The Bulgarian-born mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova fairly quickly became a crowd favorite early in her professional career at the Zurich Opera House, reaching international stardom soon after with her Salzburg Festival debut in 1991. During the subsequent quarter-century, she has been heard on the great stages of the world's finest opera houses, singing a range of roles in operas by Mozart, Rossini, Massenet, Berlioz, Donizetti, Verdi, and more. A past ECHO Klassik award recipient, her recordings, including several for the RCA Victor Red Seal label, have been critically-acclaimed and popular with opera fans and admirers of Ms. Kasarova. For Genuin, she has recorded a new album of Russian Arias with the conductor Pavel Baleff and the Philharmonie Baden-Baden. It's repertoire is one of discovery, or re-discovery, with names such as Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Mussorgsky, Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov denoting the high quality of the music to be heard sung by this world-class singer.

Tracklist:

Khovanshchina: Khovanshchina, Act II: Sili Potayniye, Sili Velikiye
The Stone Guest: The Stone Guest, Act I: Odelas Tumanom Grenada
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Th 5: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act I: Akh, Tanya, Tanya
The Tsar's Bride: Tsarskaya Nevesta (The Tsar's Bride), Act I: Snaryzhai Skorei, Matushka Rodimaya
The Queen Of Spades, Op. 68, Th 10: Act I: Prelude
The Queen Of Spades, Op. 68, Th 10: Act I: Ya Spoyu Lyubimy'i Svoi Roman
Act II: Akh, Postyl Mne Etot Svet!
A Life For The Tsar, Op. 4: Zhizn' Za Tsarya (A Life For The Tsar), Op. 4, Act IV: Bedniy Kon' V Polye Pal (The Poor Hor
The Maid Of Orleans, Th 6: The Maid Of Orleans, Op. 4, Act II: Da, Chas Nastal! Dolzhna Provinovatsa Nebesnomu Velen'yu Ioan
Prince Igor: Prince Igor (Knyaz Igor), Act II: Merknet Svet Dnevnoy (Daylight Fades)
Boris Godunov: Boris Godunov, Act III: Marina's Aria - Skuchno Marinye
The Snow Maiden: Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden): Dance Of The Tumblers

UPC: 4260036253788
Label: Genuin
Release Date: 10.9.15
Format: CD

Borodin / Kasarova / Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orch - Russian Arias (CD)