Released:
1997-12-30

Overview:
Taped live at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Valery Gergiev conducts this landmark production of Giuseppe Verdi's operatic masterpiece. This opera premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1862, and is performed here in its original St. Petersburg version using reconstructions of the magnificent painted scenery.

Director:
Elijah Moshinsky

Runtime:
2h 47min

Genre:
Music

• Cast:
• 
  Galina Gorchakova
  as
  Leonora
• 
  Nikolai Putilin
  as
  Don Carlo
• 
  Gegam Grigorian
  as
  Don Alvaro
• 
  Marianna Tarasova
  as
  Preziosilla