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Dead Souls (opera)

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Dead Souls («Мёртвые души») is a 1976 Russian-language opera in three acts by Rodion Shchedrin based on the verse-novel Dead Souls by Gogol, to a libretto by the composer. It was premiered at the Kirov in 1977, and overseas in Boston in 1988.

Recordings

  • radio recording - Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov (1976).
  • television recording - Mariinsky Theatre "Golden Mask" Festival (May, 2012)

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