RUNNING TIME: 4:30
STARRING: Ildar Abdrazakov, Mikhail Pretenko, Vladimir Ognovenko
DIRECTOR: Gianandrea Noseda
PRODUCER(S): Dmitri Tcherniakov's
WRITER(S): Alexander Borodin
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Borodin’s defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind of its conflicted hero, with the founding of the Russian nation as the backdrop. Star bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov takes on the monumental title role, with Gianandrea Noseda conducting.