandonata

• Performer: Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya (Voice)
• Notes: Composition written: 1893.
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893

Gounod, Charles : Roméo et Juliette, opera :: Ah! lève-toi soleil

• Performer: Ivan Kozlovsky (Tenor)
• Notes: Composition written: 1865-71.
• Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1865-1871

Verstovsky, Alexey : Askold's Tomb, opera :: In olden days

• Performer: Ivan Skobtsov (Bass Baritone)
• Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugen Onegin :: You wrote to me

• Performer: Panteleimon Nortzov (Baritone)
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1877-1878

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Sadko :: Tune up your strings

• Performer: Bronislava Slatogorova
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1895-1896

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : The Tsar's Bride :: The thought of the young beauty

• Performer: Mikhail Grishko
• Running Time: 5 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1898

Donizetti, Gaetano : L' elisir d'amore, opera :: Una furtiva lagrima

• Performer: Sergei Lemeshev (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1832

Mussorgsky, Modest : Boris Godunov :: Dimitri! Tsarevitch! Dimitri!

• Performers: Nikolai Ozerov (Voice); Maria Maksakova (Mezzo-soprano)
• Running Time: 8 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896-1908

Delibes, Léo : Lakmé, opera :: Lakmé, ton doux regard

• Performer: Boris Gmyrya (Bass)
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1883

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : May Night :: The Sun descends

• Performer: G. Bolshakov (Tenor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1878-1879

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Mazeppa :: The three Treasures

• Performer: Alexander Baturin (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1881-1883

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Blick' ich umher

• Performer: Alexei Ivanov (Baritone)
• Running Time: 6 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843-1865

Wagner, Richard : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg :: Morgenlich leuchtend

• Performer: Georgei Nelepp (Voice)
• Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862-1867

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Maid of Orléans (Jeanne d'Arc), opera :: Farewell, forests

• Performer: Sofia Preobrazenskaja (Voice)
• Running Time: 6 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1879

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fidelio, Op. 72 :: Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben

• Performer: Nikolai Schhegolkov (Voice)
• Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1804-1806

Massenet, Jules : Manon :: Restons ici... Voyons, Manon

• Performer: Yelisaveta Shumskaya (Soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1882-1883

Dargomizhsky, Alexander Sergeyevich : The Stone Guest, opera :: Laura's Song

• Performer: V. Davidova (Mezzo Soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1872

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Aleko :: See how beneath the distant sky dome

• Performer: Solomon Khromchenko
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugen Onegin :: Who are you

• Performer: Yelena Kruglikova (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1877-1878

Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit : Fra Diavolo :: Agnes la jouvencelle

• Performer: Anatoli Orfionov
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1830

Thomas, Ambroise : Mignon :: Elle ne croyait pas

• Performer: Georgei Vinogradov (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1866

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Un bel di vedremo

• Performer: Natalia Shpiller
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Alla vita che t'arride

• Performer: Pavel Lisitsian (Baritone)
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Sadko :: City of stone, mother to all cities

• Performer: David Gamrekeli
• Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1895-1896

Puccini, Giacomo : Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera :: Nulla! Silenzio!

• Performer: Tiit Kuusik
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: circa 1916-1918

Thomas, Ambroise : Mignon :: Je suis Titania la blonde

• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1866

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Iolanta, Op. 69 :: O God, look on me with pity!

• Performer: Sergei Shaposhnikov
• Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1891

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fidelio, Op. 72 :: Gott, welch' Dunkel hier

• Performer: Vladimir Ivanovsky (Tenor)
• Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
• Running Time: 7 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1804-1806

Dargomizhsky, Alexander Sergeyevich : Rusalka, opera :: You young girls are all alike

• Performer: Aleksei Krivchenia
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856

Puccini, Giacomo : Manon Lescaut :: Donna non vidi mai

• Performer: Mike Fisher
• Notes: Composition written: 1893.
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893

Albert, Eugène d' : Tiefland :: Wie ich nun gestern Abend in der Hütte liege

• Performer: Artur Frinberg
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1903

Donizetti, Gaetano : La Favorita :: Spirito gentil

• Performer: Mikhail Aleksandrovich (Cantor)
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1840

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Quando m'en vo'

• Performer: Irina Masliennikova (Voice)
• Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!

• Performer: Leocadia Maslennicova (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

• Performer: Veronika Borisenko (Mezzo Soprano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1873-1874

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Die Hugenoten :: Nobles Seigneurs, salut!

• Performer: Zara Dolukhanova (Soprano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1836

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Una voce poco fa

• Performer: Vera Firssova (Voice)
• Running Time: 6 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Queen of Spades, Op. 68 :: Midnight is already nearing

• Performer: Evgeniya Smolenskaya (Voice)
• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1890

Dargomizhsky, Alexander Sergeyevich : Esmerelda, opera :: Claude's Aria

• Performer: Aleksandr Ognivtsev
• Running Time: 5 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Eri tu che macchiavi

• Performer: Georg Ots
• Running Time: 5 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Glinka, Mikhail : Ruslan and Ludmilla :: O say, ye fields!

• Performer: Ivan Petrov (Bass)
• Running Time: 11 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1837-1842

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen

• Performer: Goar Gasparian
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: O don fatale

• Performer: Irina Arkhipova (Mezzo Soprano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884

Boito, Arrigo : Mefistofele :: L'altra notte in fondo al mare

• Performer: Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1868-75.
• Running Time: 7 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1868-1875

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Vecchia zimarra

• Performer: Rimantis Siparis
• Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Yury Alexandrovich Shapor : The Decembrists, opera :: Final Scene

• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1925-1953