by Gennadi Roshdestwenskij · Capriccio · DVD · EAN 4006408935100
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«Der Spieler» (The Gambler) is the opera film by Sergei Prokofiev directed by Juri Bogatyrenko (1966), on DVD.
Soviet 1966 adaptation of Sergei Prokofiev's four-act opera, with a libretto by the composer himself based on the short story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The film features the choir and orchestra of the USSR National Radio and Television under the musical direction of Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, with the roulette wheel as a recurring image.
Duration: 84 minutes. NTSC DVD edition with 1.33:1 aspect ratio and subtitles in German, English and French.
For fans of filmed opera and historic Soviet recordings.
