In 1955 Decca recorded seven Russian operas with the Belgrade National Opera – recordings that have for too long been unfairly neglected. Now they receive their CD premieres using the stereo tapes. The title role of Prince Igor taken by Dušan Popović, who also sung the role with the Vienna State Opera and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. He is joined by other stalwarts of the company. "The performance is a real company effort and has the attendant advantage of sounding like a live one … Popović is a splendidly rich-voiced, virile Igor, who gives a moving portrayal … it was a pleasure to hear again Bugarinović’s seductive-sounding Konchakovna."-  Opera

TRACK LIST
ALEXANDER BORODIN
Prince Igor

Igor Svyatoslavich, Dušan Popović
Yaroslavna, Valerija Heybal
Vladimir Igorevich, Noni Žunec
Vladimir Galitsky, Žarko Cvejić
Konchak, Žarko Cvejić
Konchakovna, Melanija Bugarinović
Ovlur, Dragutin Petrović
Skula, Dragomir Ninković
Yeroshka, Nikola Jančić
Yaroslavna’s Nurse, Biserka Cvejić
Polovtsian Maiden, Biserka Cvejić

Chorus and Orchestra of the National Theatre, Belgrade
Oskar Danon

FIRST CD RELEASE ON DECCA