Shaliapin: Farlafs Rhondo ( Ruslan Ludmila)

My triumph is at hand Recorded London 1931 The suitor rivals, among whom are Farlaf and Ruslan, are on their perilous quest for the abducted Ludmila. Farlaf, with the help of the crone Naina, now believes he has an unassailable advantage. He exults that he will surely possess her soon. An excerpt from a poetic translation of Pushkin s Ruslan and Ludmila