The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra ; Mark Ermler, Alexander Melik-Pashayev, and Boris Khaikin, conductors ; with soloists: side 1, band 1: Yelena Obraztsova, mezzo-soprano ; side 1, band 2: Ivan Petrov, bass ; side 1, band 3: Valentina Levko, mezzo-soprano ; side 1 band 4: Mark Reshetin, bass ; side 2, band 1: Yuri Mazurok, baritone ; side 2, band 2: Iriana Arkhipova, mezzo-soprano, and Zurab Andzhaparidzye, tenor ; side 2, band 3: Tamara Milashkina, soprano ; side 2, band 4: Vladimir Atlantov, tenor ; side 2, band 5: Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano
Words with English translations on container insert ([6] pages).
Sung in Russian or Italian.
Marfa's divination (Khovanshchina) / Mussorgsky -- Konchak's aria (Prince Igor) / Borodin -- Ratmir's romance (Ruslan and Ludmila) / Glinka -- Pimen's monologue (Boris Godounov) / Mussorgsky -- Valentine's cavatina (Faust) / Gounod -- Seguidilla and duet (Carmen) / Bizet -- Ritorna vincitor (Aida) / Verdi -- No, Pagliaccio non son! (I Pagliacci) / Leoncavallo -- Death of Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) / Puccini