Sergei Prokofiev: The Gambler Opera in four acts and six scenes ( HD 1080p)

From the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, December 2012 Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev musical director and conductor Sergei Aleksashkin a Retired General in civilian clothes Tatiana Pavlovskaya Pauline, the Generals stepdaughter Vladimir Galuzin Alexei, tutor of the Generals children Larisa Dyadkova Babulenka Nikolai Gassiev Marquis Alexander Gergalov Mr Astley, a rich Englishman Nadezhda Serdyuk Mlle Blanche, a demimondain Andrei Popov Prince Nilsky Oleg Sychev Baron Wurmerhelm Andrei Spekhov Potapych Sergei Prokofiev: The Gambler Opera in four acts and six scenes Libretto by the composer after the novella of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Prokofiev flows in the veins of the Mariinsky Theatres musicians, and has moreover done so for a long time; and the fact that, under Gergievs baton, the orchestra and the opera company performed all of Sergei Prokofievs symphonies, all of his concerti and all of his operas more than once is here of fundamental