Kirov Opera: Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor / Князь Игорь (Part 1)

From the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia (1998) Kirov Opera Company & Kirov Ballet Valery Gergiev - conductor Yevgeny Sokovnin, Irkin Sabitov - stage direction Soloists: Nikolai Putilin - Igor Sviatoslavich, Prince of Severesk (Prince Igor) Galina Gorchakova - Yaroslavna (his second wife) Jevgenij Akimov - Vladimir Igorievich (his son by his first marriage) Sergei Aleksashkin - Vladimir Yaroslavich Nikolai Gassiev & Grigory Karasev - Skula & Yeroshka (two gudlock players) Vladimir Vaneev - Konchak (Polovtsian Khan) Olga Borodina - Konchakovna (daugther of Khan Konchak) Valery Lebed - Ovlur (a Christian Polovtsian) Tatiana Pavlovskaya - A Polovtsian Maiden Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin - Prince Igor Opera in four acts with prologue Libretto by Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin, based on “The Song of Igor’s Campaign“ 1:50 Overture - The cathedral square in the ancient city of Putivl 12:01 Prologue 32:39 Act I Go back to part 2: Subscribe: Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (1833 - 1887) was a Russian Romantic composer of Georgian origin, as well as a doctor and chemist. He was one of the prominent 19th century composers known as The Mighty Handful, a group dedicated to producing a uniquely Russian kind of classical music, rather than imitating earlier Western European models. Borodin is best known for his symphonies, his two string quartets, In the Steppes of Central Asia and his opera Prince Igor. Music from Prince Igor and his string quartets was later adapted for the US musical Kismet. A notable advocate of women’s rights, Borodin was a promoter of education in Russia and founded the School of Medicine for Women in St. Petersburg.