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“A mezzo-soprano is usually a woman with a tragic past, a tragic life—
strong women, willful women, and these roles have strengthened me
as a character.” — Olga Borodina A specially compiled program that honors the rich recording legacy of outstanding Russian mezzo-soprano, Olga Borodina. She has carved out a premier position among today’s opera singers, with constant appearances at the world’s major opera houses and concert stages. Every note in her wide-ranging instrument has been honed to perfection and is set within a flawlessly balanced scale that matches evenly throughout. There is arguably no finer vocal instrument to be heard today and her complete success as the leading exponent of this type of voice today is easy to understand. |
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| 1. |
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Orchestra/Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1877; France |
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Language: French |
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Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu "Largo" by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Orchestra/Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra Period: Baroque Written: 1738; London, England |
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Language: Italian |
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| Notes: This selection begins "Frondi tenere". | |||||
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La forza del destino: Al suon del tamburo by Giuseppe Verdi | ||||
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Performer:
Genadij Bezzubenkov (Bass),
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano),
Nikolai Putilin (Baritone)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev Orchestra/Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra, Kirov Theater Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1862/1869; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 12/1995 Language: Italian |
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| Notes: Version: 1862 | |||||
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La forza del destino: Rataplan, della gloria pel soldato by Giuseppe Verdi | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev Orchestra/Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra, Kirov Theater Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1862/1869; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 12/1995 Language: Italian |
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| Notes: Version: 1862 | |||||
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| 5. |
Don Carlos: Nel giardin del bello "Veil Song" by Giuseppe Verdi | ||||
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Performer:
Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz (Soprano),
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1867/1884; Italy |
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Language: Italian |
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La Gioconda: Voce di donna by Amilcare Ponchielli | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Orchestra/Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1876; Italy |
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Language: Italian |
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Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Orchestra/Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1877; France |
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Language: French |
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| Notes: This selection begins "Samson, recherchant ma présence". | |||||
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Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: J'ai gravi la montagne by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone),
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Patrick Summers Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1877; France |
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Date of Recording: 05/1997 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 10 Minutes 24 Secs. Language: French |
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| 9. |
Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17: Heureux enfants by Hector Berlioz | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1839; France |
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Date of Recording: 1993 |
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Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth by Henry Purcell | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Orchestra/Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra Period: Baroque Written: 1689; England |
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Language: English |
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Songs (6), Op. 6: no 6, None but the lonely heart by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | ||||
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Performer:
Larissa Gergieva (Piano),
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1869; Russia |
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Language: Russian |
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| 12. |
Queen of Spades, Op. 68: Midnight is nearing (Lisa's Aria) by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Orchestra/Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1890; Russia |
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Language: Russian |
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Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: I was not made for melancholy singing by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | ||||
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Performer:
Nuccia Focile (Soprano),
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestre de Paris Period: Romantic Written: 1877-1878; Russia |
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Date of Recording: 10/1992 Venue: Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, France Language: Russian |
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Maid of Orleans: Adieu, forêts by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Orchestra/Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1878-1879; Russia |
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Language: Russian |
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| Notes: This selection begins "Oui, Dieu le veut!" ("Da, chas nastal!") | |||||
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Queen of Spades, Op. 68: Tis evening, the clouds darken by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Alto),
Maria Guleghina (Soprano)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev Orchestra/Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1890; Russia |
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Date of Recording: 04/1992 Venue: Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia Language: Russian |
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Songs (6), Op. 73: no 6, Again, as before, alone by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | ||||
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Performer:
Larissa Gergieva (Piano),
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1893; Russia |
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Language: Russian |
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Night by Modest Mussorgsky | ||||
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Performer:
Larissa Gergieva (Piano),
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1864/1868; Russia |
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Language: Russian |
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| 18. |
Boris Godunov: Ah, life is tedious! by Modest Mussorgsky | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev Orchestra/Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1868-1873; Russia |
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Date of Recording: 11/1997 Venue: Van de Omroep Music Center, Hilversum Language: Russian |
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Notes: This selection begins with "Ty, Ruzja, mne ne nuzhna sevodnja." Version: 1872 |
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Khovanshchina: Mysterious forces "Marfa's prophecy" by Modest Mussorgsky | ||||
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Performer:
Alexei Steblianko (Tenor),
Olga Borodina (Alto)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev Orchestra/Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1872-1880; Russia |
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Venue: Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg Language: Russian |
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| Notes: Arranger: Dmitri Shostakovich. | |||||
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| 20. |
Prince Igor: Now the daylight dies "Konchakovna's Aria" by Alexander Borodin | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev Orchestra/Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra, Kirov Theater Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1869-1887; Russia |
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Language: Russian |
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| 21. |
Prince Igor: Do you love? by Alexander Borodin | ||||
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Performer:
Gegam Grigorian (Tenor),
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev Orchestra/Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra, Kirov Theater Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1869-1887; Russia |
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Language: Russian |
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| Notes: This selection begins with "Ty li, Vladimir moj..." | |||||
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Songs (4), Op. 42: no 3, The clouds begin to scatter by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | ||||
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Performer:
Larissa Gergieva (Piano),
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1897; Russia |
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Language: Russian |
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| 23. |
Tsar's Bride: What do you want...It seems you no longer love by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | ||||
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Performer:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone),
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Patrick Summers Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1898; Russia |
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Date of Recording: 05/1997 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 8 Minutes 21 Secs. Language: Russian |
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Tsar's Bride: You will pay "Lyubasha's Aria" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev Orchestra/Ensemble: Kirov Theater Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1898; Russia |
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Date of Recording: 10/1998 Venue: Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg Language: Russian |
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| 25. |
Canciones populares españolas (7): no 1, El paño moruno by Manuel de Falla | ||||
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Performer:
Semeon Skigin (Piano),
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1914-1915; Spain |
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Date of Recording: 01/1995 Venue: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London Language: Spanish |
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Canciones populares españolas (7): no 3, Asturiana by Manuel de Falla | ||||
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Performer:
Semeon Skigin (Piano),
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1914-1915; Spain |
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Date of Recording: 01/1995 Venue: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London Language: Spanish |
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Canciones populares españolas (7): no 5, Nana by Manuel de Falla | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano),
Semeon Skigin (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1914-1915; Spain |
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Date of Recording: 01/1995 Venue: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London Language: Spanish |
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Vespers, Op. 37: no 2, Bless the Lord, o my soul by Sergei Rachmaninov | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Nikolai Korniev Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Petersburg Chamber Choir Period: Romantic Written: 1915; Russia |
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Venue: Imperial Chapel, St. Petersburg, Russia Language: Slavonic |
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Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa...Io sono dolcile by Gioachino Rossini | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Patrick Summers Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1816; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 05/1997 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 5 Minutes 55 Secs. Language: Italian |
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Il barbiere di Siviglia: Dunque io son la fortunata by Gioachino Rossini | ||||
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Performer:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone),
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Patrick Summers Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1816; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 05/1997 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 5 Minutes 6 Secs. Language: Italian |
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Semiramide: Ah! quel giorno ognor rammento by Gioachino Rossini | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Orchestra/Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1823; Italy |
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Language: Italian |
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La Cenerentola: Nacqui all' affano by Gioachino Rossini | ||||
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Performer:
Olga Borodina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Orchestra/Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1817; Italy |
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Language: Italian |
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