VOINA I MIR (War and Peace) by Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953) libretto by Sergei Prokofiev, Mira Mendelssohn -= Cast =- Maria Akhrossimova ................ Elena Obraztsova Field Marshal Kutuzov ................. Samuel Ramey Capt. Ramballe ...................... James Courtney Principe Andrei Bolkonsky ...... Dmitri Hvorostovsky Natalya Rostova ...................... Anna Netrebko Helene Bezuhkova ................ Victoria Livengood Anatol Kuragin ....................... Oleg Balashov Pyotr Bezohkov .................... Mikhail Petrenko Napoleon Bonaparte ................. Vassily Gerello Teniente Dolokhov ................... Evgeny Nikitin Sonia .......................... Ekaterina Semenchuk Host of the Ball .................. Mikhail Petrenko Footman at the Ball ................... Ronald Naldi Count Ilya Rostov ....................... John Cheek Mme. Peronskaya ...................... Claudia Waite Bolkonsky's Old Lackey ........... Vaclovas Daunoras Bolkonsky's Maid ...................... Jane Shaulis Bolkonsky's Valet ................. Mikhail Petrenko Maria Bolkonskaya .................. Delores Ziegler Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky ........ Vladimir Ognovenko Matryosha ............................ Mzia Nioradze Dunyasha ....................... Marjorie Elinor Dix Gavrila ........................... Philip Cokorinos Dr. Metivier ............................ Haijing Fu French Abbé ........................ Leonid Lyubavin Col. Vaska Denisov .................. Sergei Murzaev Tikhon ............................ Mikhail Petrenko Fyodor ................................ Gary Rideout Matveyev ........................ Vladimir Ognovenko Trishka ....................... Trevor Kaplin-Newman 1st German General ...................... Craig Hart 2nd German General ............... Vaclovas Daunoras Prince Andrei's Orderly ............... Charles Reid Kutuzov's Adjutant .................... Ronald Naldi 1st Staff Officer ..................... Robert Baker 2nd Staff Officer ................... Richard Vernon Gen. Compans's Adjutant ............ Vassily Gerello Marshal Murat's Adjutant ............. Maria Zifchak Marshal Berthier ..................... Edward Crafts Gen. Belliard .......................... Roy Stevens Prince Eugène's Adjutant .............. Gary Rideout Napoleon's Adjutant ..................... LeRoy Lehr 1st Offstage Voice ............ Emmanul Di Villarosa M. de Beausset ..................... Leonid Lyubavin Gen. Bennigsen ..................... Sergei Koptchak Gen. Barclay de Tolly ............. Iosef Shalamayev Gen. Yermolov .................. Stefan Szkafarowsky Gen. Konovnitsin ...................... Ronald Naldi Gen. Rayevsky ........................... Haijing Fu Lt. Bonnet ........................... Bernard Fitch Capt. Jacqeau .......................... Peter Volpe Gérard ............................ Vladimir Grishko Young Factory Worker .................. Steven Tharp Shopkeeper ........................... Claudia Waite Mavra Kuzminichna .................... Mzia Nioradze Marshal Davout .................... Mikhail Petrenko French Officer ................. Stefan Szkafarowsky Platon Karatayev ................... Nikolai Gassiev 1st Madman .......................... Michael Forest 2nd Madman .............................. Craig Hart French Actresses ..................... Janet Hopkins French Actresses ............ Beverly O'Regan Thiele 2nd Offstage Voice .................... John Fiorito Conductor: Valery Gergiev Recorded: 2 March 2002 https://findopera.com/recording/8498