The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh

(2012)

Genres: Music

Year: 2012

Runtime: 187 мин

Country: Netherlands

Director: Dmitri Tcherniakov, Misjel Vermeiren

Cast: Vladimir Vaneev, Maxim Aksenov, Svetlana Ignatovich, John Daszak, Alexey Markov, Mayram Sokolova, Morschi Franz, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Hubert Francis, Iurii Samoilov

Plot

Opera lies at the heart of Rimsky-Korsakov's colourful idiom, but performances are few and far between; this realisation of his penultimate and grandest stage work is a very rare and special experience. Kitezh is known as "the Russian Parsifal", which encapsulates its mystical flavour and steady unfolding of a legend of redemption