BOV Opera Festival 2010 : Teatru Manoel, March 2010.
The final scenes from Rachmaninov's Aleko (production Teatru Manoel). This was the first opera to be sung in Russian in local operatic history. This production also saw the use of english surtitles for the first time in Malta.
Cast : Andreana Yordanova (Zemfyra), Albert Schagidullin (Aleko), Joseph Aquilina (Young Gypsy), Noel Galea (Old Gypsy), Clare Ghigo (Old Woman), BOV Opera Festival Choir dir. John Galea), Lynne Salomone Reynaud & Jes Sciberras (dancers), Tanya Bayona (Choreography) Angelika Frenzel (stage Direction) Hanne Eckart (Sets & costumes), Malta Philharmonic Orchestra. Music Director, Brian Schembri.
