Borodin Prince Igor

Valery Gergiev directs the Kirov Opera and Ballet in this magnificent 1998 production of Borodins epic Prince Igor presented in a new Mariinsky Theatre performing edition and featuring Mikhail Fokines original choreography in the famous Polovtsian Dances Its four acts tell of the struggle between the Russians and Polovtsian nomads of Prince Igors capture and escape from his noble opponent Khan Konchak and of love between Igors son Vladimir and Konchaks daughter Konchakovna