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PROKOFIEV: The Gambler (complete opera) Newly translated libretto, program notes, and synopsis. Links to audio tracks.
The Gambler was Prokofiev’s first opera to gain a public performance, and the first opera ever based on a story by Dostoyevsky. It’s funny, ironic, challenging, and wonderfully original. This recording is of the first stage production in the Soviet Union, in 1974, as broadcast on Radio Russia.
Alexei Maslennikov, Makvala Kasrashvili, Alexander Ognivtsiev: vocal soloists Bolshoi Theater Orchestra & Chorus Alexander Lazarev: conductor
“Characterful performances by Alexei Maslennikov as Alexei and Alexander Ognivtsev as the General.†— Opera News