Dead Souls (opera)
Dead Souls is a 1976 Russian-language opera in three acts by Rodion Shchedrin based on Gogol's novel Dead Souls to a libretto by the composer. It was premiered at the Kirov Theatre in 1977, and overseas in Boston in 1988.
A major revival was premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on 22 November 2025, by the following cast:
- Folk Song - soloists of Komon Folk Ensemble
- Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov - Vasily Sokolov
- Korobochka - Elena Manistina
- Sobakevich - Vladislav Popov
- Plyushkin - Evgenia Segeniuk
- Manilov - Tikhon Goryachev
- Madame Lisa Manilova, his wife - Anna Aglatova
- Selifan, Chichikov's coachman - Andrey Zorin
- Mizhuev, Nozdryov's brother-in-law - Demian Onufrak
- Anna Grigorievna, a pleasant lady in any respect - Ramilya Minikhanova
- Sofia Ivanovna, a merely pleasant lady - Daria Belousova
- Governor - Danil Knyazev
- Governor's wife - Irina Berezina
- Governor's daughter - Kristina Latysheva
- Public Prosecutor - Andrei Bulgakov
- Chief of police - Chingis Bairov
- Postmaster - Alezander Chernov
- President of the local council - Zakhar Kovalyov
- Priest - Igor Yanulaitis
- Superintendent of Rural Police - Andrei Prys
- The Mother's Solgier's Lament - Svetlana Shilova
Recordings
- radio recording – Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov .
- Vinyl and CD – Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov, 1982 Melodiya: MELCD1001837 – 2 CDs Reviewed in Gramophone Magazine 7/96.
- television recording – Mariinsky Theatre "Golden Mask" Festival