Evgeny Svetlanov: Rimsky-Korsakov Invisible City of Kitezh, Bolshoi

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Invisible City of Kitezh by Rimsky-Korsakov
Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor
Galina Kalinina, Vladislav Piavko, Alexander Vedernikov, Evgeni Raikov
Bolshoi

An opera in four acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The libretto was written by Vladimir Belsky, and is based on a combination of two Russian legends: that of St. Fevroniya of Murom, and the city of Kitezh, which became invisible when attacked by the Tatars.