Mazeppa (1996)

Genres - Music, Theater  |   Sub-Genres - Opera  |   Run Time - 175 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan

Tchaikovsky's operatic adaptation of Pushkin's historical take on the legendary Cossack chieftain is staged by the Kirov Opera and Ballet in this release of a 1996 performance directed by Valery Gergiev. Nikolai Putilin, Sergei Aleksashkin, and Larissa Diadkova lead and all-Russian cast, and Valery Gergiev conducts the Kirov Orchestra, Opera Chorus and Ballet at the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg. .

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betrayal, cossack, Czar, tragic-love