An Evening of Russian Music
Antony Walker, guest conductor

Artistic Director, Washington
   Concert Opera

Norman Scribner, conductor
Alessandra Marc, soprano
Laura Zuiderveen, mezzo-soprano

Paul Austin Kelly, tenor

Robert Pomakov, bass

Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Bells

Masterpieces from the Golden Age
of Russian Opera

Mussorgsky
Coronation Scene (Boris Godunov)

Tchaikovsky
Ballroom Scene (Eugene Onegin)

Prokofiev
Final Scene (Alexander Nevsky/film)

and more

No one who was there will ever forget our glorious tour to Russia with "Slava" Rostropovich and the National Symphony Orchestra in the fall of 1993, when we sang for 100,000 people gathered in Red Square to celebrate the centennial of the death of Tchaikovsky.  We will revisit those grand notes of Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky on this festive program, along with so much more, as we remember this magnificent citizen of the world, esteemed artist and colleague, and beloved friend of us all. 

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