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Sadko 1995Kirov Opera, Leningrad

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Sadko was presented in a design concept which was the recreation of a staging from 1920 - brightly coloured and folk-influenced, reminiscent of Bakst and the other artists employed by Diaghilev. The opera itself is gloriously tuneful, with lovely sequences of ballet music. The role of Sadko, hardly ever off stage, is an exhausting one, but Galuzin showed no ill-effects following his absence from the Kitezh cast. Galina Gorchakova, however, did drop out of her scheduled opening performance as Volkhova, the Sea King's daughter. Gegam Grigorian, one of the company's leading tenors, also dropped out from his scheduled role as the Indian Merchant.