Galina Vishnevskaya Nicolai Gedda W. Groenroos D. Petkov IOLANTA Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovky

This channel is the re-establishment of previous channels that have been sadly terminated. ========================= Galina Vishnevskya--Iolanta Nicolai GEdda--Vaudemont Walton Groenroos--Robert Dimiter Petkov--Roi Rene Tom Krause--Ibn Hakia Viorica Cortez--Martha Orchestre de Paris Mstisalv Rostropovitch--conductor 1986 ====================== Time: The 15th century Place: The mountains of southern France Scene 1 Iolanta has been blind from birth, but no one has ever told her, nor does she know she is a princess. She lives in a beautiful enclosed garden on the king's estate. Her attendants bring flowers and sing to her. She declares her sadness, and her vague sense that she is missing something important that other people can experience. Scene 2 After announcing the king's arrival, Alméric is warned by Bertrand not to speak of light with Iolanta or to reveal that Iolanta's father is the king. She is betrothed to Duke Robert, who i