A Life for the Tsar (1992)
2h 52m
Running Time
January 1, 1992Release Date
A Life for the Tsar (1992)
2h 52m
Running Time
January 1, 1992Release Date
Plot.
Glinka's "patriotic-heroic tragic opera" in four acts 'A Life for the Tsar' or 'Ivan Susanin' (as it was known during the Soviet era), recorded live at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1992, and starring Evgeny Nesterenko, Marina Mescheriakova, Alexander Lomonosov and Elena Zaremba, with the chorus and orchestra of the Bolshoi, conducted by Alexander Lazarev. The historical basis of the plot involves Ivan Susanin, a patriotic hero of the early 17th century who died in the expulsion of the invading Polish army for the newly elected Tsar Michael of Russia, the first of the Romanov dynasty, elected in 1613.
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Cast & Crew.
Evgeny Nesterenko
Ivan Susanin
Yevgeni Nesterenko
Ivan Susanin
Maria Mescheryakova
Antonida
Alexander Lomonosov
Sobinin
Elena Zaremba
Vanja
Alexander Lazarev
Conductor
Nikolai Kuznetsov
Producer
Derek Bailey
Director
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1992
Original NameИван Сусанин
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 52m
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